US 12,215,455 B2
Diaphragm assembly and washing machine comprising same
Euihyun Jung, Suwon-si (KR); Jonghun Sung, Suwon-si (KR); and Youngil Ju, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/749,243.
Application 17/749,243 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2020/014810, filed on Oct. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0162859 (KR), filed on Dec. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0275563 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 39/12 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 39/12 (2013.01) [D06F 39/088 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A washing machine comprising:
a body including a front frame;
a tub arrangeable inside the body;
a dispenser to supply water to the tub while the tub is arranged inside the body;
a diaphragm arrangeable between the tub and the front frame, the diaphragm including a through hole formed on one side;
a nozzle to spray the water toward an inside of the tub, the nozzle being arrangeable inside the through hole of the diaphragm; and
a supply hose formed to surround the nozzle such that while a portion of the nozzle is arranged inside the through hole of the diaphragm, the supply hose is between the diaphragm and the portion of the nozzle,
wherein a first side of the supply hose is formed to be coupled with the dispenser, and a second side of the supply hose is formed to extend toward an inside of the diaphragm through the through hole.