Knob assembly and washing machine having the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSung Soo Park, Kyung Hwan Lee, Hong Yeol Lee
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Abstract
A knob assembly having a simple structure allowing an easy assembly, and a washing machine having the same includes a cabinet, a control panel assembly disposed at an upper portion of a front side of the cabinet, and a knob assembly rotatably mounted on the control panel assembly to set a washing cycle, wherein the knob assembly includes a rotation knob configured to rotate while connected to the control panel assembly to set the washing cycle or a function according to a degree of rotation, and a knob cover coupled to the rotation knob to surround the rotation knob.
Claims11
A washing machine comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a control panel assembly disposed at an upper portion of a front side of the cabinet;
- and
- a knob assembly rotatably mounted on the control panel assembly to set a washing cycle,
- wherein the knob assembly comprises:
- a rotation knob configured to rotate while being connected to the control panel assembly to set the washing cycle or a function according to a degree of rotation;
- and
- a knob cover coupled to the rotation knob to surround the rotation knob,
- wherein the rotation knob comprises a coupling portion extending from a lateral side of the rotation knob toward a lower side, and a plurality of coupling hooks radially protruding from an end portion of the coupling portion outward,
- wherein the rotation knob comprises a guide groove radially formed at a knob side wall that forms the lateral side of the rotation knob, and
- the knob cover comprises a knob guide coupled to the guide groove while radially extending from an inner surface of a cover side wall, which forms the lateral side of the knob cover, inward.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.