Patent ID: 7752872

Claim:
A loading basket ( 6 ) for a washing machine ( 1 ), washer-dryer, dryer and the like, comprising: a rear wall ( 8 ) to be secured to a support structure ( 4 ) of the basket; a front wall ( 9 ) opposite the rear wall ( 8 ), a side wall ( 7 ) extending about a longitudinal axis (X), which is the axis of rotation of the basket and is connected to the rear ( 8 ) and front ( 9 ) walls to define an inner space ( 10 ) of the basket, one or more dragging blades ( 12 ) being arranged on the side wall ( 7 ) and projecting to the inside of the basket, wherein the side wall ( 7 ) comprises a substantially cylindrical and/or truncated cone-shaped wall portion ( 13 ), wherein said wall portion ( 13 ) comprises one or more approximately plane interruption areas ( 14 ) extending from a rear area of the side wall ( 7 ) close to the rear wall ( 8 ) to the vicinity of the front wall ( 9 ), wherein said dragging blades ( 12 ) are connected to said interruption areas ( 14 ), wherein said approximately plane interruption areas ( 14 ) are obtained by means of cold expansion of the side wall ( 7 ) from a substantially cylindrical plate ring, such that the approximately plane interruption areas ( 14 ) have a bending radius that is greater than and has the same sign as the bending radius of adjacent cylindrical and/or truncated cone-shaped continuity areas ( 15 ).