Washing machine
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJaehyun Choi, Yohwan Kang, Hyunjae Lee
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Abstract
A washing machine includes a casing, a tub, a drum, a pump for circulating water from the tub, a gasket connecting an entry hole of the casing to an entrance hole of the tub and including nozzles for spraying water to the drum, and outlet ports for supplying water to the nozzles. The nozzles are arranged at an inner surface of the gasket at both lateral sides of the gasket in a vertical direction. The gasket includes port receiving pipes that receive the outlet ports, respectively, that are arranged in the vertical direction at an outer surface of the gasket, and that extend parallel to each other.
Claims29
A washing machine comprising:
- a casing that defines an entry hole at a front surface of the casing;
- a tub disposed in the casing and configured to receive wash water, the tub defining a tub opening at a front surface of the tub;
- a drum rotatably disposed in the tub;
- a gasket comprising:
- a gasket body that defines a passage connecting the entry hole to the tub opening, wherein the gasket body includes a first area and a second area that correspond to bilateral areas of the gasket body,
- a plurality of nozzles disposed at an inner circumferential surface of the gasket body and configured to spray wash water into the drum, and
- a plurality of port receiving pipes that protrude from an outer circumferential surface of the gasket body and that are configured to communicate with the plurality of nozzles, respectively;
- a plurality of outlet ports inserted into the plurality of port receiving pipes, respectively;
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- a pump configured to circulate wash water discharged from the tub to the plurality of outlet ports,
- wherein the plurality of port receiving pipes comprise a first port receiving pipe and a second port receiving pipe that are arranged in a vertical direction at the first area of the gasket body, and
- wherein the first port receiving pipe and the second port receiving pipe extend parallel to each other.
A washing machine comprising:
- a casing that defines an entry hole at a front surface of the casing;
- a tub disposed in the casing and configured to receive wash water, the tub defining a tub opening at a front surface of the tub;
- a drum rotatably disposed in the tub;
- a gasket comprising:
- a gasket body that defines a passage connecting the entry hole to the tub opening, wherein the gasket body includes a first area and a second area that correspond to bilateral areas of the gasket body,
- a first nozzle and a second nozzle that are disposed at an inner circumferential surface of the gasket body and that are arranged in a vertical direction at the first area of the gasket body, and
- a third nozzle and a fourth nozzle that are disposed the inner circumferential surface of the gasket body and that are arranged in the vertical direction at the second area of the gasket body facing the first area of the gasket body;
- at least one pump configured to circulate wash water discharged from the tub;
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- at least one distribution pipe configured to receive wash water discharged from the pump and to supply received wash water to the first nozzle, the second nozzle, the third nozzle, and the fourth nozzle,
- wherein the first nozzle and the third nozzle are disposed vertically above a half point of the gasket body corresponding to a half of a height of the gasket body with respect to a lowest point of the gasket body, the first nozzle and the third nozzle being configured to spray water downward to the drum, and
- wherein the second nozzle and the fourth nozzle are disposed vertically below the half point of the gasket body and configured to spray water upward to the drum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.