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US 9,284,677 B2Granted
Laundry machine
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsIg Geun Kwon, Soo Bong Kim
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Abstract
A laundry machine is provided that includes a tub that holds washing water, a drum rotatably mounted in the tub, a drive having a rotational shaft connected to the drum, a bearing housing that rotatably supports the rotational shaft, a motor that rotates the rotational shaft, and a suspension assembly that supportably buffers vibration of the drum. An up/down direction height of a front of the tub is greater than a left/right direction width of the tub.
Claims24
A laundry machine, comprising:
- a tub to receive wash water;
- a drum rotatably provided in the tub;
- drive including a shaft connected to the drum, a bearing housing to rotatably support the shaft, and a motor to rotate the shaft;
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- a suspension to reduce vibration of the drum, wherein an up/down direction height of a front of the tub is greater than a left/right direction width of the tub, and wherein the tub has a front surface having a rim that projects from the front surface to form a laundry opening, wherein the rim includes a plurality of projections, and wherein portions of the front surface at a rear of the plurality of projections include a plurality of ribs that extend in a same direction as a projection direction of the plurality of projections.
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A laundry machine, comprising:
- a tub to receive wash water;
- a drum rotatably provided in the tub;
- a drive including a shaft connected to the drum, a bearing housing to rotatably support the shaft, and a motor to rotate the shaft;
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- a suspension assembly that supportably buffers vibration of the drum, wherein the tub has a front surface that forms a front of the tub, wherein the front surface includes a rim that projects from the front surface, wherein the rim includes a plurality of projections, and portions of the front surface at a rear of the plurality of projections have a plurality of ribs formed in a same direction as a projection direction of the plurality of projections, and wherein the front surface includes a plurality of radial ribs formed on at least one portion other than the portions of the front surface at the rear of the plurality of projections.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.