US 12,168,845 B2
Washing machine
Hwanjin Jung, Seoul (KR); Myunghun Im, Seoul (KR); Junghoon Lee, Seoul (KR); Kyungchul Woo, Seoul (KR); Jaehyun Kim, Seoul (KR); and Hyundong Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/097,737.
Application 18/097,737 is a division of application No. 16/474,937, granted, now 11,920,278, previously published as PCT/KR2017/015681, filed on Dec. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2016-0180853 (KR), filed on Dec. 28, 2016; application No. 10-2016-0180854 (KR), filed on Dec. 28, 2016; application No. 10-2016-0180855 (KR), filed on Dec. 28, 2016; application No. 10-2016-0180857 (KR), filed on Dec. 28, 2016; application No. 10-2016-0180858 (KR), filed on Dec. 28, 2016; application No. 10-2017-0068596 (KR), filed on Jun. 1, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0082007 (KR), filed on Jun. 28, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0082009 (KR), filed on Jun. 28, 2017; and application No. 10-2017-0148922 (KR), filed on Nov. 9, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0151531 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. D06F 37/26 (2006.01); D06F 33/36 (2020.01); D06F 37/06 (2006.01); D06F 37/22 (2006.01); D06F 37/30 (2020.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 105/06 (2020.01); D06F 103/04 (2020.01); D06F 103/24 (2020.01); D06F 105/48 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 37/266 (2013.01) [D06F 33/36 (2020.02); D06F 37/06 (2013.01); D06F 37/22 (2013.01); D06F 37/30 (2013.01); D06F 39/083 (2013.01); D06F 39/088 (2013.01); D06F 2103/04 (2020.02); D06F 2103/24 (2020.02); D06F 2105/06 (2020.02); D06F 2105/48 (2020.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A washing machine comprising:
a casing having an opening defined at a front surface of the casing;
a tub disposed in the casing, the tub having an opening defined at a front surface of the tub;
a drum disposed in the tub;
a gasket that has a cylindrical shape and that connects the opening of the case and the opening of the tub;
a plurality of nozzles disposed at an inner circumferential portion of the gasket and configured to spray water into the drum;
a plurality of port insertion pipes that protrude from an outer circumferential portion of the gasket and that are in fluid communication with the plurality of nozzles, respectively;
a pump configured to pump water discharged from the tub; and
a nozzle water supply pipe configured to guide water pumped by the pump to the plurality of nozzles, the nozzle water supply pipe comprising:
a transfer conduit that extends along the outer circumferential portion of the gasket and that is configured to guide water pumped by the pump to the plurality of nozzles, and
a plurality of nozzle water supply ports that protrude from the transfer conduit and that are inserted into the plurality of port insertion pipes, respectively,
wherein the transfer conduit comprises:
a connecting portion that extends along the outer circumferential portion of the gasket and that is disposed between the plurality of nozzle water supply ports, and
at least one uplift portion spaced apart from the outer circumferential portion of the gasket and disposed farther from the outer circumferential portion of the gasket than the connecting portion,
wherein at least one of the plurality of nozzle water supply ports protrudes from the at least one uplift portion, and
wherein the at least one uplift portion is convex outwardly in a radial direction of the gasket.