Patent ID: 6865912
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A washing machine comprising: a cabinet; an outer tub provided in the cabinet; an inner tub rotatably provided in the outer tub; a wobbler provided in the inner tub; a cylindrical dehydration shaft passing through the outer tub and being connected to a bottom of the inner tub; a wash shaft passing through inside of the dehydration shaft and the bottom of the inner tub; a motor rotating the wash shaft in a direction or in an opposite direction; a clutch assembly; operated according to a signal of a control unit, selectively transmitting rotating force of the wash shaft to the dehydration shaft; a rotation guide having a flat section in spiral form, the guide being projected on an upper end of the wash shaft; an inclined shaft having a top end being coupled to the wobbler and a bottom end being supported by an inner circumferential surface of the rotation guide, the rotation guide rotating the bottom end of the inclined shaft about a center axis of the wash shaft and wobbling the wobbler during the rotation of the wash shaft; and guiding means for supporting the inclined shaft and for guiding rotation of the inclined shaft.