Washing machine with clothes deflecting door

Claim 1

A WASHING MACHINE COMPRISING A DRUM ARRANGED FOR ROTATION ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS TO TUMBLE FABRICS THEREIN; A TUBE SURROUNDING SAID DRUM; A CABINET WHEREIN SAID TUB IS RESILIENTLY SUSPENDED, SAID CABINET, TUB AND DRUM HAVING GENERALLY COAXIAL FRONT OPENINGS SPACED ALONG SAID AXIS FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING THE DRUM; A FLEXIBLE SLEEVE INTERCONNECTING THE FRONT OPENINGS OF THE CABINET AND THE TUB; AND A FRONT DOOR FOR CLOSING THE FRONT OPENING OF SAID CABINET, SAID DOOR HAVING THE MAJOR CENTRAL PORTION THEREOF CENTERED ON SAID AXIS AND PROJECTING, WHEN THE DOOR IS CLOSED, INTO A POSITION SPACED A SMALL DISTANCE RADIALLY INWARDLY FROM SAID SLEEVE, THE SO PROJECTING CENTRAL PORTION OF THE DOOR HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE REAR SURFACE THEREOF PRESENTING CONCAVITY INWARDLY TOWARD THE DRUM, SAID REAR SURFACE FURTHER BEING SO INCLINED TO SAID HORIZONTAL AXIS THAT ITS UPPER PART IS DISPOSED BETWEEN THE FRONT OF THE DRUM AND THE FRONT OF THE CABINET AND ITS LOWER PART IS DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE FRONT OF THE DRUM.