Laundry Washing Machine with a Water Softening Device

摘要

A laundry washing machine includes an outer casing and, inside the casing, a washing tub arranged inside said casing directly facing a laundry loading/unloading opening realized in a front wall of the casing, a rotatable drum arranged in an axially rotating manner inside the washing tub and structured for receiving the laundry to be washed, a detergent dispenser which is structured for supplying detergent into the washing tub, and a water softening device which is structured for reducing the hardness degree of the fresh water supplied to the washing tub, The water softening device includes a water-softening agent container filled with a water softening agent able to reduce the hardness degree of the fresh water supplied to the washing tub, and a regeneration-agent reservoir which is fluidly connected to the water-softening agent container and is structured to receive a salt or other regeneration agent for performing a regeneration of the water softening function of the water softening agents. The detergent dispenser includes a detergent container which is fillable with a given quantity of detergent, and a detergent flush circuit which is structured for selectively spilling/pouring water into said detergent container. The regeneration-agent reservoir includes a regeneration-agent container which is fillable with a given quantity of regeneration agents. The water softening device also includes a water supply circuit which is structured for selectively spilling/pouring a given amount of fresh water into the regeneration-agent container and a water piping assembly which is structured for channeling water through the water-softening agent container. The detergent dispenser includes a water delivery member which incorporates at least part of the detergent flush circuit, and at least part of the water supply circuit and/or of the water piping assembly.

主权项

1. A laundry washing machine comprising an outer casing and, inside said casing, a washing tub arranged inside said casing directly facing a laundry loading/unloading opening realized in a front wall of said casing; a rotatable drum arranged in an axially rotating manner inside the washing tub and structured for receiving the laundry to be washed; and detergent dispenser which is structured for supplying detergent into the washing tub; and a water softening device which is structured for reducing a hardness degree of fresh water supplied to the washing tub;
the water softening device in turn comprising a water-softening agent container filled with a water softening agent able to reduce the hardness degree of the fresh water supplied to the washing tub, and a regeneration-agent reservoir which is structured to receive a salt or other regeneration agent for performing a regeneration of a water softening function of said water softening agent; the detergent dispenser comprising a detergent container which is tillable with a given quantity of detergent, and a detergent flush circuit which is structured for selectively spilling/pouring water into said detergent container; the water softening device being also provided with a water supply circuit which is structured for selectively spilling/pouring a given amount of fresh water into the regeneration-agent reservoir, and with a water piping assembly which is structured for channeling water through the water-softening agent container; wherein the detergent dispenser comprises a water delivery member which incorporates at least part of the detergent flush circuit, and at least part of the water supply circuit and/or of the water piping assembly.