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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2012
Applicants:
Myong Hun Im, Seoul, KR;
Sung Min Lee, Seoul, KR;
Won Hyuk Jang, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 35/00 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 37/26 (2006.01); D06B 1/08 (2006.01); D06F 39/00 (2006.01); D06F 33/02 (2006.01); D06F 37/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 35/006 (2013.01); D06B 1/08 (2013.01); D06F 33/02 (2013.01); D06F 37/266 (2013.01); D06F 37/304 (2013.01); D06F 39/003 (2013.01); D06F 39/005 (2013.01); D06F 39/08 (2013.01); D06F 39/083 (2013.01); D06F 39/087 (2013.01); D06F 39/088 (2013.01); D06F 37/267 (2013.01); D06F 2202/10 (2013.01); D06F 2204/065 (2013.01); D06F 2204/086 (2013.01); D06F 2214/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A washing machine comprises a casing; a tub disposed inside the casing; a drum rotatably provided inside the tub, for accommodating laundry therein; and a spiral nozzle for rotating supplied water in a predetermined direction and then spraying the water into the drum through discharge hole, wherein the spiral nozzle comprises an impingement surface formed in front of the discharge hole so that the water discharged from the discharge hole is distributed by impinging on the impingement surface.