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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2012
Filed:
May. 25, 2011
NA Eun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jin Woong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Young Hwan Park, Seoul, KR;
Jae Won Chang, Gunpo-si, KR;
Na Eun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jin Woong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Young Hwan Park, Seoul, KR;
Jae Won Chang, Gunpo-si, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A drum type washing machine is provided, in which vibration is efficiently attenuated, by a maximum capacity within a size-fixed cabinet is provided, and by which a user does not bend over or sit down to load laundry into the washing machine. The drum type washing machine includes a cabinet forming an exterior of the drum type washing machine, a tub fixed within the cabinet, the tub having a laundry loading entrance at an outer circumference of the tub, a drum rotatably provided within the tub, the drum having an opening on a lateral side of the drum to communicate with the laundry loading entrance of the tub, a motor assembly provided next to one side of the drum to rotate the drum, and a suspension assembly provided to support a weight of the drum and attenuate vibration of the drum.