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US 2011/0252836 A1Published application
Tub having structually strengthened rear wall and washing machine with the same therein
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsGon KIM, Chi Wan HUR, Yu Beom KANG, Sang Man JE, Kang Mo CHOI, Jae Kyum KIM, Ho Cheol KWON
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Abstract
A tub having a structurally strengthened rear wall and a washing machine with the same therein are disclosed. A washing machine includes a bearing housing having a flange part and a tub part injection-molded with the bearing housing inserted into a wall thereof, the wall having a recessing part and a projecting part formed on an inner or an outer surface thereof along a circumferential direction, and a circumferential rib or a radical rib formed on the recessing part.
Claims25
(canceled)
A washing machine comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a tub made of plastic within the cabinet to hold water therein and having a side wall and a rear wall;
- a drum rotatably arranged in the tub;
- a shaft to transmit a driving power to the drum;
- a motor having a rotor and a stator, wherein the rotor is coupled to the shaft and the stator is at the rear wall of the tub;
- a bearing supporting part at a central portion of the rear wall of the tub holding a bearing to support the shaft;
- a stator fastening part extending from the bearing supporting part in a radial direction and having a stator fastening hole to fasten the stator;
- and
- a plurality of through holes formed at the stator fastening part and filled with the plastic of the tub.
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A washing machine comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a tub made of plastic within the cabinet to hold water therein and having a side wall and a rear wall;
- a drum rotatably arranged in the tub;
- a shaft to transmit a driving power to the drum;
- a motor having a rotor and a stator, wherein the rotor is coupled to the shaft and the stator is at the rear wall of the tub;
- a bearing supporting part holding a bearing to support the shaft at a central portion of the rear wall of the tub;
- a stator fastening part extending from the bearing supporting part in a radial direction and having a stator fastening hole to fasten the stator;
- and
- a plurality of through holes formed on the stator fastening part, wherein an outer surface of the rear wall of the tub is located between the stator fastening part and the stator such that the through holes are filled with the plastic of the tub.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.