Patent ID: 8887538
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: D06F,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A drum type washing machine, comprising: a tub fixed to a cabinet, the tub having a front opening formed at a front axial end of the tub that receives laundry therethrough and a rear opening formed at a rear axial end of the tub; a drum rotatably installed in the tub; a shaft having a first end portion thereof coupled to the drum; a bearing housing fixed at the rear axial end of the tub to rotatably support the shaft; a motor mounted to a rear side of the bearing housing and directly connected to a second end portion of the shaft to rotate the shaft; a bracket positioned inside of the rear opening of the tub, between the drum and the bearing housing, and forming a part of a rear wall of the tub, the bracket being larger in overall size than the bearing housing and smaller in overall size than the rear opening; a gasket positioned between an inner circumferential edge of the rear opening of the tub and an outer circumferential edge of the bracket, such that the gasket forms a part of the rear wall of the tub; and a suspension coupled to the bearing housing to reduce vibration of the drum, wherein the bracket includes a convex portion that protrudes toward the drum, the convex portion of the bracket extending further toward an interior of the tub than does a peripheral portion of the bracket, and wherein the drum includes a concave portion depressed in the rear surface of the drum and extending toward the interior of the drum, so as to correspond to the convex portion of the bracket.