Patent ID: 11885060
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 0:
1. A washing machine comprising:
a cabinet including a front surface that defines a cabinet introduction port;
a tub disposed in the cabinet, the tub having a tub introduction port coaxially positioned with the cabinet introduction port;
a cabinet door mounted on the cabinet and configured to open and close the cabinet introduction port;
a tub door mounted on the tub and configured to open and close the tub introduction port, the tub door comprising an engaging hook that has an engaging hole;
a cabinet door lock configured to set a locked state of the cabinet door and to detect whether the cabinet is open or closed; and
a tub door lock configured to set a locked state of the tub door based on whether the cabinet door is open or closed,
wherein the tub door lock comprises (i) a body provided at the tub and (ii) a rotating hook provided at the body and configured to rotate relative to the body, the rotating hook comprising a hook protrusion configured to insert into the engaging hole based on rotation of the rotating hook relative to the body,
wherein a radius of the hook protrusion decreases toward a rotational center of the rotating hook, and
wherein the hook protrusion is configured to pull the tub door toward the tub introduction port based on the hook protrusion inserting into the engaging hole.