machine for washing and drying laundry and the drive of the drum on a submerged belt is made

摘要

1. A laundry washing and drying machine, comprising a tub (1), which is arranged to contain washing or rinsing water and inside which a laundry drum (4) is mounted for rotation, which drum has a substantially horizontal axis (AA) and is supported by at least one shaft (5), which is mounted in a bearing seated in the tub wall, an electric motor (7) which is secured to the tub and which drives the drum via a belt (11) which is tensioned between a motor pulley (10) and a driven pulley which is rigidly connected to the drum, the motor pulley, the driven pulley, and the belt being situated within the tub and being at least partly immersed in the washing or rinsing water, the tub being situated in a housing (3) to which it connected by a damped resilient suspension, the motor pulley (10) being mounted on the motor drive shaft (8), which shaft extends through the wall of the tub at a point which is situated between the motor and the pulley, the motor drive shaft being aligned substantially parallel to the drum axis (AA), characterized in that the driven pulley is arranged on the cylindrical surface (6) of the drum (4), the motor being mounted so that the centre of gravity (G) of the washing assembly constituted by the drum, its pulley, the tub and the motor is situated substantially in the plane of symmetry (P) perpendicular to the drum axis.