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US 6,539,753 B1Granted
Drum type washing machine
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsMasumi Ito, Fumitaka Yamazaki, Shinichiro Kawabata, Kiyomi Sasano, Shuji Hashiba
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Abstract
A drum type washing machine includes an outer cabinet (1), a water tub (3) disposed in the cabinet (1), a rotating tub (10) disposed in the water tub (3) so as to be inclined rearwardly downward, and an electric motor (17) of the outer rotor type mounted on a rear wall (26) of the water tub (3) for directly driving the rotating tub (10).
Claims16
A drum type washing machine comprising:
- an outer cabinet including a front having a front panel with a laundry access opening therein and a door provided on the front panel to close and open the access opening the front of the cabinet being inclined at an angle relative to a vertical axis;
- a water tub provided in the cabinet;
- a rotating tub provided in the water tub so as to be inclined rearwardly downward so that the inclination angle of the front of the cabinet is smaller than an inclination angle of a front of the rotating tub relative to the vertical axis;
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- an electric motor provided on a rear wall of the water tub for directly driving the rotating tub.
2 more elements
A drum type washing machine comprising:
- an outer cabinet;
- a water tub provided in the cabinet so as to be inclined rearwardly downward, the water tub having a rear wall;
- a rotating tub provided in the water tub so as to be inclined rearwardly downward;
- an electric motor provided on the rear wall of the water tub for directly driving the rotating tub;
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- a dryer provided for drying laundry in the rotating tub and including a blower disposed at a back of the upper rear wall of the water tub in the cabinet.
3 more elements
A drum type washing machine comprising:
- an outer cabinet having a front including a front panel having a laundry access opening and a door provided on the front panel to close and open the access opening, the front of the cabinet being inclined at an angle relative to a vertical axis;
- a water tub provided in the cabinet;
- a rotating tub provided in the water tub so as to be inclined rearwardly downward so that the inclination angle of the front of the cabinet is smaller than an inclination angle of a front of the rotating tub relative to the vertical axis;
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- an electric motor driving the rotating tub.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.