Washing machine
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsIn Cheol Jang, Amitoj Singh, Hyun Sik Lee, Jeoung Kyo Jeoung, Kang Doo Kim, Doo Young Rou, Seung Youp Lee, Ha Yong Jang
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Abstract
A washing machine include a main body in which an inlet is formed in a front portion thereof; a tub provided inside the main body; a washing tub rotatably provided inside the tub; and a sink provided on the main body and having a water tank formed to be recessed to store water, wherein the water tank includes a soaking part in which laundry is soaked and a scrubbing part on which laundry is scrubbed and hand-washed, the function of soaking the laundry in water and the function of hand-washing are provided and the washing effect is improved.
Claims11
A washing machine comprising:
- a main body in which an inlet is formed in a front portion thereof;
- an outer tub provided inside the main body, the outer tub having a cylindrical shape and comprising an inlet port on an outer circumferential of the outer tub;
- a washing tub rotatably provided inside the outer tub;
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- a sink provided on the main body and having a water tank formed to be recessed to store water, wherein a bottom surface of the water tank includes:
- a soaking part in which laundry is soaked, the soaking part formed to have a flat soaking surface, and
- a scrubbing part on which laundry is scrubbed and hand-washed, the scrubbing part formed to have a flat scrubbing surface approximately parallel relative to the flat soaking surface;
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- a drain device configured to control a discharge of water stored in the water tank to the inlet port of the outer tub, the drain device including:
- an auxiliary drain port provided in the water tank, and
- an auxiliary pipe fluidly communicating the auxiliary drain port and the inlet port of the outer tub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.