Drawer for clothes collection

Abstract

A household appliance being a washing machine and/or a drying machine comprising a laundry compartment ( 2 ) located at a lower portion of the household appliance. The laundry compartment ( 2 ) is foldable and has a variable volume.

1 . A household electrical appliance being a washing machine and/or a drying machine, the household electrical appliance comprising:
 a laundry compartment located at a lower portion of the household electrical appliance, wherein said laundry compartment is foldable and has a variable volume.   
     
     
         2 . The household electrical appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein said laundry compartment includes a tub that is foldable in a bellows-fashion. 
     
     
         3 . The household electrical appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein said laundry compartment is a part of a drawer of the household electrical appliance. 
     
     
         4 . The household electrical appliance according to  claim 3 , wherein in a closed configuration of the drawer the laundry compartment has a minimum volume and is not visible by an external user, and wherein an opening of the drawer determining an increase of the volume of the laundry compartment. 
     
     
         5 . The household electrical appliance according to  claim 3 , further comprising opening/closing means of the drawer of a push-push type for facilitating opening and closing of the drawer with a user's foot. 
     
     
         6 . The household electrical appliance according to  claims 3 , further comprising:
 a front panel of the drawer;   guide and support means of said panel during an opening stroke of the drawer;   
       a housing of at least a part of the drawer; wherein said housing includes a bottom wall from which the panel distances during the opening stroke of the drawer;
 a first wall of said laundry compartment which heads to said panel and is removably constrained to the panel or to an element solidly constrained thereto; 
 a second wall of said laundry compartment which heads to said bottom wall and is removably constrained to said bottom wall or to an element solid thereto. 
 
     
     
         7 . The household electrical appliance according to  claim 6 , wherein the guide and support means comprise two lateral bars which insert in special seatings afforded inside a casing which encloses functioning actuators of the household electrical appliance. 
     
     
         8 . The household electrical appliance according to  claim 6 , wherein a minimum distance between the bottom wall and the front panel is less than 15 centimeters. 
     
     
         9 . The household electrical appliance according to  claim 3 , wherein said laundry compartment is removable from the drawer, defining a laundry carrier basin. 
     
     
         10 . The household electrical appliance according to  claim 1 , further comprising: a magnetic connecting means of said laundry compartment for connection to remaining parts of the household electrical appliance. 
     
     
         11 . The household electrical appliance according to  claim 2 , wherein said laundry compartment is a part of a drawer of the household electrical appliance. 
     
     
         12 . The household electrical appliance according to  claim 4 , further comprising opening/closing means of the drawer of a push-push type for facilitating opening and closing of the drawer with a user's foot. 
     
     
         13 . The household electrical appliance according to  claim 4 , further comprising:
 a front panel of the drawer;   guide and support means of said panel during an opening stroke of the drawer;   
       a housing of at least a part of the drawer, wherein said housing includes a bottom wall from which the panel distances during the opening stroke of the drawer;
 a first wall of said laundry compartment which heads to said panel and is removably constrained to the panel or to an element solidly constrained thereto; 
 a second wall of said laundry compartment which heads to said bottom wall and is removably constrained to said bottom wall or to an element solid thereto. 
 
     
     
         14 . The household electrical appliance according to  claim 5 , further comprising:
 a front panel of the drawer;   guide and support means of said panel during an opening stroke of the drawer;   
       a housing of at least a part of the drawer, wherein said housing includes a bottom wall from which the panel distances during the opening stroke of the drawer;
 a first wall of said laundry compartment which heads to said panel and is removably constrained to the panel or to an element solidly constrained thereto; 
 a second wall of said laundry compartment which heads to said bottom wall and is removably constrained to said bottom wall or to an element solid thereto. 
 
     
     
         15 . The household electrical appliance according to  claim 7 , wherein a minimum distance between the bottom wall and the front panel is less than 15 centimeters. 
     
     
         16 . The household electrical appliance according to  claim 4 , wherein said laundry compartment is removable from the drawer, defining a laundry carrier basin. 
     
     
         17 . The household electrical appliance according to  claim 5 , wherein said laundry compartment is removable from the drawer, defining a laundry carrier basin. 
     
     
         18 . The household electrical appliance according to  claim 6 , wherein said laundry compartment is removable from the drawer, defining a laundry carrier basin. 
     
     
         19 . The household electrical appliance according to  claim 7 , wherein said laundry compartment is removable from the drawer, defining a laundry carrier basin. 
     
     
         20 . The household electrical appliance according to  claim 8 , wherein said laundry compartment is removable from the drawer, defining a laundry carrier basin.