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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2017
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Yong Hun Kang, Seoul, KR;
Geon Ung Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hwang Mook Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Jin Baek Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Eung Ryeol Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
The washing machine includes a cabinet, a drum installed inside the cabinet, and a fan assembly to guide heated air into the drum. A fan assembly includes a shroud provided with an air inlet hole, a hub rotated by a driving motor, a plurality of blades provided along a circumferential direction of the hub to guide the air introduced through the air inlet hole in the circumferential direction of the hub, and a scroll guiding the air guided in the circumferential direction of the hub into the drum. A partition wall prevents the air guided in the circumferential direction of the hub from being re-introduced into the air inlet hole. The blade includes a shroud contact portion in contact with the shroud and a hub contact portion in contact with the hub. An inflection point is formed between the shroud contact portion and the hub contact portion.