Patent ID: 7082792

Claim:
A washing machine comprising: a motor having a stator, and a rotor rotatable by a current induced from the stator; a hollow spinning shaft having an upper end coupled with a washing tub; a washing shaft rotatably disposed in a hollow part of the spinning shaft, having an upper end coupled with a pulsator in the washing tub; a connector assembly between the rotor and the washing shaft for transmission of a rotating force from the rotor to the washing shaft; a slider configured to move in upward and downward directions along an outside surface of the spinning shaft for selective transmission of a rotating force from the rotor to the spinning shaft; an actuator coupled with the slider, the actuator configured to move the slider in an upward and downward direction; a rotational movement link; a vertical movement member coupled with the rotational movement link, wherein the rotational movement link and the vertical movement member are disposed between the actuator and the slider for transmitting power from the actuator to the slider; and means between the actuator and the slider for delaying the power from the actuator to the slider.