US 12,215,452 B2
Tub assembly and washing machine
Shuai Tong, Wuxi (CN); Honggang Liu, Wuxi (CN); and Yulai Miao, Wuxi (CN)
Assigned to WUXI LITTLE SWAN ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Wuxi (CN)
Appl. No. 17/909,436
Filed by WUXI LITTLE SWAN ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Wuxi (CN)
PCT Filed Jun. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/094444
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/189663, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010230408.3 (CN), filed on Mar. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0117116 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. D06F 37/26 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 37/263 (2013.01) [D06F 37/261 (2013.01); D06F 37/262 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tub assembly, comprising:
an outer tub; and
a lining tub disposed in the outer tub and fixedly connected to the outer tub;
wherein the outer tub and the lining tub are formed into an integral structure through an injection molding process;
wherein at least a part of the lining tub is recessed away from inside of the lining tub to form at least two recesses, each of the at least two recesses having a material feeding port defined thereon.