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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2002
Applicants:
Hee Tae Lim, Puchon-shi, KR;
Gwan Ryong Park, Seoul, KR;
Jae Won Chang, Kunpo-shi, KR;
Kyeong Hwan Kim, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Hee Tae Lim, Puchon-shi, KR;
Gwan Ryong Park, Seoul, KR;
Jae Won Chang, Kunpo-shi, KR;
Kyeong Hwan Kim, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 29/00 (2006.01); D06F 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A washing machine capable of minimizing tangle and damage of the laundry is disclosed. The washing machine includes: a wash shaft installed perpendicularly at a lower center of an inner tub, and rotated by a rotational force transferred from a motor; a wash plate orbiting about a rotational center of the wash shaft to form a stream of water; and a movement converting unit for converting a rotational movement of the wash shaft to a orbiting movement of the wash plate.