Patent ID: 9003839
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: D06F,F16F

Abstract:
1. A laundry machine, comprising: a tub to receive wash water and comprising a rear-gasket-outer-circumference-coupling portion formed in an inner circumference of a rear surface of the tub and bent to extend in a rearward direction of the tub; a drum rotatably disposed in the tub; a shaft connected to the drum; a bearing housing to support the shaft; a tub back comprising a rim that extends in the rearward direction from the tub and coupled to the bearing housing at a front portion of the bearing housing and a seat formed in the rim that extends in a radial direction partially or all along a circumference of the rim; a rear gasket comprising a tub coupling portion formed at an outer circumference of the rear gasket and a tub back coupling portion formed at an inner circumference of the rear gasket; a first coupling ring pressed into the tub coupling portion to couple the rear-gasket-outer-circumference-coupling portion thereto; a second coupling ring pressed to the tub back coupling portion to couple the seat thereto; and a suspension configured to reduce vibration of the drum, wherein the first coupling ring and the second coupling ring are coupled to the tub coupling portion and the tub back coupling portion, respectively, in a forward direction from a rear of the tub.