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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Sung Jong Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Min Sung Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Jeong Hoon Kang, Seoul, KR;
Seung Oh Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Yee Lee Wong, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a washing machine which includes a cylindrical part having a cylindrical shape and at least one balancer installed in the cylindrical part. The balancer includes a first balancer housing provided with a race in an annular shape with an open top and a second balancer housing to be coupled with the first balancer housing to cover the open top of the race. The balancer is installed in the cylindrical part in such a way that a coupling portion of the first balancer housing and the second balancer housing corresponding to an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical part is covered by the cylindrical part, thereby reinforcing a strength of the balancer by the cylindrical part.