Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Washing machine with pulsator and planetary gear device
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Application No.: US14057524Application Date: 2013-10-18
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Publication No.: US10077520B2Publication Date: 2018-09-18
- Inventor: Kyubum Lee , Youngjong Kim , Sangjun Lee
- Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Dentons US LLP
- Priority: KR10-2012-0117971 20121023
- Main IPC: D06F17/08
- IPC: D06F17/08 ; D06F17/10 ; D06F37/40

Abstract:
Disclosed is a washing machine including an inner tub in which fabrics are accommodated, a fixing hub installed to the inner tub, a rotating shaft configured to penetrate the inner tub and the fixing hub, a sun gear installed to the rotating shaft and having a lower gear portion and an upper pulsator coupling portion, an inner pulsator coupled to the pulsator coupling portion, a plurality of planetary gears engaged with the gear portion and rotatably arranged on the fixing hub, a ring gear having an inner circumferential surface engaged with the planetary gears, a gear box coupled to the ring gear, and an outer pulsator coupled to the gear box, the outer pulsator being larger than the inner pulsator. As the inner pulsator and outer pulsator are rotated at different rates of rotation, complex 3D water stream may be created in the inner tub, resulting in enhanced washing ability.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140109627A1 WASHING MACHINE Public/Granted day:2014-04-24
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