Patent ID: 7293437

Claim:
In a washing machine including a cabinet having a first opening through which laundry is put in at a cabinet front side, a tub having a second opening at a tub front side, and a drum rotatably installed in the tub to have a third opening at a drum front side, a gasket comprising: a leakage preventing part having one end connected to a rim of the first opening and the other end connected to a rim of the second opening to prevent water leakage wherein a portion between the one and the other ends of the leakage preventing part is bent to prevent shocks by vibrations of the tub and drum from appearing on the cabinet; and a laundry-stuck preventing part extended inwardly in a radial direction from an inner circumference of the leakage preventing part, and configured to prevent the laundry from being stuck in a space between the first and third openings, wherein the laundry-stuck preventing part is provided around the entire inner circumference of the leakage preventing part, the laundry-stuck preventing part including: a ring protrusion protruding from the inner circumference of the gasket toward the third opening; and a laundry discharge part provided on an upper hemi-circle of an inner circumference of the ring protrusion to discharge the laundry stuck between the leakage preventing part and the ring protrusion when the drum is rotating, the laundry discharge part extending generally in the same direction as the ring protrusion, and has a shaped of which a width increases gradually toward a top part of the hemi-circle.