Patent ID: 9222209
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A washing machine comprising: an integrated tub/drum configured to hold water, hold laundry, and rotate; a hollow rotary shaft coupled to an end and/or surface of the integrated tub/drum; a water supply pipe and a drain pipe in the integrated tub/drum and through a passage in the hollow rotary shaft; and a partition in the integrated tub/drum that is configured to separate the laundry from the water supply pipe and the drain pipe and that includes a plurality of holes, wherein a portion of the drain pipe in the integrated tub/drum bends away from the hollow rotary shaft in a downward direction, wherein a portion of the water supply pipe in the integrated tub/drum bends away from the hollow rotary shaft in at least one of an upward, a leftward, and a rightward direction, wherein the partition prevents the water supply pipe and the drain pipe from damaging the laundry in the integrated tub/drum when the laundry rotates in the integrated tub/drum.