Patent ID: 7891218

Claim:
A drum type washing machine comprising: an outer case; a tub in the outer case having a drain hole at a lowest portion, and an overflow hole at a predetermined position of an upper portion; a drum rotatably mounted in the tub; a driving motor for transmission of power for rotating the drum through a rotation shaft connected to the drum; a filter case vertically mounted at a front portion of the outer case to be exposed to an outside of the washing machine such that a user directly accesses the filter case, wherein the filter case pivots on a lower end thereof hinged on the outer case, toward the outside of the washing machine; a drain pipe connected between the drain hole in the tub and the filter case configured to drain water from an inside of the tub toward the filter case; a drain valve mounted to the drain pipe, wherein the drain valve controls a drainage of water from the tub and a supply of the water drained from the tub to the filter case through the drain pipe; a drain filter disposed between a drain inlet and a drain outlet in the filter case, wherein the filter case contains the drain filter therein and the drain filter pivots along with the filter case toward the outside of the washing machine such that the user directly takes the filter out of the filter case; and a drain hose connected to the drain outlet in the filter case for draining water from the filter case to an outside of the washing machine.