Washing machine
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKyunam Lee, Heejin Kang, Youngjin Um, Jungwoo Lee
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Abstract
Disclosed is a washing machine with an improved stirring device. The washing machine includes a tub, a rotating tub rotatably provided in the tub, a stirring device including a first stirring portion rotatably provided below the rotating tub, and a second stirring portion coupled to the first stirring portion. The second stirring portion includes a cylindrical wash rod body and a groove that is recessed from an outer surface of the wash rod body and extends in a longitudinal direction to accommodate a parting line formed by a manufacturing process.
Claims20
A washing machine comprising:
- a tub;
- a rotating tub rotatably provided in the tub;
- and
- a stirring device including a first stirring portion rotatably provided in a lower portion of the rotating tub and a second stirring portion coupled to the first stirring portion;
- the second stirring portion includes:
- a washing rod body having a cylindrical shape;
- a groove recessed from an outer surface of the washing rod body and extending in a longitudinal direction;
- and
- a parting line formed by a manufacturing process of the second stirring portion, the parting line positioned within the groove.
A washing machine comprises:
- a rotating tub configured to accommodate laundry,
- a pulsator rotatably provided under the rotating tub, and
- an agitator perpendicularly coupled to the pulsator and configured to rub the laundry and water, wherein the agitator includes:
- a cylindrical shaped agitator body and a spiral shape agitator blade extending from an outer circumferential surface of the agitator body,
- a groove formed to be recessed on an outer circumferential surface of the agitator body and extending in a longitudinal direction, and
- a parting line formed during a manufacturing process of the agitator, the parting line positioned in the groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.