Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Washing machine with conduit for supplying water to nozzles at gasket and manufacturing method of the conduit
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Application No.: US16430949Application Date: 2019-06-04
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Publication No.: US11680351B2Publication Date: 2023-06-20
- Inventor: Junghoon Lee , Jaehyun Kim , Kyungchul Woo , Myunghun Im , Hwanjin Jung
- Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: KR 20180063983 2018.06.04
- Main IPC: D06F39/08
- IPC: D06F39/08 ; D06F37/26 ; B29C48/14 ; B29C48/16 ; B29C48/03 ; D06F37/04

Abstract:
A washing machine includes a casing, a tub, a drum, a circulation pump, an annular gasket connecting between openings of the casing and the tub and including circulation nozzles configured to supply water into the drum, and a conduit fixed to the gasket and guiding water to the circulation nozzles. The conduit includes an inlet port configured to receive water from the pump, a transport pipe configured to guide water from the inlet port to the circulation nozzles, and a supply ports configured to supply water to the circulation nozzles. A method for manufacturing a conduit includes positioning supply ports in a cavity defined at a first mold, forming a parison having a hollow opening by extruding a raw material, positioning the parison in the cavity, combining the first mold and a second mold, and injecting gas into the hollow opening of the parison.
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