Invention Application
- Patent Title: WASHING MACHINE
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Application No.: US16962366Application Date: 2019-01-15
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Publication No.: US20210071337A1Publication Date: 2021-03-11
- Inventor: Hoil JEON , Hyewon KIM , Miju KIM
- Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Priority: KR10-2018-0005234 20180115,KR10-2018-0018769 20180214,KR10-2018-0036520 20180329,KR10-2018-0043267 20180413
- International Application: PCT/KR2019/000599 WO 20190115
- Main IPC: D06F31/00
- IPC: D06F31/00 ; D06F37/26 ; D06F23/04 ; D06F39/02 ; D06F37/18 ; D06F39/08 ; D06F39/14 ; D06F37/24 ; D06F37/30

Abstract:
A washing machine includes a first washing tub, and a second washing tub detachably coupled to the first washing tub. The second washing tub includes a container containing laundry, a lower cover coupled to a top of the container and having an inlet configured to receive a water stream moving upwards in the container when the first washing tub rotates, and an upper cover coupled to a top of the lower cover and having an opening for putting the laundry into the container. A flow path is provided between the lower cover and the upper cover to discharge the water stream introduced through the inlet to an outside of the second washing tub. A slide lock is provided on the upper cover, movable between a binding position and an unbinding position, bound to the lower cover in the binding position, and separated from the lower cover in the unbinding position.
Public/Granted literature
- US11608582B2 Washing machine Public/Granted day:2023-03-21
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