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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2005
Satoshi Maeda, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Kajihara, Hyogo, JP;
Kazunori Maeda, Nara, JP;
Tadashi Inuzuka, Hyogo, JP;
Satoshi Maeda, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Kajihara, Hyogo, JP;
Kazunori Maeda, Nara, JP;
Tadashi Inuzuka, Hyogo, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A drum type washing machine includes a housing, a rotary drum, a water tub accommodating the rotary drum therein, a door for opening and closing a housing opening for allowing laundry to be loaded into or unloaded from the rotary drum therethrough, a water tub opening communicating with the housing opening, a rotary drum opening communicating with the housing opening and the water tub opening; and an elastic connection member for connecting the housing opening and water tub opening, and having a portion that makes a pressurized contact with the door when the door is closed. A center of the housing opening is displaced upward with respect to a center of the rotary drum opening, and an angle of inclination of the housing opening with respect to a vertical plane is set to be greater than that of the rotary drum opening with respect to the vertical plane.
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