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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2017
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 23/02 (2006.01); D06F 37/02 (2006.01); D06F 37/26 (2006.01); D06F 37/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/02 (2013.01); D06F 23/02 (2013.01); D06F 37/267 (2013.01); D06F 37/28 (2013.01); D06F 2232/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a washing machine capable of suppressing noise during spin-drying caused by a pressure difference in a tub. The washing machine may include a case comprising a laundry loading/unloading opening through which laundry is introduced, a door mounted at the case to open or close the laundry loading/unloading opening, a tub disposed inside the case, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub, and an air inflow channel configured to guide air to flow toward a central portion of the drum in which a pressure decreases while the drum rotates.