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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2009
Sang Hee Yoo, Gyeongsangnam-do, KR;
Jong Deuk Bae, Gyeongsangnam-do, KR;
Kil Su Kim, Gyeongsangnam-do, KR;
Ji Maeng Kim, Gyeongsangnam-do, KR;
Young Bae Park, Gyeongsangnam-do, KR;
Sang Hee Yoo, Gyeongsangnam-do, KR;
Jong Deuk Bae, Gyeongsangnam-do, KR;
Kil Su Kim, Gyeongsangnam-do, KR;
Ji Maeng Kim, Gyeongsangnam-do, KR;
Young Bae Park, Gyeongsangnam-do, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A filter assembly of a washer is disclosed, by which particles contained in water can be efficiently filtered off in the course of washing the laundry and by which the filtered-off particles are prevented from being discharged from the filter assembly. In a washer including an inner wall having an outlet and a circulation passage provided between the inner wall and a wash tub to enable water to circulate to the outlet from a bottom of the wash tub, the present invention includes a closed-type filter unit configured to filter off particles from the water discharged from the outlet and to prevent the filtered-off particles from being externally discharged.