US 12,258,697 B2
Gasket for washing machines and washing machine including this gasket
Sandro Mazzaro, San Vito al Tagliamento (IT); and Paolo Cittadini, Luvinate (IT)
Assigned to INDUSTRIE ILPEA S.P.A., Malgesso (IT)
Appl. No. 18/006,913
Filed by INDUSTRIE ILPEA S.P.A., Malgesso (IT)
PCT Filed Jul. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/056699
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 26, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/023917, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000018133 (IT), filed on Jul. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0272570 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. D06F 37/26 (2006.01); D06F 34/20 (2020.01); D06F 39/14 (2006.01); F16J 15/08 (2006.01); D06F 103/40 (2020.01); D06F 105/58 (2020.01); D06F 105/62 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 37/266 (2013.01) [D06F 34/20 (2020.02); D06F 39/14 (2013.01); F16J 15/0818 (2013.01); D06F 2103/40 (2020.02); D06F 2105/58 (2020.02); D06F 2105/62 (2020.02)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gasket for washing machines, which comprises at least one annular body of deformable material and is provided with at least one first perimetric lip, wherein the gasket comprises at least one perimetric canal which extends at least partially along the annular body and is adapted to house at least partially a sensor with an elongated shape, wherein the perimetric canal is closed and connected to the outside of the gasket through at least one passage.