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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2002
Yang Hwan NO, Changwon-shi, KR;
Han Ki Cho, Changwon-shi, KR;
Myeong Seok Park, Chinbac-shi, KR;
Young Hoon Ha, Masan-shi, KR;
Jong Seok Kim, Changwon-shi, KR;
Jeong Hoon Kang, Taegu-kwangyokshi, KR;
Youn Su Jung, Changwon-shi, KR;
Yang Hwan No, Changwon-shi, KR;
Han Ki Cho, Changwon-shi, KR;
Myeong Seok Park, Chinbac-shi, KR;
Young Hoon Ha, Masan-shi, KR;
Jong Seok Kim, Changwon-shi, KR;
Jeong Hoon Kang, Taegu-kwangyokshi, KR;
Youn Su Jung, Changwon-shi, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Washing machines having improved frictional forces with laundry. Those machines include a cabinet with a door, a tub inside for retaining wash water, and an internal vessel, inside the tub that is coupled with a motor that rotates the internal vessel. A friction member inside the internal vessel rubs against laundry. The frictional member includes a friction enhancer, such as a spherical structure or a freely rotating ball, that enhances laundry friction during washing and reduces adhesion of laundry after a dehydration cycle.