Patent ID: 6041626
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
A washing tub for use in a washing machine having a reservoir water tub in a cabinet, a pulsator rotatably disposed at bottom thereof and a balancer mounted on top thereof, the washing tub including:an outer tube having a base with an opening, through which a driving shaft of the pulsator is rotatably disposed, and a body mounted on the base, the body consisting of a plurality of first panels with a plurality of through-holes and a plurality of second panels alternatively connected to each other;an inner tube disposed within the outer tube at regular intervals and having a basal part opposed to the base of the outer tube and having an opening corresponding to the opening of the outer tube and a body mounted on the basal part, the body consisting of a plurality of first plates with a plurality of through-holes opposed to each of the first panels of the outer tube and a plurality of second plates opposed to each of the second panels alternatively connected to each other; andguide members interposed between the outer and the inner tubes, each of the guide members having an outer wall contacted with each of the second panels of the outer tube, an inner wall opposed to the outer wall and contacted with each of the second plates of the inner tube, and two side walls for enclosing both sides of the outer and the inner walls to form a waterway therein.