Washing machine
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorNae Young Park
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Abstract
A washing machine having a structure capable of preventing moisture from being penetrated to the inside the control panel assembly while easily transmitting sound generated from the speaker, the washing machine including a cabinet, a control panel disposed on a front surface of the cabinet, a display unit installed on the control panel such that a front surface of the display unit is exposed to a front of the control panel, a speaker disposed at a rear of the control panel, and a speaker hole provided through the control panel so that sound being generated from the speaker is transmitted to outside the control panel, wherein the speaker hole is disposed to be spaced apart from the speaker.
Claims18
A washing machine comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a control panel disposed on a front surface of the cabinet;
- a display unit installed on the control panel such that a front surface of the display unit is exposed through a front of the control panel;
- a speaker housing installed behind the control panel;
- a speaker mounted on the speaker housing;
- and
- a shielding unit formed at a rear surface of the control panel to cover a rear of the speaker hole;
- wherein the control panel comprises a speaker hole formed so that sound generated from the speaker is transmitted to outside the control panel, the speaker hole being disposed to be spaced apart from the speaker, and
- wherein the speaker housing comprises a guide rib formed around an opening in the speaker housing while protruding between the speaker housing and the control panel the guide rib being configured so that sound from the speaker is transmitted toward the speaker hole formed through the control panel.
The washing machine of clam 3, wherein at least one of the first-side shielding film and the second-side shielding film is inclined such that the first-side shielding film and the second-side shielding film are adjacent to each other while coming together from the speaker to the speaker hole.
A washing machine comprising:
- a cabinet;
- and
- a control panel assembly disposed on a front surface of the cabinet,
- wherein the control panel assembly comprises
- a control panel forming an external appearance of the control panel assembly, control panel comprising a speaker hole formed while being open through a part of the control panel;
- a speaker housing disposed at a rear of the control panel;
- a speaker mounted on the speaker housing;
- a guide rib formed around an opening in the speaker housing while protruding between the speaker housing and the control panel;
- and
- a shielding film formed between the speaker housing and the control panel, the shielding film being connected to the guide rib,
- wherein the guide rib and the shielding film are configured to guide sound generated from the speaker toward the speaker hole formed through the control panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.