Drum type washing machine with rotatable baffle
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorSeung-Bong Choi
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Abstract
Drum type washing machine with a rotatable baffle including a tub fitted in a cabinet, a drum in a tub to be rotatable as rotation force is received from a motor part, and the baffle fitted in the drum to be rotatable in a direction opposite to a direction of rotation of the drum, thereby enhancing a washing efficiency because the baffle increases a friction to the laundry as the baffle and the drum rotate in opposite directions, and improving a laundry drying performance because spun laundry is taken off from an inside surface of the drum before drying the laundry, and preventing formation of wrinkles on dried laundry.
Claims23
A drum type washing machine with a rotatable baffle comprising:
- a tub fitted in a cabinet;
- a drum in a tub to be rotatable as rotation force is received from a motor part;
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- the baffle fitted in the drum to be rotatable in a direction opposite to a direction of rotation of the drum and rotatable in the direction of rotation of the drum, wherein the baffle comprises:
- a plurality of lifters, each lifter elongated along an axis parallel to a rotation axis of the drum;
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- a reinforcing rib part formed along a circumferential direction of the inside surface of the drum to connect the lifters.
A front loading washing machine comprising:
- a tub fitted in a cabinet of the front loading washing machine;
- a drum positioned in the tub;
- a rotatable baffle positioned within the drum, the rotatable baffle comprises:
- a plurality of lifters extending along axes parallel to a central axis of the drum;
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- a rib extending along a circumferential direction and connecting the plurality of lifters;
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- a rotation force transmission device, wherein the rotation force transmission device rotates the baffle and the drum in the same direction and the rotation force transmission device rotates the baffle and the drum in opposite directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.