EP0395484A1 - Laundry drying and/or washing machine with a lint filter - Google Patents

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EP0395484A1
EP0395484A1 EP90401091A EP90401091A EP0395484A1 EP 0395484 A1 EP0395484 A1 EP 0395484A1 EP 90401091 A EP90401091 A EP 90401091A EP 90401091 A EP90401091 A EP 90401091A EP 0395484 A1 EP0395484 A1 EP 0395484A1
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Corinne Rochette
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  • the present invention relates to a machine for drying and / or washing clothes provided with a fluff filter.
  • Known tumble dryers or washer-dryers usually have a filter disposed in their drying air circuit to stop the laundry stuffing. This filter quickly clogs and prevents normal circulation of the drying air, which requires frequent cleaning of this filter in order to maintain constant drying efficiency and good performance of these devices.
  • a brush is mounted and applied against the surface of their filter to pick up the fluff of laundry as it is deposited on this filter, the brush being fixed for a rotating filter or mobile for a filter fixed.
  • the present invention aimed at avoiding these drawbacks makes it possible to produce an economic machine for drying and / or washing linen, provided with a fluff filter which requires neither cleaning nor evacuation of fluff.
  • a machine for drying and / or washing linen with a rotating drum and a stuffing filter is characterized in that it comprises a stuffing filter having meshes or holes allowing small particles of stuffing to pass through. of a predetermined size, and a projecting shape towards the interior of the drum favoring during drying of the linen, a continuous and voluntary contact with the linen in movement in this drum and causing a cleaning of its surface and a voluntary and repeated fragmentation in small particles by this linen in movement, of the flock of laundry retained by this filter.
  • a dryer 1 illustrated schematically in Figure 1 comprises a body 2 and a laundry drum 3 rotating about a horizontal axis 4.
  • the dryer 1 is provided with a door 5 opening upwards.
  • the laundry drum 3 having a cylindrical shape comprises in its wall an access door 6 and in a first end flange a perforated or perforated part serving as an inlet opening 7 for the drying air and in a second end flange an outlet opening 8 for the drying air.
  • the air intake duct 10 connects an air intake opening 12 giving into the atmosphere outside and the drying air inlet opening 7.
  • the outlet duct 11 connects the drying air outlet opening 8 and an air exhaust opening 14 to the outside of the dryer 1.
  • a fan 15 is mounted in the inlet duct 10 to draw air from the external atmosphere and force it to circulate through a heating device 17, mounted in this duct to bring it to a predetermined adjustable air temperature before introducing it through the perforated entry opening 7 into the rotating drum 3 to dry a moving laundry which is lifted and stirred. After removing part of the moisture from this cloth, the drying air charged with moisture is forced into the air outlet duct 11 to be discharged through the opening 14 to the outside.
  • the dryer or machine for drying and / or washing the laundry 1 comprises in the drum 3, at the drying air outlet opening 8, a filter 20 having mesh or holes allowing passage of small particles of linen stuffing of a predetermined size, a solid structure and a shape, projecting towards the inside of this drum 3, favoring (during drying of the linen) a continuous and voluntary contact with the linen moving in this drum thereby causing a cleaning of its surface and a voluntary and repeated fragmentation by this moving linen, of the flock and / or of the lint of linen retained by this filter, in small particles which can pass through the meshes or holes of this filter.
  • the filter 20 which is constantly cleaned by the linen in movement in the rotating drum 3 is constantly clean, allows a normal flow of drying air to pass regularly through the drum 3 and thus allows the dryer laundry 1 to obtain high drying efficiency and constant good yield.
  • the filter 20 having a solid structure needs neither support nor protective grid.
  • the dry laundry is removed from the dryer 1 with all the fluff and / or residual or unfragmented lint adhered to its surface under the effect of static electricity while the filter 20 constantly cleaned by the moving linen until the rotating drum 3 stops is clean.
  • the filter 20 projecting towards the inside of the drum 3 may have as its surface in contact with the moving laundry a surface chosen from plain, angular or bumps, convex, concave or flat, inclined or perpendicular to the axis of rotation of this drum.
  • a dryer 25 illustrated in FIG. 2 comprises a body 26 provided with a front door 27, a horizontal drum rotating with laundry 28 provided in its front end flange with an opening access 30, in the border of this access opening, of a perforated crown or provided with perforations serving as an opening for drying air inlet 31 and in its rear end flange, with an outlet opening of drying air 32, an air intake duct 34 connecting an air intake opening 35 giving into the external atmosphere and the perforated crown of the drum 3 serving as an opening for drying air inlet 31, a drying air outlet duct 38 connecting a discharge opening 39 and the drying air outlet opening 32, and a fan 40 sucking in the outside air, forcing it to circulate through a device heater 41 to bring it to a predetermined temperature adjustable d drying air before introducing it into the rotating drum 28 to dry the moving laundry, which is lifted and stirred. After removing part of the moisture from this laundry to be dried, the drying air is forced outside through the air outlet opening 39 and the air outlet duct 38.
  • a filter 42 is mounted in the drum 28 at the drying air outlet opening 39.
  • This filter 42 has a structure similar to that of the filter 20 of the first example illustrated in FIG. 1.
  • the filter 42 comprises meshes or holes allowing small particles of linen stuffing of a predetermined size to pass, and a protruding shape towards the inside of the drum 3 promoting continuous and voluntary contact with the linen moving in this drum, causing a cleaning of its surface and a voluntary and repeated fragmentation of the flock and / or lint of linen into small particles which can pass through the meshes or holes of this filter 42.
  • the operation of the dryer 25 is similar to that of the dryer 1 of the first example. At the end of a drying operation, the dry laundry is taken out of the dryer 25 with all the residual fluff adhered to its surface under the effect of static electricity and the filter 42 is clean. No special removal of laundry fluff at the filter 42 or in the drum 28 takes place.
  • the fluff filters 20 and 42 are mounted non-removable on a corresponding end flange of the drums 3 and 28.
  • the fluff filters 20 and 42 thus rotate with the drums 3 and 28 in rotation.
  • the fluff filters 20 and 42 are fixed to a corresponding bearing support shaft of the rotating drums 3 and 28.
  • the fluff filters 20 and 42 remain, in this case, fixed during the rotation of the drums 3 and 28.

Abstract

Laundry drying and/or washing machine with a rotary drum and with a lint filter, characterised in that it comprises a lint filter (20, 42) having meshed apertures or holes, allowing small particles of lint of predetermined size to pass through, and a shape projecting towards the inside of the drum (3, 28) which, during a drying of the laundry, is conducive to controlled and deliberate contact with the laundry moving in this drum and which brings about a cleaning of its surface and a deliberate and repeated fragmentation of the lint retained by this filter into small particles by this moving laundry. <IMAGE>

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La présente invention concerne une machine à sécher et/ou laver le linge munie d'un filtre à bourre.The present invention relates to a machine for drying and / or washing clothes provided with a fluff filter.

Des sèche-linge ou des lavant-séchant connus ont habituellement un flltre disposé dans leur circuit d'air de séchage pour arrêter la bourre de linge. Ce flltre s'encrasse rapidement et empêche une circulation normale de l'air de séchage, ce qui exige un nettoyage fréquent de ce filtre en vue de maintenir une constante efficacité du séchage et un bon rendement de ces appareils.Known tumble dryers or washer-dryers usually have a filter disposed in their drying air circuit to stop the laundry stuffing. This filter quickly clogs and prevents normal circulation of the drying air, which requires frequent cleaning of this filter in order to maintain constant drying efficiency and good performance of these devices.

Dans certains sèche-linge connus, une brosse est montée et appliquée contre la surface de leur filtre pour ramasser la bourre de linge au fur et à mesure de son dépôt sur ce filtre, la brosse étant fixe pour un filtre tournant ou mobile pour un filtre fixe.In some known dryers, a brush is mounted and applied against the surface of their filter to pick up the fluff of laundry as it is deposited on this filter, the brush being fixed for a rotating filter or mobile for a filter fixed.

Dans d'autres sèche-linge connus, un jet puissant d'air est dirigé contre la surface de ce filtre pour décoller la couche de bourre, au fur et à mesure de sa formation sur ce filtre, et un dispositif mécanique est monté pour ramasser cette bourre.In other known dryers, a powerful jet of air is directed against the surface of this filter to peel off the layer of fluff, as it forms on this filter, and a mechanical device is mounted to pick up this stuff.

Ces solutions s'avèrent compliquées et onéreuses dans leur réalisation mais ne permettent pas d'éviter une évacuation nécessaire de la bourre de linge collectée ou ramassée par cette brosse ou ce dispositif mécanique.These solutions prove to be complicated and expensive in their production but do not make it possible to avoid a necessary evacuation of the fluff of linen collected or picked up by this brush or this mechanical device.

La présente invention visant à éviter ces inconvénients permet de réaliser une machine à sécher et/ou laver le linge économique, munie d'un filtre à bourre qui n'exige ni nettoiement, ni évacuation de bourre.The present invention aimed at avoiding these drawbacks makes it possible to produce an economic machine for drying and / or washing linen, provided with a fluff filter which requires neither cleaning nor evacuation of fluff.

Selon l'invention, une machine à sécher et/ou laver le linge à tambour tournant et à filtre à bourre, est caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend un filtre à bourre ayant des mailles ou trous laissant passer des petites particules de bourre de linge d'une dimension prédéterminée, et une forme saillante vers l'intérieur du tambour favorisant durant un séchage du linge, un contact suivi et volontaire avec le linge en mouvement dans ce tambour et provoquant un nettoiement de sa surface et une fragmentation volontaire et répétée en petites particules par ce linge en mouvement, de la bourre de linge retenue par ce filtre.According to the invention, a machine for drying and / or washing linen with a rotating drum and a stuffing filter, is characterized in that it comprises a stuffing filter having meshes or holes allowing small particles of stuffing to pass through. of a predetermined size, and a projecting shape towards the interior of the drum favoring during drying of the linen, a continuous and voluntary contact with the linen in movement in this drum and causing a cleaning of its surface and a voluntary and repeated fragmentation in small particles by this linen in movement, of the flock of laundry retained by this filter.

Pour mieux faire comprendre l'invention, on en décrit ci-après un certain nombre d'exemples de réalisation illustrés par des dessins ci-annexés dont :

  • -la figure 1 représente une vue schématique partielle, en coupe verticale d'un sèche-linge selon un premier exemple de réalisation de l'invention, et
  • -la figure 2 représente une vue schématique partielle, en coupe verticale d'un sèche-linge selon un deuxième exemple de réalisation de l'invention.
To better understand the invention, a number of embodiments are described below, illustrated by the attached drawings, including:
  • FIG. 1 represents a partial schematic view, in vertical section of a dryer according to a first embodiment of the invention, and
  • FIG 2 shows a partial schematic view, in vertical section of a dryer according to a second embodiment of the invention.

Un sèche-linge 1 illustré schématiquement dans la figure 1 comprend une carrosserie 2 et un tambour à linge 3 tournant autour d'un axe horizontal 4. La sèche-linge 1 est pourvu d'une porte 5 s'ouvrant vers le dessus. Le tambour à linge 3 ayant une forme cylindrique comprend dans sa paroi un portillon d'accès 6 et dans un premier flasque d'extrémité une partie ajourée ou perforée servant d'ouverture d'entrée 7 pour l'air de séchage et dans un deuxième flasque d'extrémité une ouverture de sortie 8 pour l'air de séchage. Dans le sèche-linge 1 sont montées une gaine d'arrivée d'air 10 et une gaine de sortie d'air 11. La gaine d'arrivée d'air 10 relie une ouverture de prise d'air 12 donnant dans l'atmosphère extérieure et l'ouverture d'entrée d'air de séchage 7. La gaine de sortie 11 relie l'ouverture de sortie d'air de séchage 8 et une ouverture d'évacuation d'air 14 vers l'extérieur du sèche-linge 1.A dryer 1 illustrated schematically in Figure 1 comprises a body 2 and a laundry drum 3 rotating about a horizontal axis 4. The dryer 1 is provided with a door 5 opening upwards. The laundry drum 3 having a cylindrical shape comprises in its wall an access door 6 and in a first end flange a perforated or perforated part serving as an inlet opening 7 for the drying air and in a second end flange an outlet opening 8 for the drying air. In the dryer 1 are mounted an air intake duct 10 and an air outlet duct 11. The air intake duct 10 connects an air intake opening 12 giving into the atmosphere outside and the drying air inlet opening 7. The outlet duct 11 connects the drying air outlet opening 8 and an air exhaust opening 14 to the outside of the dryer 1.

Un ventilateur 15 est monté dans la gaine d'arrivée 10 pour aspirer de l'air de l'atmosphère extérieure et le forcer à circuler à travers un dispositif chauffant 17, monté dans cette gaine pour le porter à une température prédéterminée réglable d'air de séchage avant de l'introduire à travers l'ouverture ajourée d'entrée 7 dans le tambour tournant 3 pour y sécher un linge en mouvement qui est soulevé et brassé. Après avoir enlevé une partie de l'humidité de ce linge, l'air de séchage chargé d'humidité est refoulé dans la gaine de sortie d'air 11 pour être évacué à travers l'ouverture 14 vers l'extérieur.A fan 15 is mounted in the inlet duct 10 to draw air from the external atmosphere and force it to circulate through a heating device 17, mounted in this duct to bring it to a predetermined adjustable air temperature before introducing it through the perforated entry opening 7 into the rotating drum 3 to dry a moving laundry which is lifted and stirred. After removing part of the moisture from this cloth, the drying air charged with moisture is forced into the air outlet duct 11 to be discharged through the opening 14 to the outside.

Selon l'invention, le sèche-linge ou machine à sécher et/ou laver le linge 1 comprend dans le tambour 3, à l'ouverture de sortie d'air de séchage 8, un filtre 20 ayant des mailles ou trous laissant passer des petites particules de bourre de linge d'une dimension prédéterminée, une structure solide et une forme, saillante vers l'intérieur de ce tambour 3, favorisant (durant un séchage du linge) un contact suivi et volontaire avec le linge en mouvement dans ce tambour provoquant de ce fait un nettoiement de sa surface et une fragmentation volontaire et répétée par ce linge en mouvement, de la bourre et/ou de la charpie de linge retenue par ce filtre, en petites particules pouvant traverser les mailles ou trous de ce filtre.According to the invention, the dryer or machine for drying and / or washing the laundry 1 comprises in the drum 3, at the drying air outlet opening 8, a filter 20 having mesh or holes allowing passage of small particles of linen stuffing of a predetermined size, a solid structure and a shape, projecting towards the inside of this drum 3, favoring (during drying of the linen) a continuous and voluntary contact with the linen moving in this drum thereby causing a cleaning of its surface and a voluntary and repeated fragmentation by this moving linen, of the flock and / or of the lint of linen retained by this filter, in small particles which can pass through the meshes or holes of this filter.

Le filtre 20 qui est en permanence nettoyé par le linge en mouvement dans le tambour tournant 3 est constamment propre, laisse passer régulièrement sur toute la durée du sèchage un débit normal d'air de séchage à travers le tambour 3 et permet ainsi au sèche-linge 1 d'obtenir une grande efficacité de séchage et un constant bon rendement. Le filtre 20 ayant une structure solide n'a besoin ni support, ni grille de protection.The filter 20 which is constantly cleaned by the linen in movement in the rotating drum 3 is constantly clean, allows a normal flow of drying air to pass regularly through the drum 3 and thus allows the dryer laundry 1 to obtain high drying efficiency and constant good yield. The filter 20 having a solid structure needs neither support nor protective grid.

A la fin d'un séchage, le linge sec est sorti du sèche-linge 1 avec toute la bourre et/ou la charpie résiduelle ou non fragmentée, adhérée à sa surface sous l'effet d'une électricité statique tandis que le filtre 20 constamment nettoyé par le linge en mouvement jusqu'à l'arrêt du tambour tournant 3 est propre.At the end of drying, the dry laundry is removed from the dryer 1 with all the fluff and / or residual or unfragmented lint adhered to its surface under the effect of static electricity while the filter 20 constantly cleaned by the moving linen until the rotating drum 3 stops is clean.

Ainsi, aucune opération de nettoyage du filtre 20 n'est nécessaire et aucun enlèvement spécial de bourre de linge ou de charpie dans le tambour 3 n'a lieu.Thus, no cleaning operation of the filter 20 is necessary and no special removal of linen fluff or lint in the drum 3 takes place.

Le filtre 20 saillant vers l'intérieur du tambour 3 peut avoir comme surface en contact avec le linge en mouvement une surface choisie parmi les surfaces unies, anguleuses ou à bosses, convexes, concaves ou planes, inclinées ou perpendiculaires à l'axe de rotation de ce tambour.The filter 20 projecting towards the inside of the drum 3 may have as its surface in contact with the moving laundry a surface chosen from plain, angular or bumps, convex, concave or flat, inclined or perpendicular to the axis of rotation of this drum.

Dans un deuxième exemple de réalisation, un sèche-linge 25 illustré à la figure 2 comprend une carrosserie 26 munie d'une porte frontale 27, un tambour horizontal tournant à linge 28 pourvu dans son flasque d'extrémité frontale d'une ouverture d'accès 30, dans la bordure de cette ouverture d'accès, d'une couronne ajourée ou munie de perforations servant d'ouverture d'entrée d'air de séchage 31 et dans son flasque d'extrémité arrière, d'une ouverture de sortie d'air de séchage 32, une gaine d'arrivée d'air 34 reliant une ouverture 35 de prise d'air donnant dans l'atmosphère extérieure et la couronne ajourée du tambour 3 servant d'ouverture d'entrée d'air de séchage 31, une gaine de sortie d'air de séchage 38 reliant une ouverture d'évacuation 39 et l'ouverture de sortie d'air de séchage 32, et un ventilateur 40 aspirant l'air extérieur, le forçant à circuler à travers un dispositif chauffant 41 pour le porter à une température prédéterminée réglable d'air de séchage avant de l'introduire dans le tambour tournant 28 pour y sécher le linge en mouvement, qui est soulevé et brassé. Après avoir enlevé une partie de l'humidité de ce linge à sécher, l'air de séchage est refoulé à l'extérieur à travers l'ouverture de sortie d'air 39 et la gaine de sortie d'air 38.In a second exemplary embodiment, a dryer 25 illustrated in FIG. 2 comprises a body 26 provided with a front door 27, a horizontal drum rotating with laundry 28 provided in its front end flange with an opening access 30, in the border of this access opening, of a perforated crown or provided with perforations serving as an opening for drying air inlet 31 and in its rear end flange, with an outlet opening of drying air 32, an air intake duct 34 connecting an air intake opening 35 giving into the external atmosphere and the perforated crown of the drum 3 serving as an opening for drying air inlet 31, a drying air outlet duct 38 connecting a discharge opening 39 and the drying air outlet opening 32, and a fan 40 sucking in the outside air, forcing it to circulate through a device heater 41 to bring it to a predetermined temperature adjustable d drying air before introducing it into the rotating drum 28 to dry the moving laundry, which is lifted and stirred. After removing part of the moisture from this laundry to be dried, the drying air is forced outside through the air outlet opening 39 and the air outlet duct 38.

Un filtre 42 est monté dans le tambour 28 à l'ouverture de sortie d'air de séchage 39. Ce filtre 42 a une structure analogue à celle du filtre 20 du premier exemple illustré dans la figure 1. Le filtre 42 comprend des mailles ou trous laissant passer des petites particules de bourre de linge d'une dimension prédéterminée, et une forme saillante vers l'intérieur du tambour 3 favorisant un contact suivi et volontaire avec le linge en mouvement dans ce tambour, provoquant un nettoiement de sa surface et une fragmentation volontaire et repetée de la bourre et/ou charpie de linge en petites particules pouvant traverser les mailles ou trous de ce filtre 42.A filter 42 is mounted in the drum 28 at the drying air outlet opening 39. This filter 42 has a structure similar to that of the filter 20 of the first example illustrated in FIG. 1. The filter 42 comprises meshes or holes allowing small particles of linen stuffing of a predetermined size to pass, and a protruding shape towards the inside of the drum 3 promoting continuous and voluntary contact with the linen moving in this drum, causing a cleaning of its surface and a voluntary and repeated fragmentation of the flock and / or lint of linen into small particles which can pass through the meshes or holes of this filter 42.

Le fonctionnement du sèche-linge 25 est analogue à celui du sèche-linge 1 du premier exemple. A la fin d'une opération de séchage, le linge sec est sorti du sèche-linge 25 avec toute la bourre résiduelle adhérée à sa surface sous l'effet d'une électricité statique et le filtre 42 est propre. Aucun enlêvement spécial de bourre de linge au niveau du filtre 42 ou dans le tambour 28 n'a lieu.The operation of the dryer 25 is similar to that of the dryer 1 of the first example. At the end of a drying operation, the dry laundry is taken out of the dryer 25 with all the residual fluff adhered to its surface under the effect of static electricity and the filter 42 is clean. No special removal of laundry fluff at the filter 42 or in the drum 28 takes place.

La solution apportée par l'invention aux machines à sécher et/ou laver le linge est ainsi simple, facile et économique à réaliser, et les rend pratiques et avantageuses dans leur utilisation en comparaison avec des solutions connues, rappelées dans un paragraphe précédent.The solution provided by the invention to machines for drying and / or washing clothes is thus simple, easy and economical to produce, and makes them practical and advantageous in their use in comparison with known solutions, recalled in a previous paragraph.

Dans les exemples de réalisation illustrés aux figures 1 et 2, les filtres à bourre 20 et 42 sont montés inamovibles sur un flasque d'extrémité correspondant des tambours 3 et 28. Les filtres à bourre 20 et 42 tournent ainsi avec les tambours 3 et 28 en rotation.In the exemplary embodiments illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, the fluff filters 20 and 42 are mounted non-removable on a corresponding end flange of the drums 3 and 28. The fluff filters 20 and 42 thus rotate with the drums 3 and 28 in rotation.

Dans des variantes de réalisation non représentées, les filtres à bourre 20 et 42 sont fixés sur un arbre support de palier correspondant des tambours tournants 3 et 28. Les filtres à bourre 20 et 42 restent, dans ce cas, fixes durant la rotation des tambours 3 et 28.In alternative embodiments not shown, the fluff filters 20 and 42 are fixed to a corresponding bearing support shaft of the rotating drums 3 and 28. The fluff filters 20 and 42 remain, in this case, fixed during the rotation of the drums 3 and 28.

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1. Machine à sécher et/ou laver le linge à tambour tournant et à filtre à bourre en contact avec du linge en mouvement qui nettoie sa surface, caractérisée en ce que le filtre à bourre (20, 42) comportant des mailles ou trous laissant passer des petites particules de bourre de linge d'une dimension prédéterminée, et une forme saillante (3, 28) vers l'intérieur du tambour favorisant durant un séchage du linge, un contact suivi et volontaire avec le linge en mouvement dans ce tambour et provoquant un nettoiement de sa surface et une fragmentation volontaire et répétée par ce linge en mouvement, de la bourre de linge retenue par ce filtre, en petites particules pouvant traverser les mailles ou trous de ce filtre.1. Machine for drying and / or washing linen with revolving drum and fluff filter in contact with moving linen which cleans its surface, characterized in that the fluff filter (20, 42) comprising meshes or holes leaving passing small particles of linen stuffing of a predetermined size, and a projecting shape (3, 28) towards the inside of the drum favoring during drying of the linen, a continuous and voluntary contact with the linen moving in this drum and causing a cleaning of its surface and a voluntary and repeated fragmentation by this moving linen, of the flock of linen retained by this filter, in small particles which can pass through the meshes or holes of this filter. 2. Machine selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le filtre à bourre (20, 42) comprend comme surface en contact avec le linge en mouvement dans le tambour (3, 28) une surface choisie parmi les surfaces unies, anguleuses ou à bosses, convexes, concaves ou planes, inclinées ou perpendiculaires à l'axe de rotation de ce tambour.2. Machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the fluff filter (20, 42) comprises as surface in contact with the linen moving in the drum (3, 28) a surface chosen from among plain, angular or bumps, convex, concave or flat, inclined or perpendicular to the axis of rotation of this drum. 3. Machine selon l'une des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisée en ce que le filtre à bourre (20, 42) est monté inamovible dans le tambour (3, 28).3. Machine according to one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the fluff filter (20, 42) is mounted irremovable in the drum (3, 28). 4. Machine selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisée en ce que le filtre à bourre (20, 42) est fixé contre un flasque du tambour (3, 28).4. Machine according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the fluff filter (20, 42) is fixed against a flange of the drum (3, 28). 5. Machine selon l'unes des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisée en ce que le filtre à bourre (20, 42) est fixe par rapport au tambour tournant (3, 28).5. Machine according to one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the fluff filter (20, 42) is fixed relative to the rotating drum (3, 28). 6. Machine selon l'une des revendications 1, 2 et 5, caractérisée en ce que le filtre à bourre (20, 42) est fixé sur un arbre support de palier du tambour tournant (3, 28).6. Machine according to one of claims 1, 2 and 5, characterized in that the fluff filter (20, 42) is fixed on a bearing support shaft of the rotating drum (3, 28).
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