Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Washing machine having blade for circulating wash water
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Application No.: US15766678Application Date: 2016-10-08
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Publication No.: US11028518B2Publication Date: 2021-06-08
- Inventor: Youngjun Kim , Youngjong Kim , Dongcheol Kim , Insik Yu
- Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2015-0141715 20151008
- International Application: PCT/KR2016/011283 WO 20161008
- International Announcement: WO2017/061836 WO 20170413
- Main IPC: D06F37/40
- IPC: D06F37/40 ; D06F37/14 ; D06F39/10 ; D06F37/24 ; D06F39/08 ; D06F37/42 ; D06F17/08 ; D06F37/12 ; F16H1/46 ; D06F17/10 ; D06F23/04 ; D06F37/30

Abstract:
A washing machine includes an inner tub assembly for accommodating laundry, a pulsator rotatably provided to an inner lower portion of the inner tub assembly, a blade that is provided to a lower portion of the pulsator, that is configured to rotate independently of the pulsator, and that is configured to pump wash water to raise the wash water to an upper end of the inner tub assembly, a drive motor for providing power for rotating the pulsator and the blade, a power transmission unit transmitting the power of the drive motor to the pulsator and the blade, respectively, and a jig disposed between the pulsator and the blade and coupled with the power transmission unit. The jig is fastened to an inner bottom surface of the inner tub assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180298540A1 WASHING MACHINE Public/Granted day:2018-10-18
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