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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Min-Soo Lee, Uiwang, KR;
Hwan-Young Choi, Anyang, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
68 233 ; 68133 ;
Abstract
A clothes washing machine has a motor which includes a stator, and a rotor disposed around the stator. The rotor includes a disk-shaped plate having radial blades disposed on an upper surface thereof. The blades are situated beneath the stator and generate a flow of turbulent cooling air along the stator in response to rotation of the rotor.