US 11,920,283 B2
Washing machine having circulation nozzles
Junghoon Lee, Seoul (KR); Kyungchul Woo, Seoul (KR); Jaehyun Kim, Seoul (KR); Myunghun Im, Seoul (KR); Hyundong Kim, Seoul (KR); and Hwanjin Jung, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/101,796.
Application 18/101,796 is a continuation of application No. 17/330,109, filed on May 25, 2021, granted, now 11,591,741.
Application 17/330,109 is a continuation of application No. 16/186,321, filed on Nov. 9, 2018, granted, now 11,028,519, issued on Jun. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0148922 (KR), filed on Nov. 9, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0167598 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 21/10 (2006.01); D06F 37/04 (2006.01); D06F 37/26 (2006.01); D06F 39/00 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 39/085 (2013.01) [D06F 21/10 (2013.01); D06F 37/04 (2013.01); D06F 37/266 (2013.01); D06F 39/006 (2013.01); D06F 39/083 (2013.01); D06F 39/088 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A washing machine comprising:
a casing having an input port defined in a front surface of the casing;
a tub that is disposed in the casing and has an opening communicating with the input port;
a drum rotatably disposed in the tub;
a pump configured to pump water discharged from the tub;
a circulation conduit configured to guide the water pumped by the pump;
a gasket having an inner circumference that defines a channel connecting the input port and the opening of the tub;
a plurality of nozzles that are located at the inner circumference defining the channel of the gasket and that are configured to spray water into the drum, the plurality of nozzles comprising a first upper nozzle and a first lower nozzle that are disposed at a first side of the gasket; and
a nozzle water supply conduit configured to supply the water pumped by the pump to the plurality of nozzles,
wherein the nozzle water supply conduit comprises:
a circulation conduit connecting port that is connected to the circulation conduit,
a transfer conduit disposed at an outer circumference of the gasket, and
a plurality of nozzle water supply ports that protrude from the transfer conduit to the gasket and that are connected to the plurality of nozzles, respectively, the plurality of nozzle water supply ports comprising (i) a first upper nozzle water supply port that protrudes from the transfer conduit to the gasket and that is connected to the first upper nozzle and (ii) a first lower nozzle water supply port that protrudes from the transfer conduit to the gasket and that is connected to the first lower nozzle, and
wherein the transfer conduit is bent between the first upper nozzle water supply port and the first lower nozzle water supply port.