US 11,913,161 B2
Washing machine
Do Haeng Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Young-Hyun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Geon Ho Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/316,089.
Application 17/316,089 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/847,277, filed on Dec. 19, 2017, granted, now 11,001,953.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2016-0178546 (KR), filed on Dec. 23, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0262145 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 31/00 (2006.01); D06F 29/00 (2006.01); D06F 39/12 (2006.01); D06F 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 39/083 (2013.01) [D06F 29/005 (2013.01); D06F 31/00 (2013.01); D06F 39/12 (2013.01); D06F 25/00 (2013.01); D06F 29/00 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A washing machine comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing disposed above the first housing;
a first tub included in the first housing;
a second tub included in the second housing;
a first drain path through which wash water from the first tub flows;
a second drain path through which wash water from the second tub flows;
a connector disposed at a portion where the first drain path and the second drain path are joined; and
a third drain path through which the wash water introduced into the connector through the first drain path and the second drain path flows out from the connector,
wherein the connector is located at a position higher than a maximum water storage height of the first tub and the connector is coupled with the first housing inside the first housing.