Abstract: A method of treating laundry in a washing machine having a substantially rotatable drum disposed in a suds container. The method includes heating the drum wall with a heater during a laundry smoothing cycle and rotating the drum during the smoothing cycle at a first speed so as to lift the laundry in the drum to a height at which the laundry slides down the drum wall.

Abstract: A method of treating laundry in a washing machine having a substantially rotatable drum disposed in a suds container. The method includes heating the drum wall with a heater during a laundry smoothing cycle and rotating the drum during the smoothing cycle at a first speed so as to lift the laundry in the drum to a height at which the laundry slides down the drum wall.

Abstract: A front-loading drum-type washing machine includes an appliance housing, a suds container a drum rotatably disposed in the suds container, and a bellows seal disposed between the suds container and the appliance housing. The bellows seal is configured to seal a door opening area of the appliance housing and includes a laundry deflector disposed in a region of a twelve o'clock position of the bellows seal. The laundry deflector is directed towards the drum and includes a channel system forming an opening in a wall of the bellows seal. A conduit is provided for supplying at least one of water, wash liquid and rinse liquid to the door opening area. The conduit is in fluid connection with the opening in the wall of the bellows seal.