Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Washing machine
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Application No.: US17544030Application Date: 2021-12-07
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Publication No.: US11859637B2Publication Date: 2024-01-02
- Inventor: Kwanghyun Kim , Hansol Kim
- 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: KR 20180074394 2018.06.27 KR 20190075430 2019.06.25
- Main IPC: D06F39/08
- IPC: D06F39/08 ; F04D29/42

Abstract:
A washing machine includes a tub, a drum, a nozzle, a pump for circulating water from the tub, and circulation pipes for guiding water. The pump includes a pump motor, an impeller, and a pump housing including first and second circulation ports. The pump housing includes a rotating water current guide part and a biased water current guide part on an inner circumferential surface. The rotating water current guide part extends in a rotation direction of the impeller from a cut-off point that branches water into a first flow running along the rotation direction and a second flow running toward the first circulation port, and guides the first flow to the second circulation port. The biased water current guide part extends from the cut-off point to the first circulation port with an angle greater than 180° relative to the rotating water current guide part, and guides the second flow.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220090606A1 WASHING MACHINE Public/Granted day:2022-03-24
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