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US 8,984,918 B2Granted
Washing machine, inner tub of washing machine and balancer connection and assembly method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYong Kwon Kim, Kyu Chai Lee, Hong Seok Ko, Sang Up Lee
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a washing machine in which a balancer is directly mounted on a body of an inner tub without a front surface part of the inner tub. The washing machine includes an outer tub to store water, a body formed in a cylindrical shape provided with an opening at one surface thereof and provided in the outer tub, and a balancer connected to an inner diameter part at the opening of the body to reduce unbalance of the body generated during rotation of the body and to reinforce the body.
Claims11
A washing machine, comprising:
- a housing;
- an outer tub provided in the housing to store water, the outer tub including a cylindrical part provided with an inlet formed at one surface thereof;
- an inner tub formed in a cylindrical shape provided with an opening at one surface thereof, and provided in the outer tub;
- a balancer connected to an inner diameter part of the inner tub at the opening of the inner tub to reduce unbalance of the inner tub generated during rotation of the inner tub and to reinforce the inner tub;
- and
- a bellows to close a designated front region of the outer tub between the housing and the outer tub, a portion of the bellows extending into the inlet of the outer tub;
- and
- a protrusion extending from the balancer and toward the bellows to guide the laundry into and out of the inner tub,
- wherein the protrusion overlaps the portion of the bellows extending into the inlet of the outer tub to close a gap between the bellows and the inner tub, and to maintain a regular interval between the outer tub and the inner tub.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.