Washing machine
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJin Ho Lee, Han Kyu Choi
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a washing machine provided with a pulsator. The washing machine includes a cabinet, a tub provided in the cabinet to store washing water, a drum rotatably provided in the tub, a pulsator configured to be rotatable independently of the drum and a flange shaft configured to transmit a rotational force to the drum. The drum includes a cylindrical portion configured to form a side surface of the drum, and a rear cover disposed in one side of the cylindrical portion while being disposed in the outside of the pulsator, and seated in the flange shaft.
Claims20
A washing machine comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a tub provided in the cabinet to store washing water;
- a drum rotatably provided in the tub about a rotation axis, the drum comprising a cylindrical portion configured to form a side surface of the drum;
- a pulsator configured to be rotatable about the rotation axis independently of the drum and having a radius equal to a distance from the rotation axis to an outer edge of the pulsator;
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- a flange shaft mounted to the cylindrical portion of the drum and configured to transmit a rotational force to the drum, including a seating groove located at a radius of the flange shaft outside of the radius of the pulsator,
- wherein the drum comprises a rear cover disposed in one side of the cylindrical portion, the rear cover comprising a seating flange on an innermost circumferential surface of the rear cover disposed outside of the radius of the pulsator and seated in the seating groove.
A washing machine comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a tub provided in the cabinet to store washing water;
- a drum having a cylindrical portion and a rear cover provided in one side of the cylindrical portion and configured to be rotatably provided in the tub about a rotation axis;
- a pulsator configured to be rotatable about the rotation axis independently of the drum, having a radius equal to a distance from the rotation axis to an outer edge of the pulsator, and configured to be surrounded by an inner circumferential surface of the rear cover;
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- a flange shaft mounted to the cylindrical portion of the drum to transmit a rotational force to the drum in a rear side of the pulsator, including a seating groove located at a radius of the flange shaft outside of the radius of the pulsator, and configured to allow the rear cover to be inserted into the seating groove,
- wherein the rear cover comprises a seating flange on an innermost circumferential surface of the rear cover disposed outside of the radius of the pulsator and seated in the seating groove.
A washing machine comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a tub provided in the cabinet to store washing water;
- a drum configured to be rotatably provided in the tub with respect to a rotation shaft, and provided with a cylindrical portion, and a rear cover provided in a rear side of the cylindrical portion and extended toward the rotation shaft;
- a pulsator configured to be rotatable independently of the drum about the rotation shaft in the drum, having a radius equal to a distance from the rotation shaft to an outer edge of the pulsator, and disposed in an inner side of the rear cover;
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- a flange shaft provided with a seating groove located at a radius of the flange shaft outside of the radius of the pulsator to which the rear cover is inserted, the flange shaft mounted to the cylindrical portion of the drum and configured to transmit a rotational force to the drum,
- wherein the rear cover comprises a seating flange on an innermost circumferential surface of the rear cover disposed outside of the radius of the pulsator and seated in the seating groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.