Patent ID: 8151602
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. Top-loading clothes washing or combined washing and drying machine, comprising: a wash tub, inside which there is arranged a cylindrical drum configured to rotate about the horizontal axis thereof, said drum being provided with an access port situated on a portion of a cylindrical side surface thereof, at least one flap for closing/opening said drum access port, capable of being raised and hinged on to an edge portion of said access port, a top lid configured to close said access port from above, and hinged with an edge portion thereof on the upper rear edge portion of the outer casing of the machine, and an interference member applied on to a portion of said machine between said drum and said top lid, said interference member is configured to move into and take a first lowered position in which the interference member does not interfere with the closing movement of said top lid when said at least one flap of the drum is closed onto said access port thereof, and wherein said at least one flap comes into contact with said interference member and causes said interference member to automatically move up and take a second raised position in which the interference member interferes with the closing movement of said top lid, when said at least one flap of the drum is raised from said access port thereof.