Patent ID: 8661859

Claim:
A drum washing machine comprising: a body having an opening; a door to open or close the opening; a door switch to lock the door; and a door lock device coupled to the door switch, wherein the door lock device includes a door lever pivotally installed to the door and selectively inserted into or separated from the door switch and a door handle in contact with the door lever, wherein the door lever includes a hook portion having a holding protrusion selectively caught by or released from the body, a rotating portion rotatably coupled to the door and having a rotation center, and a handle contact portion coming into contact with the door handle and a bent portion formed between the hook portion and the rotating portion to enable release of coupling between the door and the body by force of a predetermined magnitude or greater applied to the door, and wherein the holding protrusion extends from the hook portion in a first direction, the handle contact portion extends from the rotating portion in a second direction, and the bent portion is bent in a third direction between the first direction and the second direction while protruding toward a center of the door.