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 having a rear wall, a water tub elastically mounted in the cabinet and having a rear wall, a drum type rotating tub provided in the water tub so as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis, and an electric motor provided on the rear wall of the water tub to directly drive the rotating tub. A distance between a portion of the rear wall of the water tub on which the motor is provided and the rear wall of the cabinet is larger than a distance between a distance between another portion of the rear wall of the water tub and the rear wall of the cabinet.
Claims18
A drum type washing machine comprising:
- an outer cabinet having a rear wall;
- a water tub elastically mounted in the cabinet and having a rear wall;
- a drum type rotating tub provided in the water tub so as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis;
- an electric motor provided on the rear wall of the water tub to directly drive the rotating tub;
- a fixed portion prevented from swinging when the motor is driven;
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- a contact portion coming into contact with the fixed portion earlier than the motor when the motor is driven such that the water tub swings, the contact portion being provided on the water tub or a member fixed to the water tub except the motor;
- wherein a distance between a portion of the rear wall of the water tub on which the motor is provided and a rear wall of the cabinet is larger than a distance between another portion of the rear wall of the water tub and the rear wall of the cabinet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.