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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2012
Jae Ryong Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Sang Yeon Pyo, Suwon-si, KR;
Sung Hoon Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Eun Suk Bang, Seoul, KR;
Jee Hun Fark, Suwon-si, KR;
Jae Ryong Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Sang Yeon Pyo, Suwon-si, KR;
Sung Hoon Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Eun Suk Bang, Seoul, KR;
Jee Hun Fark, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a washing machine that is capable of preventing the deformation of laundry due to spin-drying holes, increasing friction between the inner surface of a washing tub and laundry to improve the washing efficiency, and reducing wash water consumption. The washing machine includes a water tub, a washing tub mounted in the water tub, a drive unit to rotate the washing tub, and a wash water circulation unit to supply wash water in the water tub into the washing tub. The washing tub has a plurality of depressions formed therein and depressed outward from the inner surface thereof in the shape of a polygonal pyramid, and a plurality of spin-drying holes formed in a deep area of the respective depressions.