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US 2019/0292708 A1Published application
Washing machine
AssigneeToshiba Lifestyle Products & Services Corporation
InventorsPinda SOMYOS, Pallasiri RATTARONG, Ketsuwan CHAKKAPHOP, Jitaree PAWEETHIDA
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Abstract
A washing machine of an embodiment includes: a washing tub in which laundry is housed and washed; and a roller rotatably provided in an inner wall portion of the washing tub, and the roller being rotated to facilitate movement of laundry, wherein the roller is detachably attached to the washing tub.
Claims15
1-23. (canceled)
24:
- A washing machine comprising:
- a washing tub in which laundry is housed and washed;
- and
- a roller rotatably provided in an inner wall portion of the washing tub, and the roller being rotated to facilitate movement of laundry,
- wherein the roller is detachably attached to the washing tub from an inner periphery side of the washing tub.
2 more elements
25:
- The washing machine according to claim 24 wherein the roller is supported by an axially supporting portion provided on a side wall portion side of the washing tub.
26:
- The washing machine according to claim 24, wherein
- the roller is held by a holding member for rotatably supporting the roller (in a state where an outer periphery wall surface of the roller is partially exposed, to form a roller unit,
- the roller unit is detachably attached to the washing tub from an inner periphery side of the washing tub, and
- the holding member includes a knob portion that is used to be gripped by fingers of a hand when the roller unit is attached or detached.
1 more element
27:
- The washing machine according to claim 26, wherein the holding member includes a bearing portion that axially supports the roller.
28:
- The washing machine according to claim 26, wherein an end face of the roller has a rib for preventing a cloth from being caught provided on an outer periphery side so as to block a gap between the roller and the holding member.
29:
- The washing machine according to claim 28, wherein
- the rib is provided on the end face on an upper side of the roller,
- the holding member includes a rectangular opening exposing a part of an outer peripheral surface of the roller, and an upper wall portion allowing the rib to be disposed is integrally provided in an upper end portion of the rectangular opening on a back face (inner surface) side of the holding member, and
- the rib is provided up to a position higher than the lower part of the upper wall portion.
1 more element
30:
- The washing machine according to claim 28, wherein the rib provided on the end face of the roller is configured to serve as a wrong-assembly preventing member that allows the roller to be held when being placed in a correct direction with respect to the holding member, but that does not allow the roller to be held when being placed in an incorrect direction.
31:
- The washing machine according to claim 26, wherein a cover member for water passage formation, made of plastic is attached to an internal wall surface of the washing tub, and the roller unit is attached to an attachment section of the cover member.
32:
- The washing machine according to claim 31, wherein in the attachment section of the cover member, a holding section is provided to maintain a shaft of the roller in a state where the shaft is prevented from coming off by working together with the holding member.
33:
- The washing machine according to claim 24, wherein the roller has a cylindrical portion positioned at a shaft center portion and holding a shaft, and the opening is disposed at a position away from the cylindrical portion as viewed from an axial direction.
34:
- The washing machine according to claim 24, wherein
- side expanded portions that are positioned at corresponding both side portions across the roller of the washing tub, that extend so as to form a smooth curve along an exposed outer periphery wall surface of the roller, and that smoothly guide laundry toward the roller are provided,
- the roller is held by a holding member to form a roller unit,
- the roller unit is attached to a cover member made of plastic provided in an internal wall surface of the washing tub, and
- each of the side expanded portions is formed by continuously joining a curved wall provided in the holding member, and a curved wall provided in the cover member.
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35:
- The washing machine according to claim 24, wherein in the curved wall provided in the holding member, curvature as viewed from above changes near the roller.
36:
- The washing machine according claim 34, wherein the side expanded portions are each configured to be displaceable between a pushed-out position where a leading edge portion side positioned at a side portion of the roller comes on an inner peripheral side of the washing tub with respect to a central axis of the roller and a retracted position where the leading edge portion side comes on an outer peripheral side with respect to the central axis of the roller, and displaces positions in accordance with a direction of rotating water flow of washing liquid generated in the washing tub.
37:
- The washing machine according to claim 34, wherein washing liquid in the washing tub flows into the washing tub from sides of back faces of the side expanded portions through gaps between the roller and the side expanded portions.