Lg Electronics Inc.

Kwanghyun Kim

Hansol Kim

Hosung Jang

HyunJae Lee

Yohwan Kang

Sunghoon Kim

Jaehyun Choi

Hwanchan Ryu

Taewan Kim

Mingyu Jo

Gon Kim

Sanghee Yoo

Yeongkyeong Choi

Gilnam Lee

Woongkil Cha

Sungmin Lee

Bonggon Ryu

Kusung Gwon

Shanghee Yoo

A washing machine includes a gasket including a gasket body that connects a casing to a tub, and a plurality of nozzles spraying water into a drum. The gasket body has a first area and a second area corresponding to bilateral areas. The nozzles include a first nozzle and a second nozzle disposed in the first area sequentially in a bottom-to-top direction. The washing machine includes a distribution pipe for distribution circulating water to the nozzles, and the distribution pipe includes a first outlet port and a second outlet port for supplying water to first and second nozzles, and a third outlet port and a fourth outlet port for supplying water to third and fourth nozzles. The first and second outlet ports extend parallel to each other, and the third and fourth outlet ports extend parallel to each other.

Washing machine having circulation nozzles

A washing machine includes a casing, a tub, a drum, a pump for circulating water from the tub, a gasket connecting an entry hole of the casing to an entrance hole of the tub and including nozzles for spraying water to the drum, and distribution pipes for supplying water to the nozzles. The nozzles are arranged at both lateral sides of the gasket in a vertical direction. The distribution pipes are arranged at an outer circumferential surface the gasket and coupled to receiving pipes that protrude from the gasket. The distribution pipes include an inlet port and outlet ports disposed in the vertical direction corresponding to the nozzles.

Washing machine

A washing machine includes a tub, a drum, a nozzle, a pump for circulating water from the tub, and circulation pipes for guiding water. The pump includes a pump motor, an impeller, and a pump housing including first and second circulation ports. The pump housing includes a rotating water current guide part and a biased water current guide part on an inner circumferential surface. The rotating water current guide part extends in a rotation direction of the impeller from a cut-off point that branches water into a first flow running along the rotation direction and a second flow running toward the first circulation port, and guides the first flow to the second circulation port. The biased water current guide part extends from the cut-off point to the first circulation port with an angle greater than 180° relative to the rotating water current guide part, and guides the second flow.

Disclosed is a washing machine including: a gasket, wherein the gasket includes a gasket body, forming a passage between a laundry entry hole formed in a casing and an opening formed in a tub, and a plurality of nozzles spraying water into a drum; and a distribution pipe supplying water pumped by a pump to the plurality of nozzles, wherein the distribution pipe includes a transport conduit disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the gasket, wherein the gasket body is divided into a front body positioned on the side of the casing and a rear body positioned on the side of the tub, wherein the rear body includes an accommodating part in which at least a portion of the transport conduit is disposed, and accordingly, it is possible to prevent intervention between the distribution pipe and any other structure around the gasket.

A washing machine includes a tub, a drum, a nozzle, a pump for circulating water from the tub, and circulation pipes for guiding water. The pump includes a pump motor, an impeller, and a pump housing including first and second circulation ports. The pump housing includes a rotating water current guide part and a biased water current guide part on an inner circumferential surface. The rotating water current guide part extends in a rotation direction of the impeller from a cut-off point that braches water into a first flow running along the rotation direction and a second flow running toward the first circulation port, and guides the first flow to the second circulation port. The biased water current guide part extends from the cut-off point to the first circulation port with an angle greater than 180&#xb0; relative to the rotating water current guide part, and guides the second flow.

A laundry treatment apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a tub provided in a cabinet for storing water, a water supply unit for supplying water to the tub, a drum rotatably provided in the tub for storing laundry, a first pump including a first housing for receiving water discharged from the tub and an impeller rotatably provided in the first housing for discharging the water introduced into the first housing out of the first housing, a drainage pipe configured to extend through a height higher than the maximum possible level of water in the tub for guiding the water discharged from the first housing out of the cabinet, and a second pump including a first gear and a second gear rotatably provided in a second housing, into which the water discharged from the tub is introduced, the second pump being configured to move the water introduced into the second housing to the drainage pipe when the first gear and the second gear are rotated.

Laundry treatment apparatus

A control method of a laundry treatment apparatus, the control method including a drying operation with a circulation process for resupplying air discharged from a tub back into the tub, an exhaust process for discharging some of the air supplied into the tub, a suction process for supplying air outside of the tub into air circulated via the circulation process, and a heating process for heating the air to be supplied into the tub. Furthermore, the control method may include a motion execution operation for rotating a drum based on first motion during implementation of the drying operation, the drum being rotatably mounted in the tub and storing laundry therein.

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Seoul, South Korea

Kwanghyun Kim