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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2004
Jae Kyum Kim, Gimhae-si, KR;
Geon Kim, Jinhae-si, KR;
Chi Wan Hur, Changwon-si, KR;
Yu Beom Kang, Changwon-si, KR;
Sang Man Je, Koje-si, KR;
Jae Kyum Kim, Gimhae-si, KR;
Geon Kim, Jinhae-si, KR;
Chi Wan Hur, Changwon-si, KR;
Yu Beom Kang, Changwon-si, KR;
Sang Man Je, Koje-si, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A gasket and washing machine having the same prevent laundry from becoming wedged between a drum and a gasket for preventing water leakage. The gasket is coupled between a cabinet of a drum-type washing machine including a drying duct for providing a drying function and a tub disposed inside the cabinet. The gasket includes an annular lip, protruding inwardly from an inner circumference of the gasket, for preventing foreign matter from entering a space existing between the tub and a rotating drum, and a laundry kicker, protruding inwardly from a predetermined portion of the annular lip, for dislodging laundry that has become wedged between the annular lip and the rotating drum.