Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drum type washing machine with gasket drain
- Patent Title (中): 滚筒式洗衣机带垫圈排水
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Application No.: US12232108Application Date: 2008-09-10
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Publication No.: US08109121B2Publication Date: 2012-02-07
- Inventor: Su-Hee Shin , Min-Su Kang
- Applicant: Su-Hee Shin , Min-Su Kang
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
- Priority: KR10-2007-0093297 20070913; KR10-2007-0093298 20070913
- Main IPC: D06F39/08
- IPC: D06F39/08 ; D06F39/14

Abstract:
Disclosed is a drum type washing machine comprising a cabinet having an opening, a door installed at the cabinet, a tub installed in the cabinet, a drum rotatably installed in the tub, a gasket sealing a gap between the door and the tub by being installed between the opening of the cabinet and the tub and a moisture removing means provided at the gasket and a means sealing a gap between the door and the tub installed between the opening of the cabinet and the tub to prevent pollutants from being generated at a middle of a lower end of an inner side surface or to prevent washing water from remaining thereat, where the residual washing water preventing means is implemented as a drain portion or a heating member provided at the gasket that is capable of preventing odor or foreign substances caused by moisture remaining at the gasket.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090126418A1 Drum type washing machine Public/Granted day:2009-05-21
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