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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2012
Doo Young Ryu, Suwon-si, KR;
Ja Young Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Ito Michiaki, Suwon-si, KR;
Myung Sun Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Doo Young Ryu, Suwon-si, KR;
Ja Young Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Ito Michiaki, Suwon-si, KR;
Myung Sun Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A front loading washing machine including a housing; a water reservoir installed in the housing to contain washing water; a spin tub provided in the water reservoir to hold laundry to be washed, the spin tub rotatable with respect to a horizontal axis of the washing machine, the spin tub including a cylindrical body, a front cover and a rear cover, the front cover having a front wall with an opening formed therein for receiving laundry and an annular recess having a predefined depth formed in the front wall of the front cover such that an outer annular side wall defining the annular recess establishes direct physical contact with a predefined area of an inner surface of the cylindrical body; and at least one balancer installed in the annular recess of the spin tub, the balancer comprising an annular shaped race formed of a plastic material.