US 6,981,395 B2
Drum type washing machine
Doo-Young Ryu, Suwon (Korea, Republic of); and Koan-Seog Namkung, Suwon (Korea, Republic of)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of)
Filed on Aug. 20, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/223,472.
Claims priority of application No. 2001-60366 (KR), filed on Sep. 28, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2003/0061842 A1, Apr. 03, 2003
Int. Cl. D06F 39/08 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 68—17R 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drum type washing machine comprising:
a cabinet which defines an outer appearance of the washing machine;
a fixed drum set in the cabinet to contain wash water therein;
a rotary drum rotatably set inside the fixed drum;
a pump unit which pumps out the wash water contained in the fixed drum; and
a water circulation device which feeds the wash water pumped out by the pump unit into the rotary drum, wherein the water circulation device comprises:
a storing unit which defines a space to temporarily hold the wash water, guides the wash water to a rear panel of the rotary drum, and is provided between a rear panel of the fixed drum and the rear panel of the rotary drum, and
a spraying unit which is provided at the rear panel of the rotary drum, and sprays the wash water contained in the storing unit into the rotary drum.