Laundry processing apparatus having upper and lower balancers

A laundry processing apparatus comprising:

• a cabinet;
• an outer tub provided in the cabinet to contain water;
• an inner tub rotatably provided in the outer tub to contain laundry;
• an upper balancer disposed at an upper part of the inner tub;
• a lower balancer disposed at a lower part of the inner tub,
• wherein one of the upper and lower balancers comprises a hydraulic balancer having liquid contained therein, and the other comprises a ball balancer having balls contained therein,
• a hub fastened to a bottom of the inner tub;
• and
• a lower balancer supporter provided between the inner tub and the hub to support the lower balancer,
• wherein the hub and the lower balancer supporter are formed of different materials, and
• wherein the laundry processing apparatus further comprises a frictional member disposed between the hub and the lower balancer supporter.

A laundry processing apparatus comprising:

• a cabinet;
• an outer tub provided in the cabinet to contain water;
• an inner tub rotatably provided in the outer tub to contain laundry, the inner tub comprising:
• an inner tub base forming a bottom of the inner tub;
• and
• an inner tub body disposed at an upper side of the inner tub base;
• a ring-shaped upper balancer disposed at an upper part of the inner tub;
• and
• a ring-shaped lower balancer disposed at a lower part of the inner tub,
• wherein the inner tub body is provided at an upper part thereof with a beaded part protruding inward,
• wherein the upper balancer is placed on the beaded part so that the upper balancer is supported by the beaded part,
• wherein the beaded part comprises:
• upper and lower bent parts formed at the inner tub body so that the upper and lower bent parts are spaced apart from each other;
• and
• a round part interconnecting the upper and lower bent parts, and
• wherein the upper balance is placed on the upper bent part, and
• wherein a through hole is formed at the inner tub body at an upper side of the beaded part through which a fastening member is coupled to an outer circumference of the upper balancer.