| US 7,610,781 B2 | ||
| Drum type washing machine | ||
| Dong Hyun Choi, Gunpo-si (Korea, Republic of); Woon Gu Hur, Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of); and Won Seok Choi, Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 14, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/302,114. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2005-0061269 (KR), filed on Jul. 07, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0006618 A1, Jan. 11, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. D06F 37/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 68—23.4 [68/142] | 5 Claims |
| 1. A drum type washing machine comprising:
a tub to hold wash water and a rotational drum rotatably installed in the tub; and
a plurality of water pockets formed only on an inner rear side of the rotational drum along an outer periphery of the rotational
drum to raise and drop the wash water when the rotational drum is rotated, each of the plurality of water pockets being oriented
to scoop the wash water from inside the rotational drum when the rotational drum is rotated in a rotating direction,
wherein each water pocket comprises:
a water inlet formed at an outer periphery of the water pocket; and
a water outlet formed near an inner periphery of the water pocket to outlet water towards a center of the rotational drum
from the outer periphery of rotational drum.
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