Patent ID: 7581412
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A tilted drum washing machine comprising: a cabinet having an entrance at a front side for inputting/outputting laundry; a door opening/closing the entrance; a tub slantingly installed in the cabinet to hold water; a drum in the tub to hold a detergent and the water; a gasket between the door and the tub, the gasket bringing the door watertight to prevent the water from leaking outside; a lip extending radially inward from an interior side of the gasket around an inner circumference of the gasket to prevent particles from being put in a space between the tub and the drum; and a support member configured to prevent the lip from drooping to prevent an interruption between the lip and the drum, wherein the support member comprises a reinforcement rib formed on an inner circumference of the tub to support an inner lateral side of the lip.