Patent ID: 7454929
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A washing machine comprising: an outer tub in a cabinet for holding washing water; an inner tub rotatably mounted on an inside of the outer tub having an agitating device rotatably mounted therein; a power transmission device having a washing shaft connected to the agitating device and a spinning shaft connected to the inner tub; a driving motor on an outside of the outer tub having a rotor assembly with a magnetism, and a hollow stator assembly arranged in the rotor; a clutch assembly for selective transmission of a driving power from the driving motor to the spinning shaft depending on operation modes; and a drain device for draining the washing water to an outside of the washing machine, wherein the rotor assembly includes: wherein the rotor frame includes ribs, each formed by bending a part of the rotor frame surrounded with the incision to an inside of the rotor frame for supporting the lower end of the permanent magnet.