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US 9,222,209 B2Granted
Washing machine
AssigneeDongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
InventorsIn Dong Kim, Jeong Hyeon Kim, Hye Ung Kim, Ju Dong Lee
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Abstract
A washing machine may include an integrated tub/drum configured to hold water, hold laundry, and rotate; a hollow rotary shaft coupled to an end and/or surface of the integrated tub/drum; a water supply pipe and a drain pipe in the integrated tub/drum and through a passage in the hollow rotary shaft; and a partition in the integrated tub/drum that is configured to separate the laundry from the water supply pipe and the drain pipe and that includes a plurality of holes.
Claims16
A washing machine comprising:
- an integrated tub/drum configured to hold water, hold laundry, and rotate;
- a hollow rotary shaft coupled to an end and/or surface of the integrated tub/drum;
- a water supply pipe and a drain pipe in the integrated tub/drum and through a passage in the hollow rotary shaft;
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- a partition in the integrated tub/drum that is configured to separate the laundry from the water supply pipe and the drain pipe and that includes a plurality of holes,
- wherein a portion of the drain pipe in the integrated tub/drum bends away from the hollow rotary shaft in a downward direction,
- wherein a portion of the water supply pipe in the integrated tub/drum bends away from the hollow rotary shaft in at least one of an upward, a leftward, and a rightward direction,
- wherein the partition prevents the water supply pipe and the drain pipe from damaging the laundry in the integrated tub/drum when the laundry rotates in the integrated tub/drum.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.