Lg Electronics Inc.

Hee Tae Lim

Jae Won Chang

Hyun Seok Seo

Kyeong Hwan Kim

Si Moon Jeon

Sang Wook Hong

Min Gyu Jo

Ig Geun Kwon

Soo Bong Kim

Jung Tae Song

Kyu Hwan Lee

Dong Won Kim

Byung Keol Choi

Sang Hun Kim

Dong Il Lee

Suk Yun Moon

Seung Chul Park

Bo Young Chang

Jae Hyun Choi

Tae Hee Lee

Young Suk Kim

Moon Hee Hong

Gwan Ryong Park

Byoung Wook Min

Jae Ho Choi

Byoung Soo Je

Si Moon Jeom

Jung Chan Kim

Min Kyu Jo

Seon Ah Min

Young Jin Hwang

The present invention relates to a laundry machine for treating laundry. One embodied laundry machine may have an opening in the rear of the tub. A flexible material is connected between the drive assembly and the rear opening of the tub for sealing therebetween. The flexible material allows the drive assembly to move or vibrate relatively to the tub. The flexible material may be referred to as a flexible sealer.

Laundry machine having a flexible sealer

A laundry machine is disclosed. The bearing housing and the suspensions may be distant from each other with respect to a radial direction as well as an axial direction of the shaft. As a result, the suspension unit may include a radial bracket extended radially or axial bracket extended axially.

Laundry machine

A structure of a driving part provided to a washing machine is disclosed. The present application provides the washing machine comprising a tub configured to store wash water therein; a drum rotatably installed in the tub and accommodating laundry therein; a driving shaft connected to the drum; at least one bearing configured to support the driving shaft; a motor mounted to an outer surface of a rear wall of the tub and connected to the driving shaft; and a bearing housing comprising a hub configured to accommodate the at least one bearing and a flange provided around the hub and coupled to a stator of the motor, the bearing housing buried in the rear wall of the tub.

Washing machine

A laundry machine is disclosed. A laundry machine includes a tub () to hold water therein, a drum () provided in the tub (), a shaft () connected to the drum (), passing the tub (), a bearing housing () secured to the tub (), the bearing housing () supporting the shaft () and a motor (M) rotating the shaft (), and a water seal () provided between the tub () and the bearing housing () to maintain gas tight of the bearing housing () and of the shaft (). As a result the laundry machine may improve capacity of the tub () and maintain gas tight of the tub () efficiently.

The present invention relates to a laundry machine for treating laundry. One embodiment of the laundry machine may include a water supply valve, a drum () in which laundry is placed, a tub () in which the drum () is rotatably placed, the tub () having an extended portion () which extends forward and have an opening at a front portion thereof for laundry entrance, and a tub water supply portion (), and a water supply line to guide water from the water supply valve to the tub water supply portion ().

A washing machine for washing laundry is provided. The washing machine includes a tub to hold washing water, a drum in the tub to hold laundry, a rotational shaft connected to a rear surface of the drum, a tub back, which forms a rear side of the tub and through which the rotational shaft passes, a bearing housing that supports the rotational shaft, and a suspension that buffers and supports the bearing housing. A vibration sensor senses vibration of a structure supported by the suspension, thereby enabling control of rotation of the drum based on the sensed vibration.

The present application relates to a laundry machine for washing laundry, including a tub for holding washing water, the tub including at least one fastener for fastening and wiring a wire harness along an outside surface thereof, a drum in the tub for holding laundry, a rotation shaft connected to a rear surface of the drum, a tub back which forms a rear side of the tub and through which the rotation shaft passes, a bearing housing for supporting the rotation shaft, a rear gasket connected between the tub and the tub back, and a suspension unit for supporting the bearing housing.

A drum type washing machine is provided. The washing machine may include a tub, a drum, a motor rotating the drum, bearing housings housing bearings to support a rotation shaft, a suspension connected to the bearing housings and a cabinet to mitigate vibration, a bracket coupled to the bearing housings, and a gasket installed between the bracket and the tub. Such an arrangement may allow volumes of the tub and the drum may be increased without increasing the volume of the cabinet.

Drum-type washing machine and bearing housing structure thereof

A drum type washing machine is provided. The washing machine may include a tub fixed to a cabinet, a drum rotatably provided in the drum, a motor rotating the drum, bearings provided in a bearing housing to support a rotation shaft connecting the motor to the drum, and a suspension coupled between the bearing housings and the cabinet to mitigate vibration generated as the drum rotates. A bracket may be coupled to a rear side of the bearing housing to form a rear end of the tub, and a gasket may be installed between the bracket and the tub to form a seal therebetween and prevent transmission of vibration from the bracket to the tub. This arrangement may allow for an increased capacity drum within a fixed volume cabinet.

A drum-type washing machine is disclosed, in which bearings are received in the bearing housing assembly. The bearing housing assembly may include a support portion coupled to a motor, and a coupling portion connected to a damper bracket.

Drum-type washing machine

A drum type washing machine including a tub installed in a cabinet is disclosed. The drum type washing machine includes a drum performing washing, a motor rotating the drum, bearing housings having bearings to support a rotation shaft, a suspension connected to the bearing housings and the cabinet to mitigate vibration generated during rotation of the drum, a bracket installed to the bearing housings to form the rear side of the tub, and a gasket installed between the bracket and the tub to seal the tub and to prevent vibration from being transmitted from the bracket to the tub. Volumes of the tub and the drum can be easily increased without increasing the volume of the cabinet. Even when the volume of the washing machine is changed, only one of the tub and the bearing housings, which is not applicable to the drum type washing machine having the changed washing capacity, is selectively replaced. Thus parts can commonly used in various drum type washing machine having different volume.

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