Patent ID: 7762109

Claim:
A drum for a front-loading laundry washing machine comprising: a cylindrical perforated strip permitting water to flow through perforations in the strip and including a paddle; a rotary shaft; a rear drum closing disk; joining means joining the rear drum closing disk to the perforated strip in an area of an end of the paddle adjacent the drum closing disk, the joining means comprising: a rear joining support coupled to the rotary shaft with an arm; a stop located opposite the joining support on the other side of the drum closing disk, and a pressure means joining the stop to the rear joining support, the drum closing disk and part of the end of the paddle being located between the stop and the rear joining support, the stop being concave and having edges at least partially contacting the end of the paddle, wherein the paddle includes connecting straps forming the edge of the paddle which are curved and are located opposite the drum closing disk, wherein the stop includes a trapezoid-shaped plate, and wherein at least two of the sides of the plate are curved and hold down the connecting straps of the paddle in a linear manner.