DEVICE FOR RADIAL DAMPING OF OSCILLATIONS FROM AN OSCILLATING UNIT OF A WASHING MACHINE, ARTICULATION DEVICE AND WASHING MACHINE THAT COMPRISES THE DAMPING DEVICE

摘要

Radial damping device for damping the oscillations of an oscillating unit of a washing machine (3), comprising a lever arm (1) with a coupling body (1a) having an internal passage (1b), and being rotationally insertable on a support shaft (2a) fixable to a portion of a washing machine (3), and a frictional damping element (4) made of an elastically flexible material, which is inserted into the internal passage (1b) so that when the coupling body (1a) is inserted into the support shaft (2a), a frictional resistance opposes the rotation of the lever arm (1) on the support shaft (2a), the radial damping device further comprises retention elements (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) axially provided on the frictional damping element (4) and on the coupling body (1a), which are associated with each other as a unit so as to retain the frictional damping element (4) axially within the internal passage (1b).