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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Youngbae Park, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 39/14 (2006.01); D06F 37/42 (2006.01); H01H 36/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 39/14 (2013.01); D06F 37/42 (2013.01); H01H 36/0006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A washing machine is provided. The washing machine may include a main body having a laundry loading hole formed therein, a door coupled to the main body to selectively open and close the laundry loading hole, a protruding part coupled to the door and selectively received in a protrusion housing coupled to the main body, a plurality of reed sensors provided in one of the door or the main body, and a magnet provided in the other of the door or the main body, outside of the protrusion housing so as react to the magnet and sense and opening/closing of the door.