Abstract: A laundry washing machine comprises a dispenser of washing agents (10) having at least a movable body (26A, 26B, 40) defining a compartment for containing a dose of a respective washing agent. The movable body (26A, 26B, 40) is mounted in a housing (11) in such a way as to be able to assume a first position, for the manual admission of a washing agent into the compartment through a loading mouth (27, 41), and a second position, for withdrawing the washing agent from the compartment by means of a flow of liquid (IN). The movable body (26A, 26B, 40) is pivotally supported in the respective housing (11) to move angularly from said first to said second position and vice versa, around an axis (X) that is substantially perpendicular or otherwise transverse relative to the axis (Y) of the loading mouth (27, 41) of the body (10). Preferably, the movement of the body (26A, 26B, 40) from the first to the second position is obtained by means of the aforesaid flow of liquid (IN).

Abstract: Method for drying laundry and a machine able to implement such a method, which provides for the use of only one electric resistance for heating the air utilized for drying purposes. According to the invention, during the starting phase of the drying process, i.e. the initial stage of the air heating, said resistance is applied continuously for exploiting its maximum power and quickly reach a predetermined temperature of the drying air. Following the attainment of said predetermined temperature, a special control circuit causes said resistance to be applied in a shuttered or modulated way, i.e. by alternating application phases to non-application phases within repetitive reference periods, in order to manage the power of the resistance in its steady-state condition for obtaining a substantial constancy of the air temperature.

Abstract: A laundry washing machine (1) has a cabinet (2) inferiorly delimited by a respective bottom (F) in which a recess (17) is formed. The recess (17) is open towards the exterior of the cabinet (2) in two directions, substantially orthogonal to each other (X, Y).

Abstract: A laundry washing machine comprises a dispenser of washing agents (10) having at least a movable body (26A, 26B, 40) defining a compartment for containing a dose of a respective washing agent. The movable body (26A, 26B, 40) is mounted in a housing (11) in such a way as to be able to assume a first position, for the manual admission of a washing agent into the compartment through a loading mouth (27, 41), and a second position, for withdrawing the washing agent from the compartment by means of a flow of liquid (IN). The movable body (26A, 26B, 40) is pivotally supported in the respective housing (11) to move angularly from said first to said second position and vice versa, around an axis (X) that is substantially perpendicular or otherwise transverse relative to the axis (Y) of the loading mouth (27, 41) of the body (10). Preferably, the movement of the body (26A, 26B, 40) from the first to the second position is obtained by means of the aforesaid flow of liquid (IN).

Abstract: A system for controlling the consumption of a household appliance, comprising an electronic microcontroller and non-volatile memory device associated with the microcontroller, the household appliance being connected during use with at least one source of an external resource (water, electric energy, gas, etc.), the external resource being required by the apparatus for carrying out an operating cycle, where the apparatus also comprises a setting device for the manual selection of one or more operating parameters, and signaling device. Coded information are contained within a memory, which are used by the control system as a function of at least one selection actuated through the setting device, for calculating the consumption of the external resource required by the household appliance to execute an operating cycle, the signaling means being capable, if required, to show the consumption level of the external resource.

Abstract: A front loading laundry washing machine, whereby the group constituted by the tub, the basket and by the balancing masses of the machine is suspended within the cabinet in a position being substantially higher than that of normal front loading washing machines, so as that at least the aperture of the frontal wall of the cabinet can be found at a height substantially higher than that of normal front loading washing machines.

Abstract: A front loading laundry washing machine, of the domestic type, whereby the body of the washing agents distributor is mounted on the frontal wall of the washing chamber, in correspondence with the respective aperture, and facing towards the inside of the basket through the aperture of the latter.