Textiles: fluid treating apparatus – Machines – Combined
Reexamination Certificate
2005-04-18
2008-10-07
Perrin, Joseph L (Department: 1792)
Textiles: fluid treating apparatus
Machines
Combined
C068S058000, C068S139000, C068S196000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07430885
ABSTRACT:
A drum type washing machine includes a housing, a rotary drum, a water tub accommodating the rotary drum therein, a door for opening and closing a housing opening for allowing laundry to be loaded into or unloaded from the rotary drum therethrough, a water tub opening communicating with the housing opening, a rotary drum opening communicating with the housing opening and the water tub opening; and an elastic connection member for connecting the housing opening and water tub opening, and having a portion that makes a pressurized contact with the door when the door is closed. A center of the housing opening is displaced upward with respect to a center of the rotary drum opening, and an angle of inclination of the housing opening with respect to a vertical plane is set to be greater than that of the rotary drum opening with respect to the vertical plane.
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XML Module, http://web.archive.org/web/20040617070431/doc.trolltech.com/3.3/xml.html; Trolltech, Jan. 2004, 10 pgs.
Inuzuka Tadashi
Kajihara Hiroshi
Maeda Kazunori
Maeda Satoshi
Bacon & Thomas PLLC
Matsushita Electric - Industrial Co., Ltd.
Perrin Joseph L
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