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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Wun Seok Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;
Min Ho Jung, Suwon-si, KR;
Sam Young Jang, Yongin-si, KR;
Seung Mok Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Kwang Duk Baek, Seongnam-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A washing machine includes: a cabinet; a tub; a pump case provided so as to drain washing water; a pump filter that filters foreign substances in washing water and is able to be detached from the pump case; and a pump filter head that is combined with one side of the pump filter and causes the pump filter to rotate, wherein the pump filter head includes: a first head having a first state in which the first head is engaged with one side of the pump case and is combined with the pump case and a second state in which the first head is released from the pump case; and a second head that is positioned at front of the first head and is rotatable separately from the first head in the first state. A user can recognize whether the pump filter is fully fastened to the pump case.