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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2006
Dong Hyun Choi, Gunpo-Si, KR;
Woon Gu Hur, Suwon-Si, KR;
SE Hyeong Lee, Suwon-Si, KR;
Won Seok Choi, Suwon-Si, KR;
Myung Sun Kang, Suwon-Si, KR;
Dong Hyun Choi, Gunpo-Si, KR;
Woon Gu Hur, Suwon-Si, KR;
Se Hyeong Lee, Suwon-Si, KR;
Won Seok Choi, Suwon-Si, KR;
Myung Sun Kang, Suwon-Si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A drum washing machine in which laundry-separated substances, introduced into a gap of a packing member sealing an inlet of the washing machine during a washing process, are easily eliminated. The drum washing machine includes a main body having an entrance hole for placing laundry therein and a door opening and closing the entrance hole, a tub installed in the main body and having an opening corresponding to the entrance hole, a packing member to seal a space between the opening of the tub and the entrance hole. The packing member including a bending portion in which laundry-separate substances accumulate, and a recess adjacent to the bending portion, wherein the recess is formed in a user contactable position on the packing member for assisting in easy elimination of the laundry-separated substances accumulated in the bending portion.