Patent ID: 11866871
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 14:
15. A washing machine comprising:
a casing having a case opening defined at a front surface of the casing;
a tub disposed in the casing, the tub having a tub opening defined at a front surface of the tub;
a drum disposed in the tub;
a pump configured to circulate water within the washing machine;
a gasket arranged between the case opening and the tub opening, the gasket comprising an inner circumference that communicates the case opening with the tub opening;
a first plurality of nozzles located at a first side of the inner circumference of the gasket;
a first plurality of port insertion pipes that are defined at the gasket and that communicate with the first plurality of nozzles;
a balancer provided at the front surface of the tub and disposed outside of the gasket; and
a water pipe assembly that comprises:
an inlet hole connected to the pump,
a first conduit extending along a first outer surface of the gasket from the inlet hole, and
a first plurality of nozzle supply ports that protrude from the first conduit toward the gasket and that are inserted into the first plurality of port insertion pipes

wherein a first portion of the first conduit in which one of the first plurality of nozzle supply ports protrude is disposed radially between the gasket and the balancer along a radial direction of the drum such that the gasket, the first portion of the first conduit, and the balancer are arranged along a line extending in the radial direction.