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US 9,506,177 B2Granted
Washing machine
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsKyubum Lee, Youngjong Kim
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Abstract
A washing machine includes a cabinet for forming the appearance, a tub provided in the cabinet, a drum rotatably provided in the tub, a pulsator rotatably provided in the drum, a driving motor mounted outside the tub, and rotating the drum and the pulsator, and a water flow forming means provided below the pulsator, and forming a water flow ejected into the drum as an upstream flow.
Claims10
A washing machine, comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a tub provided in the cabinet;
- a drum rotatably provided in the tub;
- a pulsator, rotatably provided in the drum;
- a driving motor mounted outside the tub, and rotating the drum and the pulsator;
- and
- a water flow forming means provided below the pulsator, comprising:
- a guide portion with an outlet formed at a central part thereof and a plurality of guide blades circumferentially arranged around the outlet and extending in a radial direction away from the outlet, and
- a centrifugal blade portion mounted to a lower side of the guide portion;
- wherein the water flow forming means is configured to form a water flow ejected into the drum as an upstream flow.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.