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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2020
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/30 (2020.01); D06F 33/36 (2020.01); D06F 33/40 (2020.01); D06F 23/02 (2006.01); D06F 37/40 (2006.01); F16D 11/14 (2006.01); D06F 105/46 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/304 (2013.01); D06F 23/02 (2013.01); D06F 33/36 (2020.02); D06F 33/40 (2020.02); D06F 37/40 (2013.01); F16D 11/14 (2013.01); D06F 2105/46 (2020.02);
Abstract
In a washing machine of the present disclosure, a drive shaft rotating a pulsator and a dehydration shaft rotating a washing tub are connected to each other or disconnected from each other while a clutch operated by a solenoid is lifted, a current is intermittently applied to the solenoid while the clutch is lowered, and thus, a lowering speed of the clutch can be reduced.