Patent ID: 8020412

Claim:
A washing machine with an odor removal function, comprising: a cabinet having an exhaust hole; a tub in the cabinet and including an exhaust port for discharging air inside the tub; a gasket sealingly connecting the cabinet and the tub and including an intake port for sucking air into the tub; an exhaust pipe having an end connected to the exhaust port and the other end connected to the exhaust hole of the cabinet so as to discharge air inside the tub; a washing tub rotatably provided in the tub; a connecting pipe that communicates with a detergent dispenser to dispense detergent to the washing tub; and an intake pipe having one end connected to the intake port and the other end communicating with the outside of the cabinet separately from the connecting pipe and is directly connected to the detergent dispenser to communicate with the outside of the cabinet, the intake pipe configured to provide air substantially to the washing tub, wherein air inside the cabinet flows into the tub through the intake port by a suction force generated when the washing tub rotates and air inside the washing tub flows to the outside of the cabinet, such that laundry odor is removed and wherein the intake port is closer to the center of the tub in a radial direction than the exhaust port to make a pressure difference between the intake and exhaust port and cause the air to flow.