Driving apparatus for washing machine

A driving apparatus for a washing machine, comprising:

• a housing;
• a brake drum rotatably disposed inside the housing;
• a dewatering shaft coupled to the brake drum;
• a washing shaft rotatably disposed inside the dewatering shaft;
• a rotor to which a lower end portion of the washing shaft is coupled and rotating if power is applied thereto;
• a stator disposed inside the rotor and having a stator core and upper and lower insulators coupled to each other to surround the upper and lower portions of the stator core;
• a brake lever disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the housing in such a manner as to rotate by means of a brake motor and adapted to operate a brake pad connected to one end thereof to control the rotation of the brake drum;
• a coupling clutch moved upwardly and downwardly along a lower end portion of the dewatering shaft in such a manner as to be coupled to the dewatering shaft at the time of being moved upwardly and coupled to the dewatering shaft and the rotor at the time of being moved downwardly;
• a clutch lever rotatably mounted on the housing by a hinge and including a lower end portion which supports the lower peripheral surface of the coupling clutch and an upper end portion which is positioned adjacent to the brake lever, wherein on the rotation of the brake lever by the brake motor, the lower end portion of the clutch lever rotates upwardly and moves the coupling clutch upwardly along the lower end portion of the dewatering shaft;
• and
• a pressurizing lever coupled to the brake lever and rotating together with the brake lever, wherein on the rotation of the brake lever by the brake motor, the pressurizing lever pushing the upper end portion of the clutch lever outwardly to rotate the lower end portion of the clutch lever upwardly.