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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Youngjin Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Jaeryong Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Kanghyun Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Dongpil Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A washing machine includes a cabinet, a tub arranged inside the cabinet, and a washing water treatment apparatus connectable to the tub and configured to circulate water introduced in the tub and discharge the water to an outside of the cabinet. The washing water treatment apparatus includes a case forming an exterior of the washing water treatment apparatus, a filter mountable on an inside of the case and detachable from the inside of the case, a filter blade rotatable inside the filter, a filter driving source to generate power to rotate the filter blade, a drive gear configured to receive the power from the filter driving source and rotate along a first rotation axis, and a filter gear configured to rotate along a second rotation axis at a predetermined angle with respect to the first rotation axis and rotate the filter blade according to a rotation of the drive gear.