Patent ID: 6463767
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
A front-loadable washing machine, comprising:a laundry drum rotatably mounted about a rotation axis and having: a casing with an interior and a lowermost casing line; a front region; and a rear region; said rotation axis sloping upward in a direction defined from said rear region to said front region; said lowermost casing line deviating from horizontal to slope upward in said direction in an operating position of the washing machine; said laundry drum having hollow, elongate paddles disposed on said interior of said casing and disposed obliquely with respect to a direction of rotation of said laundry drum; each of said paddles having: liquid inlets in said rear region of said laundry drum and fluidically communicating with said interior; openings fluidically communicating with said interior for discharging scooped quantities of liquid; and a paddle interior fluidically connecting said inlets and said openings; each of said paddles traversing over a raised position and a lowermost position during rotation of said laundry drum; said inlets admitting and directing quantities of liquid into said paddles during rotation of said laundry drum while a respective one of said paddles is in said lowermost position; and each of said paddles raising the liquid contained therein and discharging the liquid through said openings into said interior while in said raised position.