LAUNDRY WASHING MACHINE

摘要

Laundry washing machine (1) comprising an outer casing (2) and, inside said outer casing (2), a washing tub (3), a detergent dispensing assembly (9) which is structured for supplying detergent into the washing tub (3), a fresh-water supply circuit (10) which is structured for selectively channeling a flow of fresh water from the water mains towards the detergent dispensing assembly (9) and/or the washing tub (3), and a water softening device (12) which is arranged/located along the fresh-water supply circuit (10) and is structured for reducing the hardness degree of the fresh water channeled to the detergent dispensing assembly (9) and/or the washing tub (3); the water softening device (12) being internally provided with a given amount of water softening agent which is able to reduce the hardens degree of the fresh water flowing through the same water softening device (12), and with a given amount of consumable regeneration agent which is able to regenerate the water softening function of the water softening agent; the laundry washing machine (1) furthermore comprising a appliance control panel (11) which is structured for allowing the user to manually select the desired washing-cycle and which is located/arranged on front of a drawer-like supporting structure (13) which is fitted/inserted in extractable manner into the front wall (2a) of the casing (2), so as to be movable between a retracted position in which the drawer-like supporting structure (13) is recessed into the front wall (2a) of the casing (2) and the appliance control panel (11) is arranged substantially coplanar to the front wall (2a) of the casing (2), and a a extracted position in which the drawer-like supporting structure (13) partly juts out from front wall (2a) of the casing (2) and the appliance control panel (11) is forward spaced apart from front wall (2a) of the casing (2); the water softening device (12) being provided with an exposable loading inlet or mouth (33a, 52) structured for allowing the user to load the regeneration agent inside the regeneration-agent reservoir (29), and being moreover at least partly arranged/located on the drawer-like supporting structure (13) so that said loading inlet or mouth (33a, 52) is freely accessible by the user when the drawer-like supporting structure (13) is arranged in the extracted position.

主权项

1. Laundry washing machine (1) comprising an outer casing (2) and, inside said outer casing (2), a washing tub (3), a rotatable drum housed in axially rotatable manner inside the washing tub (3) and structured for housing the laundry to be washed, a detergent dispensing assembly (9) which is structured for supplying detergent into the washing tub (3), a fresh-water supply circuit (10) which is structured for selectively channeling a flow of fresh water from the water mains towards the detergent dispensing assembly (9) and/or the washing tub (3), and a water softening device (12) which is arranged/located along the fresh-water supply circuit (10) and is structured for reducing the hardness degree of the fresh water channeled to the detergent dispensing assembly (9) and/or the washing tub (3);
the water softening device (12) in turn comprising a water-softening agent container (28) which is arranged/located along the fresh-water supply circuit (10) and is filled with a water softening agent able to reduce the hardness degree of the fresh water flowing through the same water-softening agent container (28), and a regeneration-agent reservoir (29) which is fluidically connected to the water-softening agent container (28) and is structured to receive a consumable regeneration agent for performing a regeneration of the water softening function of the water softening agent stored into the water-softening agent container (28); the laundry washing machine (1) furthermore comprising an appliance control panel (11) which is structured for allowing the user to manually select the desired washing-cycle and is located on a front wall (2a) of the casing (2), and being characterized
in that said appliance control panel (11) is located/arranged at a front side of a drawer-like supporting structure (13) which is fitted/inserted in extractable manner into the front wall (2a) of the casing (2), so as to be movable between a retracted position in which the drawer-like supporting structure (13) is recessed into the front wall (2a) of the casing (2), and a extracted position in which the drawer-like supporting structure (13) partly juts out from front wall (2a) of the casing (2) and the appliance control panel (11) is forward spaced apart from front wall (2a) of the casing (2); andin that the water softening device (12) is provided with an exposable loading inlet or mouth (33a, 52) structured for allowing the user to load the regeneration agent inside the regeneration-agent reservoir (29), and is moreover at least partly arranged/located on the drawer-like supporting structure (13) so that said loading inlet or mouth (33a, 52) is freely accessible by the user when the drawer-like supporting structure (13) is arranged in the extracted position.