Drum washing machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11414801-B2
Application number	US-201716327931-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 24, 2017
Priority date	Aug 25, 2016
Publication date	Aug 16, 2022
Grant date	Aug 16, 2022

Abstract

A washing machine comprises a housing including a main inlet on a front surface thereof, a main washing unit disposed in the housing, a main door opening and closing the inlet, and a sub-washing unit disposed in the main door and provided with a pulsator. A large amount of laundry can be washed through the main washing unit and a small amount of laundry can be washed through the sub-washing unit, so that washing can be efficiently performed according to the amount of laundry.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A drum washing machine comprising:
a housing comprising a main inlet on a surface thereof;
a main washing unit disposed in the housing;
a main door to open and close the main inlet, the main door having a front surface facing outside the drum washing machine and a rear surface having a sub-door therein; and
a sub-washing unit in the main door, the sub-washing unit including a sub-water tub to store water, a pulsator rotatably installed in the sub-water tub and a sub-driving motor to rotate the pulsator, the sub-water tub having a sub-opening facing the sub-door, the pulsator being disposed at an inner front portion of the main door.

2. The drum washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the main washing unit comprises a main water tub to store water and a main rotating tub rotatably installed in the main water tub, and
the main washing tub and the main rotating tub comprise an opening provided toward the main inlet, respectively.

3. The washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the sub-washing unit further comprises a sub-rotating tub rotatably installed in the sub-water tub; and
the pulsator is disposed in the sub-rotating tub.

4. The washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein a lower end of the main door is rotatably installed on the housing.

5. The washing machine according to claim 4 , wherein the sub-rotating tub comprises an opening toward the sub-inlet.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Dae Wook
• Lee Dong Woo
• Prushinskiy Valeriy
• Ivanov Igor
• Yeo Hyung Sok
• Lee Jun Young

Classifications

• D06F39/14

  Doors or covers; Securing means therefor · CPC title

• D06F37/267 Primary

  Tubs specially adapted for mounting thereto components or devices not provided for in preceding subgroups (D06F37/206 takes precedence) · CPC title

• D06F37/28

  Doors; Security means therefor · CPC title

• D06F37/06

  Ribs, lifters, or rubbing means forming part of the receptacle · CPC title

• D06F17/08

  Driving arrangements for the impeller · CPC title