Abstract: A laundry machine (1) having cabinet (2) housing a chamber (3) for treating laundry having a rotation axis (RR), a porthole (8) for providing access to and tightly closing the chamber (3), a hinge (11) to pivot the porthole (8) to the cabinet (2), an electromechanical lock (12) having a first member (13) on the porthole (8) and a matching member (14) on the cabinet (2), and a grip-only handle (15). The porthole (8) has at least one frame (30, 30a, 31), and a glass (32) secured to the at least one frame (30, 30a, 31). The electromechanical lock (12) is configured to be released by applying a force beyond a threshold onto the porthole (8) away from the cabinet (2).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry machine (1) comprising a cabinet (2) housing a chamber (3) for treating laundry having a rotation axis (RR), a porthole (8) for providing access to and tightly closing the chamber (3), a hinge (11) to pivot the porthole (8) to the cabinet (2), an electromechanical lock (12) comprising a first member (13) on the porthole (8) and a matching member (14) on the cabinet (2), and a grip-only handle (15), wherein said porthole (8) comprises at least one frame (30, 30a, 31), and a glass (32) secured to the at least one frame (30, 30a, 31), wherein said electromechanical lock (12) is configured to be released by applying a force beyond a threshold onto the porthole (8) away from the cabinet (2).

Abstract: Front-loading clothes washing machine comprising: a perforated rotating drum holding the clothes to be washed, an access opening into said drum, a stationary tub containing said drum, an access opening into said tub provided so as to lie in alignment with said access opening of said drum, an outer casing containing said tub therewithin, a front aperture in said outer casing adapted to ensure access to the access opening of the tub, a loading door provided to close said front aperture in the outer casing, an annular bellows-like gasket adapted to provide an elastic, water-tight junction between the access opening of the tub and the front aperture in the outer casing, in which the portion of said drum that defines the respective access opening has an elongated cylindrical configuration on its front side, which extends coaxially with the access opening of the tub, the latter being preferably provided with a corresponding elongated cylindrical configuration adapted to enclose said elongated cylindrical configurat