Patent ID: 9611581
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: D06F

Claim:
1. A washing machine, comprising: a cabinet; a tub disposed in the cabinet to store wash water; a rotary tub installed in the tub to be rotatable; a balancer coupled to an upper portion of the rotary tub to offset an unbalanced load of the rotary tub, the balancer comprising at least one coupling groove formed along an inner circumferential surface of the balancer and at least one fixing groove formed along the inner circumferential surface of the balancer to be opposite to the at least one coupling groove; an auxiliary laundry tub disposed in the rotary tub to be removably coupled to the balancer; and a fixing unit installed at the auxiliary laundry tub to be coupled to the balancer and to restrict up and down movement of the auxiliary laundry tub when the rotary tub is operated, the fixing unit comprising: wherein the fixing member is configured to be rotated as the operation member is rotated.