Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drum washing machine
- Patent Title (中): 滚筒洗衣机
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Application No.: US11629778Application Date: 2005-04-14
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Publication No.: US07797971B2Publication Date: 2010-09-21
- Inventor: Shinichiro Kawabata , Hisao Tatsumi , Takeyuki Yabuuchi
- Applicant: Shinichiro Kawabata , Hisao Tatsumi , Takeyuki Yabuuchi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Osaka-Fu
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Ha Products Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Ha Products Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Osaka-Fu
- Agency: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP
- Priority: JP2004-176986 20040615
- International Application: PCT/JP2005/007232 WO 20050414
- International Announcement: WO2005/124005 WO 20051229
- Main IPC: D06F21/00
- IPC: D06F21/00 ; D06F23/00 ; D06F25/00

Abstract:
A drum washing machine has a suspension for supporting a water tub for vibration proof. The suspension includes a cylindrical bearing support, a pair of bearings fixed in the bearing support, a shaft supported on the bearings so that the shaft is linearly reciprocated, a cylindrical friction member damping an amplitude of the water tub and disposed between the bearings so as to be immovable relative to the bearing support, and a lubricant applied between the shaft and the friction member. The friction member has both ends formed with abutment slant faces having outer diameters gradually reduced toward distal ends respectively. A pair of holding members are located in the bearing support for holding the ends of the friction member. Gaps are defined between the friction member and the holding members respectively. A plurality of lubricant reservoirs are defined in the respective gaps to reserve the lubricant.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070137264A1 Drum washing machine Public/Granted day:2007-06-21
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