Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Washing machine
- Patent Title (中): 洗衣机
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Application No.: US10197332Application Date: 2002-07-18
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Publication No.: US07171828B2Publication Date: 2007-02-06
- Inventor: Hyung-Kyoon Kim , Seung-Ho Lee , Sang-Yeon Pyo , Chan-Woo Park , Myung-Gyu Lee , Hyun-Sook Kim
- Applicant: Hyung-Kyoon Kim , Seung-Ho Lee , Sang-Yeon Pyo , Chan-Woo Park , Myung-Gyu Lee , Hyun-Sook Kim
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-Si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-Si
- Agency: Staas & Halsey LLP
- Priority: KR2002-8245 20020215
- Main IPC: D06F17/05
- IPC: D06F17/05

Abstract:
A washing machine includes a wobbling device having a rotary blade. The wobbling device causes a wobbling action of a washboard without rotating the washboard during a washing mode operation, and rotates the rotary blade in one direction to allow a sufficient amount of wash water to flow upward through an ascending water current guide and fall from an upper portion of a spin-drying tub onto clothes contained in the spin-drying tub, thus effectively washing the clothes. The washboard is installed at a lower portion in the spin-drying tub such that it wobbles upward and downward. The rotary blade is installed under the washboard, and is rotated in one direction by torque of a washing shaft. The rotary blade is fitted over a boss which couples a vertical rotary shaft of the wobbling device to the washing shaft, and is rotated by the torque of the washing shaft. The water current guide extends along a sidewall of the spin-drying tub from a lower end to an upper end of the spin-drying tub. Water currents generated from the rotary blade are guided to the upper portion of the spin-drying tub and fall from the upper portion to the lower portion of the spin-drying tub.
Public/Granted literature
- US20030154749A1 Washing machine Public/Granted day:2003-08-21
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