Patent ID: 8261580
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A drum washing machine comprising: a cabinet having a front wall, a rear wall, side walls connecting the front wall and rear wall, and at an upper portion, an upper opening, the cabinet further having a front horizontally projecting rim provided at the upper portion of the front wall and a rear horizontally projecting rim provided at the upper portion of the rear wall; a water tub installed in the cabinet; a rotary drum installed in the water tub to receive laundry to be washed, the rotary drum being rotatable with respect to a rotational axis of the rotary drum; a top plate being supported at edges thereof by the front and rear walls, and the side walls to cover the opening; a reinforcement beam coupled to the front horizontally projecting rim provided at the upper portion of the front wall at one end thereof and coupled to the rear horizontally projecting rim provided at the upper portion of the rear wall at the other end such that the reinforcement beam extends across the upper opening of the cabinet and is parallel to the rotational axis of the rotary drum; a control panel having a plurality of user control buttons to control an operation of the drum washing machine, mounted to an upper front portion of the cabinet; and an electric wire disposed on a top surface of the reinforcement beam, the electric wire extending from the control panel toward a rear of the cabinet, wherein the reinforcement beam and the top plate are installed to the cabinet separately with respect to each other.