US 12,012,686 B2
Washing machine and clothes care apparatus
Changwoo Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Dongwon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Jiwoong Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/712,396.
Application 17/712,396 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/015835, filed on Nov. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0028528 (KR), filed on Mar. 4, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0102478 (KR), filed on Aug. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0282418 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 34/34 (2020.01); D06F 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 34/34 (2020.02) [D06F 29/005 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A washing machine comprising:
a cabinet including a top cover and a front surface;
a drum rotatably disposed in the cabinet; and
a control assembly configured to be mountable on the front surface of the cabinet and demountable from the front surface of the cabinet without removing the top cover of the cabinet,
wherein the control assembly includes;
a frame configured to be mountable on the front surface of the cabinet, and demountable from the front surface of the cabinet, by a fixing member passing through a front surface of the frame and through the front surface of the cabinet,
a control panel including a panel coupling part, and configured to be mountable on the frame, and demountable from the frame, by the panel coupling part passing through the front surface of the frame, and configured to be movable between a first position where the control panel is separable from the frame and a second position where the control panel is coupled to the frame, and
a printed circuit board configured to control the washing machine, the printed circuit board interposed between the frame and the control panel.