Abstract: In order to improve the mounting of the drums 15 in drum-type washing machines, a bearing ring 31 which is at least partially exchangeable through an opening in the housing 13 of the washing machine is arranged between the cylindrical bearing connection piece 29 of the drum 15 and a bearing shell 26 fixed on the housing.

Abstract: During assembly of a ram press for pressing liquid out of material being pressed, centering of the shell 19 which serves as wash basket with the axis of the press ram which engages the shell 19 is simplified by the shell 19 being horizontally movable with two degrees of freedom by being connected for pivotal motion about a second vertical axis 26 to the free end of an arm 25 which is pivotable about a first vertical axies 24'.

Abstract: For controlling the quantities of supply, waste and recycled air which can be transported by means of a blower (36) for the drying process in a drier (10), this latter comprises a cohesive valve space (38) in which two valve flaps (40 and 42) can be pivoted by a drive. According to the position which the two valve flaps occupy, so the quantities of air supplied and carried away through the apertures (54, 62, 70, 74, 76, 80) in the valve chamber (38) for the drying process are controlled. A third valve flap (44) which can be triggered by a drive controls the process of blowing the washing out of the drier drum (16) after drying. For the sound and heat insulation of the drier (10), a housing (150) in two halves (152 and 154) which covers the blower (36) and the heat exchanger (34) is provided over the valve space.

Abstract: The press for pressing batches of articles dry, especially batches of laundry, has a pressure vessel (10) at the pressing station, the orifice of which can be closed by a counterplate (18), and a receiving vessel (4) for receiving the batch of articles at the filling station and for transporting it on a plate (2) into the pressing station under the pressure vessel. The object of the invention is to improve a press of this type, in such a way that the batch of articles is introduced into the pressure vessel in a reliable and faultless way. For this purpose, the pressure vessel is mounted at the pressing station so as to be stationary and at a distance above the plate, the receiving vessel has a height corresponding to the distance between the pressure vessel and the plate, the counterplate can be moved into the pressure vessel by means of the receiving vessel, and, when the counterplate is raised, the receiving vessel can be drawn back into the filling station from the pressing station.

Abstract: A drum for a continuously operating laundry processing machine is constructed from a number of individual elements. Each element consists of an upper and a lower portion having a surface of helical shape which defines part of the drum shell, and a surface of right helicoidal shape which defines part of a right helicoidal conveying screw which divides the drum into individual chambers. The parts forming the drum are connected by externally welded seams.