Drum washing machine

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2006-06-28

2009-08-11

Stinson, Frankie L (Department: 1792)

Textiles: fluid treating apparatus

Machines

Liquid flowing

Reexamination Certificate

active

07571626

ABSTRACT:
A drum washing machine in which laundry-separated substances, introduced into a gap of a packing member sealing an inlet of the washing machine during a washing process, are easily eliminated. The drum washing machine includes a main body having an entrance hole for placing laundry therein and a door opening and closing the entrance hole, a tub installed in the main body and having an opening corresponding to the entrance hole, a packing member to seal a space between the opening of the tub and the entrance hole. The packing member including a bending portion in which laundry-separate substances accumulate, and a recess adjacent to the bending portion, wherein the recess is formed in a user contactable position on the packing member for assisting in easy elimination of the laundry-separated substances accumulated in the bending portion.

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Japanese Office Action issued on Nov. 18, 2008 in corresponding Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-190580.
Office Action issued Oct. 10, 2008 in corresponding Chinese Patent Application No. 200610101144.1.

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