Textiles: fluid treating apparatus – Machines – Combined
Reexamination Certificate
2008-07-15
2008-07-15
Barr, Michael (Department: 1792)
Textiles: fluid treating apparatus
Machines
Combined
C068S00500D, C068S024000, C068S058000, C068S139000, C008S158000, C008S159000, C134S200000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07398662
ABSTRACT:
A gasket and drum washing machine using the same. The washing machine includes a cabinet having a first opening through which a laundry is put in the cabinet, a tub installed in the cabinet to have a second opening corresponding to the first opening, a drum installed in the tub to have a third opening corresponding to the second opening, and a gasket for preventing leakage of water. The gasket includes a leakage preventing part having one end connected to a rim of the first opening and the other end connected to a rim of the second opening to prevent water leakage, a deformation preventing part connected to the leakage preventing part, and a laundry-stuck preventing part provided on an inner circumference of the leakage preventing part to prevent the laundry from being stuck between the second and third openings.
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Choi Kang Mo
Kim Jae Kyum
Kwon Ho Cheol
Barr Michael
Birch & Stewart Kolasch & Birch, LLP
LG Electronics Inc.
Patel Rita R
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