Patent ID: 8356495

Claim:
A laundry apparatus comprising: a cabinet; a drum rotatable in the cabinet; a weight balancer compensating eccentric rotation of the drum; and a securing member insertedly securing the weight balancer to the drum, wherein the securing member comprises: a hook having an extending portion extending along an outer circumferential surface of the weight balancer and a head portion provided in an end of the extending portion; a hooking hole provided in the drum to receive the head portion; a protrusion portion provided in an inner circumferential surface of the drum to support the head portion for securing the position of the hook; and two ribs provided in the extending portion along the length direction of the extending portion, wherein the two ribs are spaced apart from each other as far as a width of the protrusion portion and the protrusion portion is inserted in a space defined by the two ribs when the weight balancer is secured to the drum.