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

Claim 0:
1. 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 that is arranged between the case opening and the tub opening and that communicates the case opening with the tub opening, the gasket having a first area and a second area that define bilateral areas of the gasket;
a first plurality of nozzles located at the first area of an inner circumference of the gasket, the first plurality of nozzles comprising (i) a first upper nozzle that is disposed above a horizontal line passing through a center of the gasket and (ii) a first lower nozzle that is disposed below the horizontal line;
a first plurality of port insertion pipes that are defined at the gasket and that extend in a horizontal direction; and
a water pipe assembly that comprises:
an inlet hole connected to the pump,
a first conduit extending along a first outer circumference 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 the first plurality of port insertion pipes comprise:
a first upper port insertion pipe that is in communication with the first upper nozzle and that is disposed above the horizontal line, and
a first lower port insertion pipe that is in communication with the first lower nozzle and that is disposed below the horizontal line, wherein the first upper port insertion pipe and the first lower port insertion pipe are parallel to each other.