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Granted Patent B2
US 10,982,371 · App. 16/319,172 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Washing machine

Inventors: Jeoung Kyo Jeoung (Yongin-si, KR); Boo Keun Yoon (Yongin-si, KR); Izumi Ikeda (Minoo, JP); Geun Kang (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
D06F37/065D06F17/06D06F17/08D06F23/02D06F37/04D06F37/06D06F37/22D06F37/40
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Patent No.
US 10,982,371
App. No.
16/319,172
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a washing machine. The washing machine includes a main body having a laundry inlet on a front surface portion of the main body, a tub provided inside the main body for storing washing water, a drum rotatably provided in the tub, a pulsator provided inside the drum and configured to be rotated separately from the drum, and a driving device configured to provide power to the drum and the pulsator, wherein no extra structure is mounted on the inner surface of the drum.

Claims (15)

1. A washing machine comprising:

a main body having a laundry inlet on a front surface portion of the main body;

a tub provided inside the main body to store washing water;

a drum rotatably provided in the tub;

a pulsator disposed inside the drum and configured to be rotated separately from the drum; and

a driving device configured to provide power to the drum and the pulsator, the drive device comprising:

a first driving shaft connected to the drum and rotatably supported by a first bearing and a second bearing, the first bearing and the second bearing fixed to the tub, and

a second driving shaft connected to the pulsator and rotatably supported by a first sleeve bearing fixed to an upper inner circumferential surface of the first driving shaft and a second sleeve bearing fixed to a lower inner circumferential surface of the first driving shaft,

wherein no extra structure is mounted on an inner surface of the drum.

2. The washing machine of claim 1 , wherein the drum comprises a plurality of through holes continuously formed along a circumferential surface thereof.

3. The washing machine of claim 1 , wherein the drum and the pulsator have different rotating directions.

4. The washing machine of claim 1 , wherein the driving device comprises:

an annular stator,

a first rotor rotating inside the annular stator and connected to the first drive shaft, and

a second rotor rotating outside the annular stator and connected to the second drive shaft.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2019
From: JEOUNG, JEOUNG KYO; YOON, BOO KEUN; IKEDA, IZUMI; KANG, GEUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0091051 · Jul 18, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200149205A1 · May 14, 2020