Patent ID: 8393184

Claim:
A drum-type washing machine comprising: a case formed with an opening part for receiving therethrough laundry to be washed; a door opening and closing the opening part; a tub mounted in the case to receive wash water; a drum rotatably mounted in the tub; and a path compensation unit disposed at an inner front lower end of the tub to facilitate flow of fluid while the drum is rotating, wherein an inner surface of the tub and the path compensation unit form a continuous concentric surface with an outer circumferential surface of the drum at the inner front lower end of the tub, wherein the path compensation unit comprises: a main body mounted to the inner front lower end of the tub in the vicinity of the door and connected to an inside of the tub by a lower surface and a lateral surface of the main body to compensate for an interval between the tub and the drum expanded at the inner front lower end of the tub; and an extension part formed at both sides of the main body and extended toward a rear side of the case for being attached and fixed to the inner surface of the tub, and wherein the main body includes a protrusion part protruded from an upper end thereof toward the rear side.