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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2006
Tae Woo Kim, Yangsan-si, KR;
Tae Woo Kim, Yangsan-si, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A washing machine having a structure in which operating conditions of the washing machine are inputted by a rotary knob (), and current operating conditions are displayed by the light emitted from an LED and transmitted through a display unit () is disclosed. The interference of the light emitted from the LED is interrupted, whereby the operating conditions of the washing machine are clearly displayed. The washing machine includes a control panel () mounted at the front part of a machine body of the washing machine, a rotary knob () mounted at the control panel () for allowing a user to input operating conditions of the washing machine in a rotating fashion, a display unit () mounted around the rotary knob () for displaying the operating conditions of the washing machine inputted by the rotary knob (), a controller coupled to the inside of the control panel (), the controller having a plurality of partitioned LEDs that can be selectively turned on according to the input from the rotary knob (), and a decoration panel () disposed between the display unit () and an LED supporter, which supports the LEDs, for allowing light emitted from the selected LED to be transmitted through the display unit () without leakage.