Patent ID: 7930910

Claim:
A laundry machine, comprising: a tub to hold water therein; a drum rotatably arranged in the tub; a driving assembly, including: a rotational shaft connected to the drum; a supporting plate to rotatably support the rotational shaft; and a motor to rotate the rotational shaft; a flexible material to prevent the water inside the tub from leaking toward the driving assembly and to allow the driving assembly to move relative to the tub, wherein a portion at which the flexible material is connected to the supporting plate is spaced farther from the drum than a center portion of the supporting plate, the flexible material including: a tub-connecting portion connected to the tub; a driving-assembly-connecting portion connected to the driving assembly; and a flexible curved portion which is flexibly extendible in a radial direction between the tub-connecting portion and the driving-assembly-connecting portion; and a supporting unit to reduce vibration of the drum.