(19)
(11) EP 1 526 212 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
23.08.2006 Bulletin 2006/34

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.04.2005 Bulletin 2005/17

(21) Application number: 04253248.1

(22) Date of filing: 01.06.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
D06F 39/12(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL HR LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 21.10.2003 KR 2003073332

(71) Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do (KR)

(72) Inventors:
  • Song, Chang Min
    Suwon-Si Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
  • Ryu, Doo Young
    Suwon-Si Gyeonggi-Do (KR)

(74) Representative: Brandon, Paul Laurence et al
APPLEYARD LEES 15 Clare Road
Halifax HX1 2HY
Halifax HX1 2HY (GB)

   


(54) Improvements in and relating to washing machines


(57) A washing machine includes legs (1) provided on a lower portion of a washing machine to contact a support surface, thus supporting the washing machine and absorbing a vibration of the washing machine. The washing machine includes a cabinet (2), and legs (1) which support the cabinet on a support surface. Each of the legs includes first and second vibration absorbing parts (25, 21). The first vibration absorbing part (25) contacts, on a bottom surface thereof, with the support surface, and has elasticity to have a higher contracting strain as a weight applied thereto increases. A bottom surface of the second vibration absorbing part (21) is placed higher than the bottom surface of the first vibration absorbing part (25) by a predetermined height, thus contacting with or being spaced apart from the support surface according to the contracting strain of the first vibration absorbing part (25).










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