screw 23 fig1 b or clamping ring 25 fig1 c any combination of the alignment of the gap s and the permanent attachment is possible in the case of a permanent attachment by a welding connection the bracket 5 and the support ring 17 should consist of the same material fig2 and fig2 a 2 b and 2 c depict embodiments in which the retaining element is structured as a slotted receptacle 26 and is connected to the extension in this case too the previously mentioned ways of adjusting the gap and permanent mounting on the bracket may be freely varied in some examples fig2 a 2 b the extension 15 consists of a plastic core 27 with an elastomeric coating 28 fig2 c depicts a one piece extension 15 made of an elastomeric material e g epdm all variants are provided with an integral deflector lip 29 for preventing small articles coins nails etc inadvertently left in the pockets of laundry from moving into the area between the drum and the sudsing container where they may damage the output section of the sudsing container in the embodiments of fig1 a 1 b as well as in the embodiments of fig2 c it was shown to be useful to use a material for the.