Front loading washing machine

Claim 2

A front loading laundry machine, comprising: a housing having a front side provided with a door opening; a door mounted on said front side and displaceable between closed and open positions thereof, said door opening being closed by said door in the closed position thereof; a washing chamber mounted in said housing and formed with a respective front wall, said wall having a chamber opening and being juxtaposed with said front side of the housing; a laundry basket mounted in said chamber and rotatable about a horizontal axis and formed with a basket opening, the door, chamber and basket openings being aligned with one another; and washing agent distribution means for delivering a detergent into said basket in said closed position of the door, said distribution means being mounted on the front wall of said chamber and extending inwardly therefrom through said basket opening into said basket.

Claim 3

The laundry machine defined in claim 1 wherein said distribution means includes a removable body mounted on a lower edge of said chamber opening and protruding into the basket.

Claim 4

The laundry machine defined in claim 2, further comprising supply means for delivering water to said body.

Claim 5

The laundry machine defined in claim 3 wherein said body is formed with discharging means communicating with supply means for delivering a water-detergent mixture into said basket.

Claim 6

The laundry machine defined in claim 4 wherein the body is formed with respective floor and side walls, the discharging means including a plurality of drain holes formed in said body and open into said basket for filtrating said mixture.

Claim 7

The laundry machine defined in claim 5 wherein each of said holes is sufficiently small to contain the detergent but permeable to the mixture.

Claim 8

The laundry machine defined in claim 5 wherein said holes are formed in said floor of said body.

Claim 9

The laundry machine defined in claim 5 wherein said holes are formed in said side walls of the body.

Claim 10

The laundry machine defined in claim in claim 3 wherein said body prevents voluntary exiting of the laundry.

Claim 11

The laundry machine defined in claim in claim 1 wherein said housing is formed with a housing bottom, said chamber being formed with a chamber bottom spaced from said housing bottom at a substantial distance.

Claim 12

The laundry machine defined in claim 1 wherein said chamber opening is formed in an upper half of said housing.

Claim 13

The laundry machine defined in claim 1, further comprising a support formed on said front side and swingable about a support axis extending horizontally perpendicular to said horizontal axis between a rest position and a working position, said support having a support surface extending in a plane parallel to a plane of said front side in said rest position and lying in a plane perpendicular to said plane of the front side in the working position.

Claim 14

The laundry machine defined in claim 12 wherein said front side is provided with a plurality of windows covered by said support in the rest position thereof.

Claim 15

The laundry machine defined in claim 1 wherein a diameter of the basket opening is more than 0.6 of a diameter of the basket.

Claim 16

The laundry machine defined in claim 1, further comprising a seal extending between said door and chamber openings.

Claim 17

The laundry machine defined in claim 1 wherein said door is provided with a respective transparent window tapering inwardly toward the chamber.

Claim 18

A front loading laundry machine, comprising: a housing having a front side provided with a door opening; a door mounted at said door opening on said front side and displaceable between closed and open positions thereof, said door opening being closed by said door in the closed position thereof; a washing chamber mounted in said housing and formed with a respective front wall, said wall having a chamber opening and being juxtaposed with said front side of the housing; a laundry basket mounted in said chamber and rotatable about a horizontal axis and formed with a basket opening, the door, chamber and basket openings being aligned with one another; and a washing agent distribution device, comprising a body forming a container for a washing agent mounted on an edge of said chamber opening and extending inwardly therefrom, whereby said body prevents involuntary exiting of the laundry from the basket.

Claim 19

A front loading laundry machine, comprising: a housing having a front side provided with a door opening; a door mounted at said door opening on said front side and displaceable between closed and open positions thereof, said door opening being closed by said door in the closed position thereof; a washing chamber mounted in said housing and formed with a respective front wall, said wall having a chamber opening and being juxtaposed with said front side of the housing; a laundry basket mounted in said chamber and rotatable about a horizontal axis and formed with a basket opening, the door, chamber and basket openings being aligned with one another; and a washing agent distribution device, comprising a body forming a container for a washing agent mounted on an edge of said chamber opening and extending inwardly therefrom, whereby said body prevents involuntary exiting of the laundry from the basket.