Drum-type washing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11629447-B2
Application number	US-202016999283-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 21, 2020
Priority date	Aug 23, 2019
Publication date	Apr 18, 2023
Grant date	Apr 18, 2023

Abstract

A drum-type washing apparatus includes: a housing including a door in a front thereof to be opened and closed; and a washing tub supported to spin inside the housing, having a cylindrical shape opened toward the door to accommodate laundry therein, and including a pattern on which a plurality of dewatering holes for discharging wash water are arranged on an inner circumferential surface thereof, the pattern including: a first pattern including an even area provided at least one side of a first dewatering hole along the inner circumferential surface, and a second pattern provided at least one side of a second dewatering hole different from the first dewatering hole along the inner circumferential surface and including an uneven area having lower flatness than the even area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A drum-type washing apparatus comprising:
a housing having an opening in a front of the housing;
a washing tub, having a cylindrical shape, supported to spin inside the housing and arranged to receive laundry through the opening; and
a door to open and close the opening,
wherein washing tub has
a first pattern on an inner circumferential surface of the washing tub, and including an even area, a recessed area adjacent to the even area and recessed with respect to the even area, and a dewatering hole in the recessed area, and
a second pattern on the inner circumferential surface of the washing tub, and including an uneven area, a recessed area adjacent to the uneven area and recessed with respect to the uneven area, and a dewatering hole in the recessed area.

2. The drum-type washing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the even area of the first pattern surrounds the recessed area of the first pattern.

3. The drum-type washing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the following is satisfied:
the first pattern includes a plurality of dewatering holes in the recessed area of the first pattern, and that are arranged along a direction that is parallel with a spinning axis of the washing tub, and
the second pattern includes a plurality of dewatering holes in the recessed area of the second pattern, and that are arranged along the direction that is parallel with the spinning axis of the washing tub.

4. The drum-type washing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the uneven area protrudes from the inner circumferential surface of the washing tub toward a spinning axis of the washing tub.

5. The drum-type washing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the uneven area protrudes from the inner circumferential surface of the washing tub so as to be closer to a spinning axis of the washing tub than the even area is to the spinning axis of the washing tub.

6. The drum-type washing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first pattern and the second pattern are alternately arranged along the inner circumferential surface of the washing tub.

7. The drum-type washing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the following is satisfied:
a plurality of the first patterns are arranged on the inner circumferential surface of the washing tub along a direction that is parallel with a spinning axis of the washing tub, and
a plurality of the second patterns are arranged on the inner circumferential surface of the washing tub along the direction that is parallel with the spinning axis of the washing tub.

8. The drum-type washing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the following is satisfied:
a plurality of the first patterns are arranged on the inner circumferential surface of the washing tub in a column, and
a plurality of the second patterns are arranged on the inner circumferential surface of the washing tub in a column.

9. The drum-type washing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a dewatering hole spaced apart from the dewatering hole of the first pattern and the dewatering hole of the second pattern in a direction parallel with a spinning axis of the washing tub.

10. The drum-type washing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the even area and the uneven area are adjacent to each other.

11. The drum-type washing apparatus according to claim 10 , further comprising a dewatering hole between the even area of the first pattern and the uneven area of the second pattern.

12. The drum-type washing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the following is satisfied:
the even area includes first and second even areas at opposite sides of the dewatering hole of the first pattern, and
the uneven area includes first and second uneven areas at opposite sides of the dewatering hole of the second pattern.

13. A drum-type washing apparatus comprising:
a housing having an opening in a front of the housing;
a washing tub, having a cylindrical shape, supported to spin inside the housing and arranged to receive laundry through the opening; and
a door to open and close the opening,
wherein washing tub has
a first pattern on an inner circumferential surface of the washing tub, and including an even area and a plurality of dewatering holes in the even area, and
a second pattern on the inner circumferential surface of the washing tub, and including an uneven area and a plurality of dewatering holes in the uneven area.

14. The drum-type washing apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein
the first pattern includes a plurality of protrusions surrounded by the even area, and
the second pattern includes a plurality of protrusions bounded by the uneven area.

15. The drum-type washing apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein
the plurality of protrusions of the first pattern are arranged in a column, and
the plurality of protrusions of the second pattern are arranged in a column.

16. A drum-type washing apparatus comprising:
a housing having an opening in a front of the housing;
a washing tub, having a cylindrical shape, supported to spin inside the housing and arranged to receive laundry through the opening; and
a door configured to open and close the opening,
wherein the washing tub has a plurality of unit patterns repeatedly located along a circumferential direction of the washing tub on an inner circumferential surface of the washing tub, each unit pattern including a first uneven area, a second uneven area, a first recessed area between the first uneven area and the second uneven area and recessed with respect to the first uneven area and the second uneven area, and a dewatering hole in the first recessed area, and
wherein for each two unit patterns of the plurality of unit patterns that are adjacent to each other, a second recessed area having a depth different from a depth of the first recessed area is located between the two unit patterns.

17. The drum-type washing apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the plurality of unit patterns are arranged in a column.

18. The drum-type washing apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the first uneven area and the second uneven area extend in a column direction of the column.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Yongkwon
• Kim Zoohyeong
• Seo Eungryeol
• Choi Jihoon

Classifications

• D06F37/04 Primary

  adapted for rotation or oscillation about a horizontal or inclined axis · CPC title

• D06F23/02

  and rotating or oscillating about a horizontal axis · CPC title

• D06F39/12

  Casings; Tubs · CPC title

• D06F37/264 Primary

  Tubs provided with reinforcing structures, e.g. ribs, inserts, braces · CPC title

• D06F37/22

  in machines with a receptacle rotating or oscillating about a horizontal axis · CPC title