Patent ID: 11879200
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D  Y | IPC D

Claim 0:
1. A washing machine comprising:
a casing that defines an entry hole at a front surface of the casing;
a tub disposed in the casing and configured to receive wash water, the tub defining an entrance hole at a front surface of the tub;
a drum rotatably disposed in the tub;
a gasket comprising a gasket body that defines a passage connecting the entry hole to the entrance hole of the tub, the gasket body having a first area and a second area corresponding to bilateral areas of the gasket body;
a plurality of nozzles configured to spray wash water into the drum, the plurality of nozzles comprising:
a first nozzle and a second nozzle that are arranged in a bottom-to-top direction at the first area of the gasket body, and
a third nozzle and a fourth nozzle that are arranged in the bottom-to-top direction at the second area of the gasket body;

a pump configured to circulate wash water discharged from the tub;
a circulation pipe configured to guide wash water discharged from the pump; and
a distribution pipe configured to distribute wash water discharged from the circulation pipe to the plurality of nozzles,
wherein the distribution pipe comprises:
an inlet port connected to the circulation pipe and configured to receive wash water discharged from the pump,
a first conduit part that is disposed at the first area on an outer circumferential surface of the gasket body and extends from the inlet port along the outer circumferential surface of the gasket body, and
a first outlet port and a second outlet port that protrude from the first conduit part toward the outer circumferential surface of the gasket body, that are coupled to the gasket, and that are arranged in the bottom-to-top direction at the first conduit part, the first and second outlet ports being connected to the first and second nozzles, respectively,

wherein the first conduit part includes:
a first port connection part from which the first outlet port protrudes,
a second port connection part from which the second outlet port protrudes, and
a surrounding part that extends from the first port connection part to the second port connection part, and

wherein a width of the first port connection part in a front-rear direction is greater than a width of the surrounding part in the front-rear direction.