US Patent 9617677 Laundry machine

A laundry machine may include a casing (2) with a panel (3) having a laundry loading/unloading opening (4), a door (5) hinged to the casing (2) for opening/closing the laundry loading/unloading opening (4), a hinge (6) adapted to pivotably support the door (5) to the casing (2), and one or more apertures (7) in the door frame (8) on the hinge side allowing the rotation of the door (5) with respect to the hinge (6) when opening/closing. The laundry machine (1) may further include at least one closure element (9) for at least partially closing the one or more apertures (7) when the door (5) is in a closed position in which it closes the loading/unloading opening (4).