Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fan assembly and washing machine having the same
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Application No.: US16479002Application Date: 2017-12-07
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Publication No.: US11592030B2Publication Date: 2023-02-28
- Inventor: Yong Hun Kang , Geon Ung Lee , Hwang Mook Cho , Jin Baek Kim , Eung Ryeol Seo
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Staas & Halsey LLP
- Priority: KR10-2017-0008632 20170118
- International Application: PCT/KR2017/014298 WO 20171207
- International Announcement: WO2018/135751 WO 20180726
- Main IPC: D06F58/20
- IPC: D06F58/20 ; D06F58/04 ; D06F29/00 ; F04D29/28 ; F04D29/30 ; D06F25/00

Abstract:
The washing machine includes a cabinet, a drum installed inside the cabinet, and a fan assembly to guide heated air into the drum. A fan assembly includes a shroud provided with an air inlet hole, a hub rotated by a driving motor, a plurality of blades provided along a circumferential direction of the hub to guide the air introduced through the air inlet hole in the circumferential direction of the hub, and a scroll guiding the air guided in the circumferential direction of the hub into the drum. A partition wall prevents the air guided in the circumferential direction of the hub from being re-introduced into the air inlet hole. The blade includes a shroud contact portion in contact with the shroud and a hub contact portion in contact with the hub. An inflection point is formed between the shroud contact portion and the hub contact portion.
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