US 10,767,300 B2Granted

Washing machine

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorsKwang Min Chun, Hwa Shik Kim, Min Jea Choi, Nae Young Park

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Abstract

Disclosed is a washing machine having an improved wire connection structure for electrically connecting electrical components. The washing machine includes a cabinet which has a first electrical component, forms an exterior, and has an opening through which laundry is inserted; a door provided with a second electrical component, and configured to open and close the opening; a wire which electrically connects the first electrical component and the second electrical component; and a hinge which has a wire guide portion for coupling the door to the cabinet so as to be rotatable about a rotating axis and for guiding the wire.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A washing machine comprising:

a cabinet having an opening at a front side;
a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet;
a door configured to open and close the opening;
a hinge configured to pivotably couple the door to the cabinet;
and
a wire extending from an inside of the cabinet to the door,
wherein the hinge comprises:
a hinge body coupled to the cabinet,
a hinge arm extending from the hinge body,
a protrusion protruding from the hinge arm to form a rotating axis of the door and having an incised portion extending from the hinge arm along an exterior surface of the protrusion,
a wire guide portion configured to accommodate the wire along the incised portion of the protrusion and a recessed portion of the hinge arm, and
a hinge cover covering the wire guide portion along the protrusion at the incised portion and the hinge arm at the recessed portion to prevent the wire accommodated in the wire guide portion from being exposed.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/576,227Filed 19 Jul 2016
Priority: KR 10-2015-010728829 Jul 2015
Published: US 2018/0142399 A124 May 2018
Granted: 8 Sep 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

D06F 37/10
Adapted for rotation or oscillation about a horizontal or inclined axis: doors; Securing means therefor
D06F 34/10
Details of control systems for washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers: power supply arrangements, e.g. stand-by circuits
D06F 37/28
Casings; Tubs: doors; Security means therefor
D06F 39/14
Casings; Tubs: doors or covers; Securing means therefor

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