Washing and/or drying machine having a damper connecting structure including a reinforcing portion
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHong Yeol Lee, Hyoung Hoon Roh, Yoon Seok Yang
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Abstract
A drum type washing machine capable of preventing/reducing damage to a damper fixing unit provided on a bottom plate for securing a damper at a fixed position by a reinforced rigidity of the damper fixing unit. The drum type washing machine includes a water tub installed in a body, at least one damper to support the water tub, and a damper fixing unit provided on the bottom plate of the body to secure the damper at a fixed position. The damper fixing unit is formed via cutting of the bottom plate and has a reinforced rigidity by a reinforcing portion formed around each cut portion of the bottom plate.
Claims19
A drum type washing machine comprising:
- a body;
- a water tub installed in the body;
- at least one damper to support the water tub;
- and
- a damper fixing unit formed via cutting of a bottom plate of the body to secure the damper at a fixed position, the damper fixing unit including a reinforcing portion reinforcing rigidity of the damper fixing unit, the reinforcing portion including a reinforcing piece extended along a remaining portion of the bottom plate normal to an insertion position of the damper and formed around a cut portion defined within the reinforcing piece and between the reinforcing piece and the remaining portion of the bottom plate, and a fixing piece bent from the reinforcing piece at a periphery of the cut portion to protrude upward from an upper surface of the remaining portion of the bottom plate.
A clothes washing and/or drying machine comprising:
- a body;
- a tub installed in the body;
- at least one damper to support the tub;
- and
- a damper fixing unit formed via cutting of a bottom plate of the body to secure the damper at a fixed position, the damper fixing unit including a reinforcing portion reinforcing rigidity of the damper fixing unit, the reinforcing portion including a reinforcing piece extended along a remaining portion of the bottom plate normal to an insertion position of the damper and formed around a cut portion defined within the reinforcing piece and between the reinforcing piece and the remaining portion of the bottom plate, and a fixing piece bent upward from the periphery of the cut portion of the remaining portion of the bottom plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.