Patent ID: 7562544

Claim:
A drum washing machine, comprising: a cabinet; a drum rotatably provided in the cabinet; a tub provided in the cabinet and configured to surround an outer surface of the drum; a damper including a first end directly coupled to the tub and a second end; an elastic member connecting the second end of the damper to the cabinet, the elastic member including end portions fixed to the cabinet by fixing members and a central portion that extends between the end portions and spaced apart from a base of the cabinet, wherein the central portion elastically supports the second end of the damper and vibrates between the end portions along an axis of the damper to reduce a vibration of the tub; a limited device configured to limit a range of up and down vibrations of the elastic member; and a groove formed on the vase of the cabinet to enable the elastic member to be vibrated on a space defined by the groove with both ends of the elastic member being supported on the base of the cabinet, wherein the elastic member is formed of a plate, wherein the central portion of the elastic member includes at least one bracket provided thereon to connect the end of the damper to the elastic member, wherein the end portions of the elastic member are directly fixed on the base of the cabinet by the fixing members, and wherein the limiting device comprises: extension parts extending from upper ends of the fixing members, facing each other; upper limiters being provided on a lower part of the extension parts; and at least one lower limiter being provided on a bottom face of the groove.