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Patent No.:

US 12454784 B1

Date of Patent:

Oct. 28, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 09, 2023

Washing machine

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Kyunam Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Heejin Kang, Suwon-si, KR;

Youngjin Um, Suwon-si, KR;

Jungwoo Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

Primary Examiner:

Cristi J Tate-Sims

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

B01F 27/192 (2022.01); B01F 27/112 (2022.01); B01F 27/114 (2022.01); B01F 27/808 (2022.01); B01F 27/90 (2022.01); B01F 27/921 (2022.01); D06F 23/04 (2006.01); D06F 37/14 (2006.01); B01F 101/00 (2022.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

D06F 37/14 (2013.01); B01F 27/112 (2022.01); B01F 27/114 (2022.01); B01F 27/1921 (2022.01); B01F 27/808 (2022.01); B01F 27/90 (2022.01); B01F 27/9214 (2022.01); D06F 23/04 (2013.01); B01F 2101/4505 (2022.01);

Abstract

Disclosed is a washing machine with an improved stirring device. The washing machine includes a tub, a rotating tub rotatably provided in the tub, a stirring device including a first stirring portion rotatably provided below the rotating tub, and a second stirring portion coupled to the first stirring portion. The second stirring portion includes a cylindrical wash rod body and a groove that is recessed from an outer surface of the wash rod body and extends in a longitudinal direction to accommodate a parting line formed by a manufacturing process.

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