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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
May. 19, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Min Hyung Kim, Seoul, KR;
Yong Kwon Won, Suwon, KR;
Jun Ho Kim, Suwon, KR;
Hyeon Cheol Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sung Yong Eun, Suwon, KR;
Goan Su Jung, Yeosu, KR;
Young Sun Shin, Seoul, KR;
Mitsuhiro Shigeri, Yokahama, JP;
Hyun Mook Kim, Osan, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a washing machine capable of improving the efficiency of washing and product quality by improving a pivoting structure of a door assembly having a door and an auxiliary washing unit forming an auxiliary washing space. Also, the door and the auxiliary washing unit may be coupled by a locking part so that a user can open and close the door assembly conveniently when manual washing is not needed. When manual washing is needed, the user may release a locked state of the locking part to move the door and the auxiliary washing unit separately.