Drum type washing machine
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Ha Products Co., Ltd., Toshiba Consumer Marketing Corporation
InventorsTatsuya Saito, Yoshikazu Munemoto, Koichi Hosomi
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Abstract
A drum type washing machine includes a water tub, a drum mounted in the water tub so as to be rotatable a wash operation and a dehydration operation are carried out, the drum including an end plate, a drum support provided on the end plate of the drum and including a mount portion on which a shaft supporting the drum is mounted thereon, and a cover covering the mount portion of the drum support so that the mount portion is rendered substantially planar.
Claims9
A drum type washing machine comprising:
- a water tub;
- a drum mounted in the water tub so as to be rotatable so that a wash operation and a dehydration operation are carried out, the drum including an end plate;
- a drum support provided on the end plate of the drum and including a mount portion on which a shaft supporting the drum is mounted thereon;
- and
- a cover covering the mount portion of the drum support so that the mount portion is rendered substantially planar.
The drum type washing machine according to claim 2, wherein the end plate of the drum has a recess in which the drum support is accommodated, and the recess is closed by the cover so that the end plate and the cover are substantially co-planar.
A drum type washing machine comprising:
- a water tub;
- a drum mounted in the water tub so as to be rotatable so that a wash operation and a dehydration operation are carried out, the drum including an end plate having a recess with a bottom;
- and
- a drum support enclosed in the recess of the end plate of the drum and including amount portion on which a shaft supporting the drum is mounted thereon,
- wherein the drum support has a first side facing the bottom of the recess and provided with a reinforcing corrugated portion;
- and
- wherein the drum support has a second side opposed to the first side and substantially planar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.