US 11,692,296 B2
Washing machine
Jaehyun Choi, Seoul (KR); Yohwan Kang, Seoul (KR); and Hyunjae Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/455,220.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0073911 (KR), filed on Jun. 27, 2018; application No. 10-2019-0075431 (KR), filed on Jun. 25, 2019; and application No. 10-2019-0075432 (KR), filed on Jun. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0002880 A1, Jan. 2, 2020
Int. Cl. D06F 37/26 (2006.01); D06F 37/04 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 37/266 (2013.01) [D06F 37/04 (2013.01); D06F 39/083 (2013.01); D06F 39/088 (2013.01); D06F 39/085 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A washing machine comprising:
a casing that defines an entry hole at a front surface of the casing;
a tub disposed in the casing and configured to receive wash water, the tub defining a tub opening at a front surface of the tub;
a drum rotatably disposed in the tub;
a gasket comprising:
a gasket body that defines a passage connecting the entry hole to the tub opening, wherein the gasket body includes a first area and a second area that correspond to bilateral areas of the gasket body, and
a plurality of port receiving pipes that protrude from an outer circumferential surface of the gasket body;
a plurality of nozzles disposed at an inner circumference of the gasket body and configured to spray wash water into the drum, the plurality of nozzles being configured to communicate with the plurality of port receiving pipes, respectively;
a plurality of outlet ports inserted into the plurality of port receiving pipes, respectively; and
a pump configured to circulate wash water discharged from the tub to the plurality of outlet ports,
wherein the plurality of nozzles comprise a plurality of first nozzles that are disposed at the first area of the gasket body, the plurality of first nozzles comprising:
a first upper nozzle disposed above a horizontal line passing through a center of the gasket body, and
a first lower nozzle disposed at a lowest position among the plurality of first nozzles,
wherein the plurality of port receiving pipes comprise:
a first port receiving pipe that is in fluid communication with the first upper nozzle, and
a second port receiving pipe that is in fluid communication with the first lower nozzle,
wherein a first horizontal distance between a first end of the first port receiving pipe and a vertical line passing through the center of the gasket body is less than a second horizontal distance between a second end of the second port receiving pipe and the vertical line, and
wherein a length of the second port receiving pipe is less than a length of the first port receiving pipe.