Laundry treatment appliance

Abstract

A laundry treatment appliance for caring for laundry includes a housing with side walls and a front wall. The front wall is formed with an opening, through which a receptacle inside the housing can be accessed. The front wall is configured in the form of a layered assembly, with the assembly having at least one first front wall element and at least one second front wall element. The front wall elements are arranged with their surfaces substantially parallel to one another. The at least one second front wall element is arranged between the at least one first front wall element and the receptacle of the laundry treatment appliance.

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         14 . A laundry treatment appliance, comprising:
 a housing with side walls and a front wall, said front wall being formed with an opening to enable access to a receptacle inside said housing;   said front wall being a layered assembly with at least one first front wall element and at least one second front wall element that are arranged substantially parallel to one another; and   said at least one second front wall element being arranged between said at least one first front wall element and said receptacle of the laundry treatment appliance.   
     
     
         15 . The laundry treatment appliance according to  claim 14 , wherein said at least one first front wall element comprises at least one first positioning element and said at least one second front wall element comprises at least one second positioning element, and wherein said at least one first positioning element is matched to said at least one second positioning element. 
     
     
         16 . The laundry treatment appliance according to  claim 14 , wherein said at least one first front wall element is detachably connected to said at least one second front wall element. 
     
     
         17 . The laundry treatment appliance according to  claim 14 , wherein said at least one second front wall element is fixedly mounted to said housing of the laundry treatment appliance. 
     
     
         18 . The laundry treatment appliance according to  claim 14 , wherein said at least one first front wall element is configured as a design element with a substantially smooth surface. 
     
     
         19 . The laundry treatment appliance according to  claim 14 , wherein said at least one first front wall element is configured to be deeper than said at least one second front wall element. 
     
     
         20 . The laundry treatment appliance according to  claim 14 , which comprises a door hinge unit mounted to said at least one second front wall element, and a door unit rotatably supported on said door hinge unit for closing said opening in said front wall. 
     
     
         21 . The laundry treatment appliance according to  claim 20 , wherein said at least one first front wall element is formed with at least one first cutout and said door unit projects at least partially through said at least one first cutout in said at least one first front wall element. 
     
     
         22 . The laundry treatment appliance according to  claim 14 , which comprises a control unit arranged in said housing and having at least one operating region, said control unit being arranged in said housing with said at least one operating region projecting at least partially through a control unit cutout formed in said at least one second front wall element and being arranged on said at least one first front wall element with an operating surface of said operating region of said control unit being arranged substantially flush with an outer surface of said at least one first front wall element. 
     
     
         23 . The laundry treatment appliance according to  claim 14 , wherein:
 the laundry treatment appliance has a height H W  from a lower face of the laundry treatment appliance to an upper face thereof;   said at least one first front wall element has a height F FE1  and said at least one second front wall element has a height F FE2  that is substantially equal to the height F FE1  of said at least one first front wall element; and   the height F FE1  of said at least one first front wall element and the height F FE2  of said at least one second front wall element is substantially equal to the height H W  of the laundry treatment appliance.   
     
     
         24 . The laundry treatment appliance according to  claim 14 , wherein said at least one second front wall element is formed with at least one second cutout and wherein a front face of said at least one second front wall element facing in a direction of said at least one first front wall element is formed with at least one depression. 
     
     
         25 . The laundry treatment appliance according to  claim 24 , wherein said at least one depression in said at least one second front wall element is formed with at least one first depression and at least one second depression, and wherein said at least one second depression is a deeper depression than said at least one first depression. 
     
     
         26 . The laundry treatment appliance according to  claim 25 , further comprising a detergent dispenser drawer unit arranged in a vicinity of an upper face of the laundry treatment appliance, and wherein said at least one first depression includes a conduit extending between said detergent dispenser drawer unit of the laundry treatment appliance and said at least one second cutout in said at least one second front wall element.