The home laundry-treating machine 1 further comprises: a preferably substantially cylindrical, elastically-deformable bellows (not shown) watertight connecting the front opening or mouth of the washing tub 101 to the laundry loading/unloading opening realized in the front wall of boxlike casing 103; and a substantially cylindrical, bell-shaped perforated revolving drum 104 structured for housing the laundry to be washed. The revolving drum 104 is housed in axially rotating manner inside the washing tub so as to be able to freely rotate about its longitudinal reference axis preferably, though not necessarily, an horizontal rotation axis. In an alternative embodiment not shown, rotation axis may be vertical or inclined. 

According to a preferred embodiment, the revolving drum 104 is housed in axially rotating manner inside the washing tub 101 with its front opening directly faced/aligned to the laundry loading/unloading opening on the front wall of casing 103, and the drum rotation axis is preferably arranged locally substantially coincident with the substantially horizontally-oriented longitudinal reference axis of washing tub 101. 

Furthermore, the hollow washing tub 101 may be preferably suspended in floating manner inside the casing 103 via a suspension system preferably, though not necessarily, comprising a couple of upper coil springs (not shown) connecting the upper portion of the washing tub to the top of the boxlike casing 103, and a couple of lower vibration dampers (not shown) connecting the bottom portion of the washing tub to the bottom of the boxlike casing 103. 

With reference to Figures 1 and 2, the laundry-treating machine 100 furthermore comprises a porthole door 105, which is hinged to the front wall of casing 103 to rotate about a preferably, though not necessarily, vertically-oriented reference axis to and from a closing position in which the peripheral border of the porthole door 105 rests completely on front wall for closing the laundry loading/ unloading opening and watertight sealing the washing tub 101. 

The laundry-treating machine 100 furthermore comprises an electrically- powered motor assembly, which comprises, in turn, an electric motor 2 (schematically illustrated in Figure 2) structured for driving into rotation the revolving drum 104 

