US 12,448,719 B2
Washing machine
Yonggyun Yim, Suwon-si (KR); Kwangmin Chun, Suwon-si (KR); Bongjin Ko, Suwon-si (KR); Byeongwoo Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Byengbae Park, Suwon-si (KR); and Doyun Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/511,179.
Application 18/511,179 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2023/017363, filed on Nov. 2, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0014487 (KR), filed on Feb. 2, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0263378 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. D06F 39/02 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 39/02 (2013.01) [D06F 39/08 (2013.01); D06F 39/022 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A washing machine comprising:
a housing;
a tub in the housing;
a detergent box configured to move out of the housing in a withdrawal direction and move into the housing in an insertion direction, and including a detergent storage space to store therein a detergent to be supplied to the tub,
a first elastic member on a first side of the detergent box, and
a second elastic member on a second side of the detergent box,
wherein the first elastic member and the second elastic member are configured so that,
in response to the detergent box being moved into the housing in the insertion direction, the first elastic member presses the detergent box in the insertion direction away from a first position within the housing and the second elastic member presses the detergent box in the insertion direction away from a second position within the housing and where the second position is spaced from the first position in the insertion direction, and,
in response to the detergent box being moved out of the housing in the withdrawal direction, the first elastic member and the second elastic member press the detergent box in the insertion direction.