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US 2016/0258102 A1Published application
Balancer of washing machine
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsMin Sung Kim, Jeong Hoon Kang, Dong Ha Jung
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a washing machine having an improved balancing function. The washing machine includes a cabinet, a drum disposed in the cabinet to be rotatable, a balancer installed at the drum to offset an unbalanced load generated at the drum when the drum is rotated, 100 and at least one magnetic body disposed between the balancer and the drum.
Claims14
A washing machine comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a drum disposed in the cabinet to be rotatable;
- a balancer installed at the drum to offset an unbalanced load generated at the drum when the drum is rotated;
- and
- at least one magnetic body disposed between the balancer and the drum.
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A balancer of a washing machine, which offsets an unbalanced load generated at a drum of the washing machine, comprising:
- a balancer housing installed at at least one of a front surface and a rear surface of the drum and having a channel configured to extend in a circumferential direction of the drum;
- a plurality of masses disposed to be movable along the channel;
- at least one magnet disposed at a rear side of the balancer housing to restrict the plurality of masses when an RPM (revolutions per minute) of the drum is in a particular range;
- and
- at least one magnetic body disposed at a rear side of the magnet to have an influence on a magnetic force of the magnet, and to concentrate the magnetic force of the magnet to an inner side of the balancer housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.