Washing machine
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJin Ho LEE, Han Kyu CHOI
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a washing machine provided with a pulsator. The washing machine includes a cabinet, a tub provided in the cabinet to store washing water, a drum rotatably provided in the tub, a pulsator configured to be rotatable independently of the drum and a flange shaft configured to transmit a rotational force to the drum. The drum includes a cylindrical portion configured to form a side surface of the drum, and a rear cover disposed in one side of the cylindrical portion while being disposed in the outside of the pulsator, and seated in the flange shaft.
Claims20
A washing machine comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a tub provided in the cabinet to store washing water;
- a drum rotatably provided in the tub;
- a pulsator configured to be rotatable independently of the drum;
- and
- a flange shaft configured to transmit a rotational force to the drum,
- wherein the drum comprises:
- a cylindrical portion configured to form a side surface of the drum, and
- a rear cover disposed in one side of the cylindrical portion while being disposed in the outside of the pulsator, and seated in the flange shaft.
A washing machine comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a tub provided in the cabinet to store washing water;
- a drum having a cylindrical portion and a rear cover provided in one side of the cylindrical portion and configured to be rotatably provided in the tub;
- a pulsator configured to be rotatable independently of the drum and configured to be surrounded by an inner circumferential surface of the rear cover;
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- a flange shaft coupled to the drum to transmit a rotational force to the drum in a rear side of the pulsator and configured to allow the rear cover to be inserted thereinto.
A washing machine comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a tub provided in the cabinet to store washing water;
- a drum configured to be rotatably provided in the tub with respect to a rotation shaft, and provided with a cylindrical portion, and a rear cover provided in a rear side of the cylindrical portion and extended toward the rotation shaft;
- a pulsator configured to be rotatable independently of the drum in the drum and disposed in an inner side of the rear cover;
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- a flange shaft provided with a seating groove to which rear cover is inserted, and configured to transmit a rotational force to the drum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.