Patent ID: 6050113
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
In a washing machine including a tub having a bottom wall, and a laundry drum having an at least approximately horizontally disposed shaft, a drive device for the washing machine, comprising:a flat motor for directly driving the laundry drum shaft, said motor including a stator connected to the bottom wall of the tub and a rotor having a rotor shaft with an outer end;said stator having a central bearing sleeve with between one and two mutually spaced-apart rolling bearings for said rotor shaft including a drum-side rolling bearing defining a plane, and a number of exciting windings distributed circularly on said stator;said rotor shaft having an end facing the laundry drum, said end having a concentric bore formed therein for receiving the laundry drum shaft, said bore reaching only into the plane of the drum-side rolling bearing; andsaid rotor having a bell fastened to said outer end of said rotor shaft, said bell having an edge pointing toward the tub, said edge having an inner periphery, and magnetizable poles distributed on said inner periphery and opposing said exciting windings defining airgaps therebetween.