Patent ID: 8950084
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A ventilating structure of a washing machine for performing a semi-drying operation, comprising: a door having a ventilating panel portion with an indented groove, the ventilating panel portion including a plurality of ventilating holes for ventilating a washing tub during the semi-drying operation, in which dehydration of clothes in the washing tub is performed; a filter provided in the indented groove of the ventilating panel portion such that the filter is on the plurality of ventilating holes, and a surface of the filter is parallel with a surface of the ventilating panel portion; and a cover coupled to the door for opening or closing the ventilating holes, wherein the cover has a side spaced from the door by a predetermined distance when the ventilating holes are covered by the cover, wherein a bottom surface of a front portion of the cover does not contact the door based on the predetermined distance of the spacing when the ventilating holes are covered by the cover and wherein the washing tub is allowed to be ventilated through the ventilating holes even when the ventilating holes are covered by the cover.