Patents Assigned to Candy S.p.A.
  • Patent number: 7752872
    Abstract: A loading basket for a washing machine includes a rear wall (8), a front wall (9) and a side wall (7) extending about a longitudinal axis (X), and one or more dragging blades (12) that are arranged on the side wall (7) and projecting to the inside of the basket. The side wall (7) includes a substantially cylindrical and/or truncated cone-shaped wall portion (13) with one or more approximately plane interruption areas (14) extending from a rear area of the side wall (7) close to the rear wall (8) to the vicinity of the front wall (9). The dragging blades (12) are connected to the interruption areas (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Candy S.p.A.
    Inventor: Silvano Fumagalli
  • Patent number: 7661203
    Abstract: A loading basket (6) for a washing machine (1) comprises a rear wall (8), a front wall (9) opposite the rear wall (8) and a side wall (7) defining an inner space (10) of the basket, as well as one or more dragging blades (12) arranged on the side wall (7) and projecting to the inside of the basket. The side wall (7) comprises a drilling with a plurality of small through holes (13), which are arranged at the vertex of respective domes (14) projecting to the outside of the basket (6), as well as a plurality of rounded projections (18) in the shape of a spherical dome without through holes and projecting to the inside (10) of the basket (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Candy S.p.A.
    Inventor: Silvano Fumagalli
  • Patent number: 7555924
    Abstract: A basket (6) for loading the laundry in a washing machine, washer-drier, drier and the like comprises a innerly hollow body with a longitudinal axis (X) being the basket (6) rotation axis, wherein said body has at least one shaped length (12) the radial distance (r, r14, r15) thereof from the longitudinal axis (X) is increased towards the rear wall (8) such that the barycentre of the inner volume (10) being defined by the hollow body is displaced towards the rear wall (8), wherein in the shaped length (12) there are formed one or more steps (13) extending along a circumpherential direction to the longitudinal axis (X) each providing an increase in the radial distance (r, r14, r15) of the shaped length (12) from the longitudinal axis (X) and wherein the step defines at least two portions (14, 15) having different radial distances (r, r14, r15) from the longitudinal axis (X).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Candy S.p.A.
    Inventor: Silvano Fumagalli