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US 11,377,773 B2Granted
Washing machine
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsNae Young Park, Jong-Hun Sung
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Abstract
A washing machine having a plurality of washing apparatuses is provided. The washing machine includes a tub, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub, a discharge member provided in the tub to discharge air in the drum to the outside of the tub, and a cap coupled to the discharge member to prevent water in the drum from being discharged to the outside of the tub through the discharge member.
Claims12
A washing machine comprising:
- a tub having a tub cover with an opening;
- a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub;
- a door configured to cover the opening in the tub cover when the door is closed;
- a seal positioned in a gap between the door and the tub cover;
- a discharge member coupled to the tub cover to discharge air in the drum to the outside of the tub to reduce air pressure in the tub based on an air seal, based on the seal being in contact with the door and the tub cover;
- and
- a cap coupled to the discharge member to inhibit water in the drum from being discharged to the outside of the tub through the discharge member,
- wherein the discharge member comprises an outer rib and an inner rib protruding upward from a bottom of the discharge member, the outer rib forming an outer appearance of the discharge member, the inner rib disposed inside the outer rib and forming a discharge hole communicating with the drum,
- and the discharge member further comprises a drain hole disposed in the radial direction of the discharge hole from the discharge hole at the bottom of the discharge member to discharge water introduced into the discharge member to the drum,
- wherein the cap is configured to have a gap between the discharge member, the gap forming a flow path of the air from the discharge hole to outside of the cap and the discharge member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.