LAUNDRY DRYING MACHINE

A laundry drying machine (1) comprising a cabinet (2) housing a chamber (3) for treating laundry having a rotation axis (RR), a porthole (8, 108) for providing 5 access to and tightly closing the chamber (3), a hinge (11) to pivot the porthole (8) to the cabinet (2), a lock (12) of a kind that allows opening of the porthole during operation of the laundry drying machine, the lock (12) comprising a first member (13, 113) on the porthole (8, 108) and a matching member (14) on the cabinet (2), and a grip-only handle (15, 15b, 15c, 115), wherein said porthole (8, 108) 10 comprises a frame assembly comprising at least one frame (30, 30a, 31; 130, 131), wherein said lock (12) is configured to be released by applying a force beyond a threshold onto the porthole (8, 108) away from the cabinet (2), wherein said grip-only handle (15, 15b, 15c, 115) is configured to be alternatively positionable in one of at least two prefixed positions with respect to said at least 15 one frame (30, 30a, 31; 130, 131) of said frame assembly. It is further disclosed a laundry drying machine (1) comprising a cabinet (2) housing a chamber (3) for treating laundry having a rotation axis (RR), a porthole (8, 108) for providing access to and tightly closing the chamber (3), a hinge (11) to pivot the porthole (8, 108) to the cabinet (2), a lock (12) of a kind that allows opening of the porthole 20 during operation of the laundry drying machine, the lock (12) comprising a first member (13, 113) on the porthole (8, 108) and a matching member (14) on the cabinet (2), and a grip-only handle (15, 15a, 15b, 15c, 115), wherein said porthole (8) comprises a frame assembly comprising at least one frame (30, 30a, 31, 130, 131), wherein said lock (12) is configured to be released by applying a force 25 beyond a threshold onto the porthole (8) away from the cabinet (2), and wherein said grip-only handle (15, 15a, 15b, 15c, 115) and said first member (13, 113) of said lock (12) are arranged in such a way that, when the porthole (8, 108) is closed, the center of mass (C15, C15a, C15b, C15c, C115) of said grip-only handle (15, 15a, 15b, 15c, 115) and the center of mass (C12, C112) of said first 30 member (13, 113) of said lock (12) are located, with respect to the rotation axis (RR), at different angular positions. (FIG. 14) WO 2016/135285 PCT/EP2016/054075 is Fig. 13a 49b cS b 9 30e Fig. 14