Patent ID: 8726702

Claim:
A drum-type washing machine, comprising: a cabinet that defines an exterior of the laundry machine; a tub provided in the cabinet, the tub having an opening formed at an axial end wall thereof that is fixed directly to the cabinet or formed integrally with the cabinet; a drum rotatably provided in the tub, the drum having an opening formed therein corresponding to the opening at the axial end of the tub, wherein the opening in the drum is spaced apart from an inner surface of the axial end wall of the tub in an axial direction; a shaft connected to the drum; a motor that rotates the shaft; a bearing housing that rotatably supports the shaft passing therethrough; a tub bracket provided between the bearing housing and the drum; a gasket connected between the tub and the tub bracket so as to prevent water inside the tub from leaking towards the tub bracket and allow the tub bracket to move relative to the tub; and a suspension coupled to the bearing housing to elastically support the drum, shaft, bearing housing and motor, the suspension including: a plurality of dampers coupled to the bearing housing; and a plurality of damper brackets that respectively couple the plurality of dampers to the bearing housing, each of the plurality of dampers being coupled to a respective damper bracket of the plurality of damper brackets at a portion of the damper bracket that extends in a direction corresponding to a rotational axis of the drum, wherein the suspension supports the drum within the tub, the drum being supported separately from the tub.