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Patent No.:

US 11028518 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 08, 2016

Washing machine having blade for circulating wash water

Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Youngjun Kim, Seoul, KR;

Youngjong Kim, Seoul, KR;

Dongcheol Kim, Seoul, KR;

Insik Yu, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Joseph L Perrin

Assistant Examiner:

Irina Graf

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/40 (2006.01); D06F 37/14 (2006.01); D06F 39/10 (2006.01); D06F 37/24 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 37/42 (2006.01); D06F 17/08 (2006.01); D06F 37/12 (2006.01); F16H 1/46 (2006.01); D06F 17/10 (2006.01); D06F 23/04 (2006.01); D06F 37/30 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/40 (2013.01); D06F 17/08 (2013.01); D06F 37/12 (2013.01); D06F 37/14 (2013.01); D06F 37/145 (2013.01); D06F 37/24 (2013.01); D06F 37/42 (2013.01); D06F 39/083 (2013.01); D06F 39/085 (2013.01); D06F 39/088 (2013.01); D06F 39/10 (2013.01); F16H 1/46 (2013.01); D06F 17/10 (2013.01); D06F 23/04 (2013.01); D06F 37/304 (2013.01);
Abstract

A washing machine includes an inner tub assembly for accommodating laundry, a pulsator rotatably provided to an inner lower portion of the inner tub assembly, a blade that is provided to a lower portion of the pulsator, that is configured to rotate independently of the pulsator, and that is configured to pump wash water to raise the wash water to an upper end of the inner tub assembly, a drive motor for providing power for rotating the pulsator and the blade, a power transmission unit transmitting the power of the drive motor to the pulsator and the blade, respectively, and a jig disposed between the pulsator and the blade and coupled with the power transmission unit. The jig is fastened to an inner bottom surface of the inner tub assembly.

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