Laundry washing machine
First Claim
1. A laundry washing machine comprising an outer casing having a front wall and an appliance control panel located on the front wall, close to a worktop of the casing, and, inside said outer casing, a washing tub, a rotatable drum housed in axially rotatable manner inside the washing tub and structured for housing the laundry to be washed, a detergent dispensing assembly which is structured for supplying detergent into the washing tub, a fresh-water supply circuit which is structured for selectively channeling a flow of fresh water from a water mains towards the detergent dispensing assembly and/or the washing tub, and a water softening device which is arranged/located along the fresh-water supply circuit and is structured for reducing the hardness degree of the fresh water channeled to the detergent dispensing assembly and/or the washing tub;
- the detergent dispensing assembly arranged/located inside the casing so that loading inlet of the detergent dispensing assembly is exposed or exposable to outside of the front wall of the casing substantially beside the appliance control panel;
the water softening device in turn comprising a water-softening agent container which is arranged/located along the fresh-water supply circuit 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, and a regeneration-agent reservoir which is fluidly connected to the water-softening agent container and is structured to receive a consumable regeneration agent for performing a regeneration of a water softening function of the water softening agent stored into the water-softening agent container; and
the laundry washing machine wherein the appliance control panel is structured for allowing the user to manually select a desired washing-cycle, wherein the regeneration-agent reservoir is provided with a loading inlet structured for allowing the user to load a regeneration agent inside the same regeneration-agent reservoir and is arranged/located inside the casing so that said loading inlet is exposed or exposable to outside of the casing and is located/arranged on a portion of said worktop located immediately behind the appliance control panel.
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Abstract
A laundry washing machine (1) has an outer casing (2) and, inside the outer casing (2), a washing tub (3), a detergent dispensing assembly (9) structured for supplying detergent into the washing tub (3), and a fresh-water supply circuit (10) 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). A water softening device (12) 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 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, able to regenerate the water softening function of the water softening agent. The laundry washing machine (1) further has an appliance control panel (11) located on a front wall (2a) of the casing (2), close to a worktop (2b) of the casing (2), and structured for allowing the user to manually select the desired washing-cycle. The water softening device (12) being provided with a loading inlet or mouth (33a, 52) structured for allowing the user to load a regeneration agent inside the same internal water softening device (12) and arranged/located inside the casing (2) so that its loading inlet or mouth (33a, 52) is exposed or exposable to the outside on said worktop (2b) of the casing (2), substantially behind the appliance control panel (11).
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1. A laundry washing machine comprising an outer casing having a front wall and an appliance control panel located on the front wall, close to a worktop of the casing, and, inside said outer casing, a washing tub, a rotatable drum housed in axially rotatable manner inside the washing tub and structured for housing the laundry to be washed, a detergent dispensing assembly which is structured for supplying detergent into the washing tub, a fresh-water supply circuit which is structured for selectively channeling a flow of fresh water from a water mains towards the detergent dispensing assembly and/or the washing tub, and a water softening device which is arranged/located along the fresh-water supply circuit and is structured for reducing the hardness degree of the fresh water channeled to the detergent dispensing assembly and/or the washing tub;
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the detergent dispensing assembly arranged/located inside the casing so that loading inlet of the detergent dispensing assembly is exposed or exposable to outside of the front wall of the casing substantially beside the appliance control panel; the water softening device in turn comprising a water-softening agent container which is arranged/located along the fresh-water supply circuit 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, and a regeneration-agent reservoir which is fluidly connected to the water-softening agent container and is structured to receive a consumable regeneration agent for performing a regeneration of a water softening function of the water softening agent stored into the water-softening agent container; and the laundry washing machine wherein the appliance control panel is structured for allowing the user to manually select a desired washing-cycle, wherein the regeneration-agent reservoir is provided with a loading inlet structured for allowing the user to load a regeneration agent inside the same regeneration-agent reservoir and is arranged/located inside the casing so that said loading inlet is exposed or exposable to outside of the casing and is located/arranged on a portion of said worktop located immediately behind the appliance control panel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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