Abstract: A front-load laundry appliance includes a drum that is rotationally operable within a tub about a generally horizontal rotational axis. A plurality of lifters are coupled to an interior surface of the drum. A fluid delivery path is at least partially defined within the drum and the plurality of lifters. A fluid delivery system delivers fluid into the fluid delivery path in a direction parallel to the generally horizontal rotational axis.

Abstract: A washing machine including a bearing housing to rotatably support a shaft configured to drive the drum and insertable into the tub, the bearing housing including a stator coupling portion to which a stator of a drive motor configured to rotate the shaft is coupled, and a plurality of leg portions spaced apart along a circumferential direction of the stator coupling portion. The plurality of leg portions include a leg plate including a first end connected to the stator coupling portion and a second end formed to extend along a radial direction of the stator coupling portion from the first end, a connection portion provided to connect between adjacent first ends of the plurality of leg portions, a separation space formed between second ends of the plurality of leg portions, and an outer rib formed along an edge of the leg plate and the connection portion.

Abstract: A motor with an outer rotor, including an inner stator, an outer rotor with a cylindrical structure having an open end, a controller, and a cooling fan. The outer rotor is rotatably sleeved at one end of the inner stator in an axial direction of the inner stator; the controller is arranged at the other end of the inner stator; the cooling fan is annularly arranged in a circumferential direction of the outer rotor at one end of the outer rotor close to the controller, and is located in an avoidance space formed between the controller and the outer rotor, so as to convey air to the controller and the outer rotor.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a washing machine and a manufacturing method of a circulating water supply pipe. The washing machine includes a casing having a front surface on which a laundry inlet is formed, a tub which is disposed in the casing and has an opening at a front surface thereof, a drum which is rotatably provided in the tub, a pump which pressure-feeds water discharged from the tub, a gasket which forms a passage connecting the laundry inlet and the opening to each other, a plurality of nozzles which is provided on an inner peripheral surface defining the passage of the gasket and injects the water pressure-fed by the pump into the drum, and a circulating water supply pipe which is disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the gasket opposite to the inner peripheral surface and guides the water pressure-fed by the pump to the plurality of nozzles.

Abstract: A laundry washing machine comprising a cabinet supporting a washing tub external to a washing drum adapted to receive laundry and a liquid supply line for supplying liquid into the washing tub/drum through a nozzle having a tubular portion and a sprayer portion comprising a bent zone. The nozzle comprises an obstruction arranged upstream of the bent zone.

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance comprising a chassis including a chassis opening, a tub with a tub opening, a drum defining a treating chamber, an annular bellows extending between the tub opening and the chassis opening having an inner peripheral surface, a closure to selectively open/close the chassis opening, and an air recirculating system including a recirculating conduit and deflection component that can crate a circumferential airflow about the annular bellows.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a clothes handling apparatus that allows a user to easily change a door opening direction. The clothes handling apparatus includes a cabinet having an opening formed in a front surface thereof, a door configured to open or close the opening, and a door lock including a first door latch installed at a right side of the opening and provided to lock the door and a second door latch installed at a left side of the opening and provided to lock the door. The door may be rotatably installed at the left side of the opening or rotatably installed at the right side of the opening, and the first door latch or the second door latch may lock the door depending on whether the door is installed at the left side or the right side of the opening.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes: a drum configured to rotate about a rotation axis and a lifter disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the drum and configured to rotate with the drum. The lifter includes: a lifter frame installed on the inner circumferential surface and a frame cover that is coupled to the lifter frame and that protrudes radially inward from the inner circumferential surface toward the rotation axis. The frame cover includes: a cover upper plate that is spaced apart from the inner circumferential surface and that defines a water flow discharge hole configured to discharge, into the drum, washing water received into the lifter; a cover sidewall that extends from the cover upper plate toward the inner circumferential surface; and an upper plate protrusion that protrudes from the cover upper plate toward the rotation axis.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a body and a rotating tub rotatably installed in the inside of the body and provided with a cylindrical portion formed in the cylindrical shape and a bowl portion coupled to a lower portion of the cylindrical portion, the bowl portion includes a main member formed of a resin material and a cover member coupled to an upper surface of the main member and formed of a metal material, the cover member includes a first engaging portion to be coupled to the main member, and the main member includes a second engaging portion coupled to the first engaging portion. Therefore, the bowl portion of the washing machine rotating tub can be manufactured at low cost while having durability, corrosion resistance, strength, hygienic properties, and clean feeling.

Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a laundry treating apparatus includes a door including: a door cover; and a door frame coupled to a rear surface of the door cover. A left cover seating portion and a right cover seating portion are respectively defined in a left edge and a right edge of a rear surface portion of the door frame. The left cover seating portion and the right cover seating portion are shaped to be symmetrical with each other with respect to a vertical line bisecting the door horizontally. Each of the left cover seating portion and the right cover seating portion is shaped to be symmetrical with respect to a horizontal line bisecting the door vertically.

Abstract: A wall-mounted drum-type washing machine includes a rear panel mounted on a wall surface; a tub containing wash water; a rotatable drum in the tub; a driving unit providing power to the drum; a coupling unit on the rear panel coupled to a rotatable driving shaft of the drum; and a disposition portion preventing the driving unit connected to the driving shaft from interfering with the wall surface.

Abstract: A laundry treating machine is disclosed. The laundry treating machine includes a cabinet formed with a laundry introduction opening, a frame rotatably provided in the cabinet, a tub provided in the cabinet to define a space for accommodating wash water and configured to be rotated by the frame, and a drum rotatably provided in the tub to define a space for accommodating laundry and configured to rotate in a direction different from a rotating direction of the tub.

Abstract: A fabric treating appliance includes a chassis defining an interior. A tub is provided in the interior defining a liquid chamber. An exoskeleton is disposed within the liquid chamber and houses a drum defining a treating chamber for treating an article of laundry. A rear drive plate is provided at one end of the drum and at least partially defines the exoskeleton. One or more braces can couple to the rear drive plate to improve structural integrity of the exoskeleton housing the drum.

Abstract: A washing machine including a door to open and close an opening for laundry. The door includes a first upper door, a second upper door disposed to allow at least one portion of the first upper door to be seen therethrough, and a lower door. The lower door includes a contraction preventing part to prevent the lower door from contracting when molded.

Abstract: A method for washing of the present invention, comprises: a turbo wash setting step of setting turbo wash for spraying water into a drum through a spiral nozzle, when laundry rotates while being attached to the drum by a rotation of the drum; a continuous water supply step of supplying water into a tub; and a regular washing step of canceling the turbo wash when a time taken for a water level inside the tub to reach a target level is longer than a target time so that the water is not sprayed through the spiral nozzle when the laundry rotates while being attached to the drum by the rotation of the drum.

Abstract: A laundry machine is disclosed. The laundry machine includes a tub configured to receive wash water, a drum rotatably installed in the tub, a shaft connected with the drum, a bearing housing (400) configured to support the shaft, a tub back (130) coupled to inner and outer circumferences of a front surface of the bearing housing (400), a rear gasket connected between the tub back (130) and the tub and a suspension unit configured to support vibration of the drum suspendingly.

Abstract: A washing machine comprises a casing; a tub disposed inside the casing; a drum rotatably provided inside the tub, for accommodating laundry therein; and a spiral nozzle for rotating supplied water in a predetermined direction and then spraying the water into the drum through discharge hole, wherein the spiral nozzle comprises an impingement surface formed in front of the discharge hole so that the water discharged from the discharge hole is distributed by impinging on the impingement surface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a drum type washing machine including a body, a tub arranged in the body, and a drum rotatably installed in the tub, and an inner surface of a rear wall of the has a flat portion along a rotating direction of the drum.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a tub provided in the cabinet, a drum rotatably provided in the tub for receiving laundry, a gasket provided between the cabinet and the tub, a plurality of spray nozzles provided at a lower part of the gasket for spraying wash water upward into the drum, and a pump for pumping wash water to the spray nozzles.

Abstract: Disclosed is a drum type washing machine, including a housing; a tub in the housing and having an opening; a drum in the tub; a rotary driving member in the housing configured to provide motive power to the drum and/or to rotate the drum; a tilting driving member between a side wall of the tub and the housing to provide the motive power to tilt the tub; and one or more damping members between the side wall of the tub and the housing to support the tub. The damping member(s) can be varied by tilting the tub.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tub section for a washing machine, wherein the tub section has a bearing housing of a bearing. The method includes manufacturing a first pre-product having the bearing housing and a plastic cover covering a side surface of the bearing housing; manufacturing a plastic second pre-product; and joining the first pre-product and the second pre-product to form the tub section. The plastic cover of the first pre-product has a greater material strength than the second pre-product and the plastic cover of the first pre-product and the plastic second pre-product include the same base product.

Abstract: A laundry machine is disclosed. A laundry machine includes a tub (120) to hold water therein, a drum (320) provided in the tub (120), a shaft (351) connected to the drum (320), passing the tub (120), a bearing housing (400) secured to the tub (120), the bearing housing (400) supporting the shaft (351) and a motor (M) rotating the shaft (351), and a water seal (10) provided between the tub (120) and the bearing housing (400) to maintain gas tight of the bearing housing (400) and of the shaft (351). As a result the laundry machine may improve capacity of the tub (120) and maintain gas tight of the tub (120) efficiently.

Abstract: A washing machine for washing laundry is provided. The washing machine includes a tub to hold washing water, a drum in the tub to hold laundry, a rotational shaft connected to a rear surface of the drum, a tub back, which forms a rear side of the tub and through which the rotational shaft passes, a bearing housing that supports the rotational shaft, and a suspension that buffers and supports the bearing housing. A vibration sensor senses vibration of a structure supported by the suspension, thereby enabling control of rotation of the drum based on the sensed vibration.

Abstract: A control method of a laundry machine is disclosed. The control method of a laundry machine comprising a balancer includes an unbalance sensing step, wherein the unbalance sensing step recognizes an unbalancemaximum value and an unbalanceminimum value of an unbalance wave and the unbalance sensing step determines an average value of the two unbalance maximumvalue and unbalanceminimum value to be of the unbalance generated in a drum provided in the laundry machine.

Abstract: A washing machine can include a washing part configured to wash, rinse, and/or spin-dry laundry after water is supplied to a washing tub of the washing machine; a drain part, including a drain pipe connected to the washing part and a drain hose connected to a drain hole, and a pump configured to rotate an impeller connected to a rotation shaft of the pump in a forward direction or a backward direction; and a controller configured to rotate the impeller in the backward direction and circulate wash water into the washing tub through the drain pipe during a washing operation, and rotate the impeller of the pump in the forward direction and discharge the wash water through the drain hose during a drain operation.

Abstract: A laundry machine is provided that includes a tub to receive wash water, a drum rotatably disposed in the tub, a shaft connected to the drum, a bearing housing to support the shaft, a tub back including a rim that extends in a front to rear direction and coupled to the bearing housing at a front thereof, a rear gasket coupled to the rim of the tub back, and a suspension configured to reduce vibration of the drum. The rear gasket is connected between the tub back and the tub rear.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a washing machine that is capable of increasing a frictional force between an outer diameter of a rotary shaft and an inner race of a bearing to prevent the sliding between the rotary shaft and the bearing due to a gap between the outer diameter of the rotary shaft and the inner race of the bearing, thereby preventing creep noise from the rotary shaft. The washing machine includes at least one elastic member disposed between the outer diameter of the rotary shaft and the inner race of the bearing to prevent noise due to the sliding between the rotary shaft and the bearing.

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a drum, defining a treating chamber, with a lifter and a balancing system having at least one balancing ring and a reservoir located in the lifter and a liquid supply system fluidly coupled to the reservoir. Liquid may be supplied to the ring and to the reservoir through the ring to offset an imbalance in a laundry load located within the drum.

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a treating chamber for receiving laundry and configured to perform one or more cycles of operation and method for actively dehumidifying the treating chamber of a laundry treating appliance to retard or eliminate the adverse effects of moisture-laden laundry remaining in the treating chamber or moisture remaining in the treating chamber or other areas of the laundry treating appliance.

Abstract: A drum type washing machine is provided. The washing machine may include a tub, a drum, a motor rotating the drum, bearing housings housing bearings to support a rotation shaft, a suspension connected to the bearing housings and a cabinet to mitigate vibration, a bracket coupled to the bearing housings, and a gasket installed between the bracket and the tub. Such an arrangement may allow volumes of the tub and the drum may be increased without increasing the volume of the cabinet.

Abstract: A drum type washing machine is provided. The washing machine may include a tub, a drum, a motor rotating the drum, bearing housings housing bearings to support a rotation shaft, a suspension connected to the bearing housings and a cabinet to mitigate vibration, a bracket coupled to the bearing housings, and a gasket installed between the bracket and the tub. Such an arrangement may allow volumes of the tub and the drum may be increased without increasing the volume of the cabinet.

Abstract: A drum type washing machine is provided. The drum type washing machine may include a cabinet, a tub fixed to an inner side of the cabinet, a drum rotatably arranged in the tub, and a driving motor positioned at a rear side of the drum for generating a driving force that rotates the drum. The washing machine may also include a supporting plate to rotatably support a rotational shaft extending between the motor and the drum, and a plurality of supporters connected between the supporting plate and the cabinet. Such an arrangement may increase washing capacity by increasing a diameter of the drum without increasing an external size of the cabinet.

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance for treating a laundry load according to at least one cycle of operation and a method of operating a laundry treating appliance to determine a speed at which the laundry satellizes, comparing the same to a given amount or range, and altering execution of the at least one cycle of operation based on comparison such that the laundry treating appliance may be operated in an effective and efficient manner.

Abstract: A washing machine is provided having at least one balancer and a method of manufacturing a balancer thereof is further provided, the method and machine capable of reducing a manufacturing cost and an assembly time, and allowing the balancer assembled to a spin tub to be easily replaced with a new balancer. The balancer applied to the washing machine and the method of manufacturing the balancer of the washing machine are adapted such that a pipe is formed in an annular shape and is assembled to a spin tub, so that a manufacturing cost and an assembly time can be reduced to improve mass productivity. Further, when the balancer is determined to fail after being assembled to the spin tub, the balancer can be rapidly and conveniently replaced with a new balancer, so that material costs can be reduced.

Abstract: A laundry machine that treats laundry housed in a rotating drum is disclosed. The laundry machine includes a cabinet (110), a tub (120) provided in the cabinet (110) to store wash water, a drum (130) rotatably provided in the tub (120) to house laundry, an angle change device (170) to change a tilting angle of a rotation shaft (144) of the drum (130), and a controller to control an operation of the angle change device (170) and a rotating operation of the drum (130) in a plurality of rotation angle modes.

Abstract: The laundry drum is configured for removing water from wet laundry at a high rotational speed and has a circulating drum cover which is bent from a thin-walled material strip to form a cylinder or flat truncated cone wherein the parallel end edges of the material strip make contact in a connecting seam, with an assembly for connecting the end sections including a first tab formed at a first end section and continuing over the general curvature of the drum cover, a second tab formed at a second end section wherein the second tab is at least one of outwardly creased about the wall thickness of the material strip and inwardly creased about the wall thickness of the material strip wherein the tabs of the end sections are fixedly connected to one another and the overlapping tabs on the inside of the drum cover are covered.

Abstract: A drum type washing machine is provided. The washing machine may include a tub, a drum, a motor rotating the drum, bearing housings housing bearings to support a rotation shaft, a suspension connected to the bearing housings and a cabinet to mitigate vibration, a bracket coupled to the bearing housings, and a gasket installed between the bracket and the tub. Such an arrangement may allow volumes of the tub and the drum may be increased without increasing the volume of the cabinet.

Abstract: A washing machine having a structure which stably supports a hose or a wire used in the washing machine to prevent sagging or movement of the hose or the wire. The washing machine includes a main body, a spin basket disposed within the main body, an upper cover connected to the upper portion of the main body, a detergent box connected to the bottom surface of the upper cover to supply detergent to the inside of the spin basket, a water supply valve connected to the rear end of the upper cover, a water supply hose connecting the water supply valve to the detergent box, and a support bracket connected to the bottom surface of the upper cover to support the water supply hose so as to prevent sagging of the water supply hose.

Abstract: A drum type washing machine is provided. The washing machine may include a tub, a drum, a motor rotating the drum, bearing housings housing bearings to support a rotation shaft, a suspension connected to the bearing housings and a cabinet to mitigate vibration, a bracket coupled to the bearing housings, and a gasket installed between the bracket and the tub. Such an arrangement may allow volumes of the tub and the drum may be increased without increasing the volume of the cabinet.

Abstract: A drum type washing machine is provided. The washing machine may include a tub fixed to a cabinet, a drum rotatably provided in the drum, a motor rotating the drum, bearings provided in a bearing housing to support a rotation shaft connecting the motor to the drum, and a suspension coupled between the bearing housings and the cabinet to mitigate vibration generated as the drum rotates. A bracket may be coupled to a rear side of the bearing housing to form a rear end of the tub, and a gasket may be installed between the bracket and the tub to form a seal therebetween and prevent transmission of vibration from the bracket to the tub. This arrangement may allow for an increased capacity drum within a fixed volume cabinet.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a housing which forms an exterior of the washing machine and a tub mounted inside of the housing, the tub having an opening through which laundry may be inserted and removed. A drum is rotatably mounted inside of the tub, the drum having an opening substantially aligned with the opening of the tub, through which laundry may be inserted and removed. A foreign matter shield is configured to prevent foreign matter from entering a space between the tub and the drum by maintaining a gap between the opening of the drum and the tub at a predetermined size during movement of the drum relative to the tub from an initial position to a lower position.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a washing machine that is capable of increasing a frictional force between an outer diameter of a rotary shaft and an inner race of a bearing to prevent the sliding between the rotary shaft and the bearing due to a gap between the outer diameter of the rotary shaft and the inner race of the bearing, thereby preventing creep noise from the rotary shaft. The washing machine includes at least one elastic member disposed between the outer diameter of the rotary shaft and the inner race of the bearing to prevent noise due to the sliding between the rotary shaft and the bearing.

Abstract: A drum type washing machine is provided. The washing machine may include a tub, a drum, a motor rotating the drum, bearing housings housing bearings to support a rotation shaft, a suspension connected to the bearing housings and a cabinet to mitigate vibration, a bracket coupled to the bearing housings, and a gasket installed between the bracket and the tub. Such an arrangement may allow volumes of the tub and the drum may be increased without increasing the volume of the cabinet.

Abstract: The washing machine includes a tub mounted in a cabinet, a drum mounted in the tub, a shaft that transmits a driving force from a motor to the drum, front and rear bearings mounted on an outer circumference of opposite end portions of the shaft, a bearing housing built in a central portion of a rear wall of the tub to support the front bearing, a rotor coupled to the rear end portion of the shaft, a stator fixed to the tub rear wall inward of the rotor, and a connector of the rotor that serration coupled to the outer circumference of the shaft in front of the rear bearing so as to transmit rotating power from the rotor to the shaft. A bearing bracket may be fixed to the rear wall of the tub so as to cover an outside of the rotor and support the rear bearing.

Abstract: A drum type washing machine has a cabinet forming an outer appearance of the washing machine, a tub fixed inside the cabinet for storing the washing water, a drum disposed in the tub and having both side surfaces supported by the cabinet to be rotatable and an inlet through which laundries come in/go out on a circumferential surface thereof, and a driving motor fixed on one side surface of the drum to rotate the drum. Washing capacity can be increased while maintaining the entire size of the washing machine by increasing a diameter of the drum without increasing the size of the cabinet, and the entire size of the washing machine can be compacted by minimizing the installation space of the driving motor.

Abstract: A gasket usable with a washing machine capable of reinforcing the strength thereof while improving the vibration reducing performance of the gasket, a gasket connecting a tub to the front surface frame, wherein the gasket includes a body having a hollowness part configured to accommodate a portion of the door and a periphery part configured to surround the hollowness part, and a reinforcing rib formed by protruding at least one portion of the periphery part so as to reinforce a strength of the gasket, and wherein the reinforcing rib has a rear surface further concaved than an inner surface of the periphery part that is adjacent to the rear surface. The gasket further comprise a connection lip that contacts the closed door, such that the connection lip has a connection rib having a greater thickness in the lower portion of the lip than the upper portion of the lip.

Abstract: A drum type washing machine is provided. The drum type washing machine may include a cabinet, a tub fixed to an inner side of the cabinet, a drum rotatably arranged in the tub, and a driving motor positioned at a rear side of the drum for generating a driving force that rotates the drum. The washing machine may also include a supporting plate to rotatably support a rotational shaft extending between the motor and the drum, and a plurality of supporters connected between the supporting plate and the cabinet. Such an arrangement may increase washing capacity by increasing a diameter of the drum without increasing an external size of the cabinet.

Abstract: A drum type washing machine is provided. The drum type washing machine includes a cabinet for forming an appearance; a tub fixed to an inner side of the cabinet and for storing washing water, a drum rotatably arranged in the tub for washing and dehydrating laundry, and a driving motor positioned at a rear side of the drum for generating a driving force by which the drum is rotated. The washing machine can increase washing capacity with maintaining an entire size thereof by increasing a diameter of the drum without increasing a size of the cabinet. The washing machine may include a supporting plate to rotatably support the rotational shaft, and a supporting unit to support the supporting plate, the supporting unit comprising a plurality of supporters connected between the supporting plate and the cabinet.

Abstract: A drum type washing machine is provided. The washing machine includes a tub, a drum rotatably installed in the tub, and a shaft that penetrates the tub and is connected to the drum so as to transmit a drive force of a motor to the drum. A stator is fixed to a rear wall of the tub, and an outer rotor, including at least one magnet, an annular back yoke, and a rotor frame, is rotatably disposed at the outside of the stator. The rotor frame may be made of an aluminum material, and includes a side wall portion and a rear wall portion integrally formed with the side wall portion.

Abstract: A drum type washing machine is provided, in which vibration is efficiently attenuated, by a maximum capacity within a size-fixed cabinet is provided, and by which a user does not bend over or sit down to load laundry into the washing machine. The drum type washing machine includes a cabinet forming an exterior of the drum type washing machine, a tub fixed within the cabinet, the tub having a laundry loading entrance at an outer circumference of the tub, a drum rotatably provided within the tub, the drum having an opening on a lateral side of the drum to communicate with the laundry loading entrance of the tub, a motor assembly provided next to one side of the drum to rotate the drum, and a suspension assembly provided to support a weight of the drum and attenuate vibration of the drum.