Patent ID: 8011210
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: D06F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A laundry drum for a laundry appliance, the laundry drum comprising: a.) a cylindrical shell having an axial end portion and being formed from a finite sheet-metal strip that is bent into the cylindrical shell and whose end sides are joined in a welded seam; b.) an end cap, the end cap having an overall cylindrical periphery of a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the cylindrical shell; c.) an edge-formed seam element interconnecting the axial end portion of the cylindrical shell and the cylindrical periphery of the end cap, the edge-formed seam including transversal embossments; d.) a plurality of carriers, each carrier being integrally formed with the cylindrical shell and extending radially inwardly from the cylindrical shell at the axial end portion thereof and the carriers being distributed at discrete angular locations around the cylindrical shell, the end cap having a plurality of end cap opening edges each forming an end cap opening, the number of end cap openings corresponding in number to the plurality of carriers, the radially innermost portion of each carrier being received in a respective one of the end cap openings and being interconnected with the respective end cap opening edge via a folding together of an edge of the carrier and the respective end cap opening edge; and e.) a plurality of embossments formed on the edge-formed seam at at least one area adjacent to each interconnection of a respective carrier and a respective end cap opening edge.