Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Washing machine
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Application No.: US16617343Application Date: 2018-05-10
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Publication No.: US11346038B2Publication Date: 2022-05-31
- Inventor: Hyundong Kim , Kyungchul Woo , Junghoon Lee , Myunghun Im , Hwanjin Jung
- Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2017-0058276 20170510
- International Application: PCT/KR2018/005349 WO 20180510
- International Announcement: WO2018/208089 WO 20181115
- Main IPC: D06F39/08
- IPC: D06F39/08 ; D06F23/04 ; D06F39/02

Abstract:
A washing machine includes an outer tub which contains water and has an upper side opened; an inner tub; an outer tub cover which is provided in an upper side of the outer tub and has an opening that is formed so that laundry is loaded into the inner tub; a circulation pipe which guides water discharged from the outer tub; a pump which transfers water along the circulation pipe; and a spray mechanism which is provided in the outer tub cover and sprays the water guided through the circulation pipe into the inner tub, wherein the spray mechanism includes: a guide pipe which forms a guide flow path for guiding the water supplied from the circulation pipe along a circumference of the opening; and a plurality of nozzles which are disposed along the guide flow path and spray the water supplied through the guide pipe into the inner tub.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200217005A1 WASHING MACHINE Public/Granted day:2020-07-09
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