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US 2022/0396906 A1Published application
Washing machine having lower balancer
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsChangwon LEE, Youngjong KIM, Insik YU
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a washing machine in which a lower balancer is assembled by using a fastening structure that connects an existing hub and tub base without an addition of a fastening member for fastening the lower balancer, thereby significantly reducing manufacturing process and manufacturing cost.
Claims21
1-14. (canceled)
A washing machine comprising:
- a drum configured to receive laundry;
- a tub base fixed to a lower portion of the drum;
- a lower balancer coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the tub base and configured to reduce vibration generated by rotation of the drum;
- a hub coupled to a lower surface of the tub base and disposed radially inside the lower balancer;
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- a fastening member that couples the tub base, the lower balancer, and the hub.
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