Washing machine

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a washing machine which has a detergent supply part formed in a door. The detergent supply part is formed in the door and has a function of containing detergent and supplying detergent into a tub through the door. The washing machine has an advantage of considerable space saving compared with the washing machine having the detergent supply part formed in an inner space thereof, thereby minimizing the volume and the number of components of the washing machine.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a washing machine, and more particularly, to a washing machine which has a detergent injection part equipped in a door, thereby allowing space saving in the washing machine. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] Generally, a washing machine is used to remove contaminants adhered to laundry such as clothes and bedclothes contained in a drum through interaction between water and detergent by course of washing, rinsing and dewatering the laundry. The washing machine comprises a detergent supplying device which supplies the detergent combined with wash water into a tub. [0005]FIG. 1 is a side sectional view illustrating the inner structure of a conventional washing machine, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the conventional washing machine of FIG. 1, from which a detergent barrel has been withdrawn. [0006] Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the conventional washing machine...

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Benefits of technology

[0025] The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a washing machine designed to reduce a volume of the washing machine, to minimize the number of components and assembling steps, to simplify a molding process of a tub, and to reduce manufacturing costs.

[0041] According to the invention constructed as described above, since the washing machine has the detergent supply part formed in the door, which has a function of containing detergent and supplying the detergent into a tub through the door, it has an advantage of considerable space saving compared with the washing machine having the detergent supply part in an inner space thereof, thereby minimizing the volume and the number of components of the washing machine.

[0042] Additionally, according to the invention, the inlet and outlet of the detergent supply part are formed in the front and rear sides of the door, respectively, so that the detergent can be supplied / added to the washing machine when the door is closed, thereby enhancing user convenience.

[0043] Additionally, according to the invention, the inlet and outlet of the detergent supply part are formed in the rear side of the door, so that the detergent supply part is concealed, thereby enhancing the frontal appearance of the washing machine.

[0044] Additionally, according to the invention, the shutter for opening / closing the inlet of the detergent supply part is installed to the door, thereby preventing foreign matter from entering the detergent supply part, and preventing water supplied through the water supply device from being leaked to the outside.

Problems solved by technology

However, the conventional washing machine has problems in that the detergent supplying device 20 occupies a large space inside the washing machine, thereby increasing the volume of the washing machine, and in that the detergent supplying device 20 comprises a number of components such as the detergent barrel housing 21, the water supply bellows 24 and the like, thereby complicating an assembling process.

Additionally, since the bellows connecting port 11 must molded to the tub 10, molding of the tub becomes complicated, thereby increasing manufacturing costs.

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