Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Washing machine
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Application No.: US16516555Application Date: 2019-07-19
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Publication No.: US11377778B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Dongcheol Kim , Youngjong Kim
- Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2018-0083786 20180719
- Main IPC: D06F39/08
- IPC: D06F39/08 ; F04D13/02 ; F04D13/08 ; F04D15/00 ; D06F103/48

Abstract:
A pump includes: a pump housing having an inflow port, a first discharge port, and a second discharge port; a pump motor for providing a rotational force; and an impeller disposed in the pump housing and configured to pump water introduced through the inflow port. A planetary gear train includes a carrier connected to a rotary shaft of the pump motor, a sun gear connected to the impeller, a pinion gear rotatably installed in the carrier and engaged with the sun gear, and a ring gear engaged with the pinion gear. A rotatable valve disc is couple with the ring gear in the pump housing, and configured to close the first discharge port and open the second discharge port in a first rotation position, and open the first discharge port and close the second discharge port in a second rotation position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200024793A1 WASHING MACHINE Public/Granted day:2020-01-23
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