Washing machine

Abstract

The present invention is related to a washing machine which can compensate a sagged portion of a drum for preventing a portion between a tub and the drum from exposing in a state the drum holds laundry. The washing machine includes a tub for accommodating washing water, the tub having a laundry opening, a drum rotatably coupled in the tub for receiving laundry, the drum having an opening matched to the laundry opening, and a gasket having a blocking portion for blocking a portion of the laundry opening of the tub, asymmetrically.

1 . A washing machine comprising:
 a tub for accommodating washing water, the tub having a laundry opening;   a drum rotatably coupled in the tub for receiving laundry, the drum having an opening matched to the laundry opening; and   a gasket having a blocking portion for blocking a portion of the laundry opening of the tub, asymmetrically.   
     
     
         2 . The washing machine as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the blocking portion blocks the laundry opening asymmetrically in up/down directions. 
     
     
         3 . The washing machine as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the blocking portion is formed to block a portion of an upper side of laundry opening of the tub. 
     
     
         4 . The washing machine as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the blocking portion is formed to make an upper most side of the opening in the drum is not visible from a front side of the tub. 
     
     
         5 . The washing machine as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the blocking portion is formed in a shape of a stream line along an inside circumferential surface of an opening side of the drum. 
     
     
         6 . The washing machine as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the gasket includes a door sealing portion for sealing a door which opens/closes the laundry opening in the tub, and the blocking portion is formed extended further from the door sealing portion inwardly in a radial direction. 
     
     
         7 . The washing machine as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the gasket includes a first fastening portion for placing a circumferential surface projected forward from a front of the tub therein, and a second fastening portion to be fastened to an inside surface of the tub. 
     
     
         8 . The washing machine as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the second fastening portion includes a tub fastening portion having a plurality of grooves for placing projections or hooks formed on an inside surface of the tub therein. 
     
     
         9 . The washing machine as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a driving unit having a rotation shaft connected to the drum, a bearing housing for supporting the rotation shaft, and a motor for rotating the rotation shaft; and
 a suspension unit connected to the bearing housing for damping vibration of the drum.   
     
     
         10 . The washing machine as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a driving unit having a rotation shaft connected to the drum, a bearing housing for supporting the rotation shaft, and a motor for rotating the rotation shaft; and
 a rear gasket for sealing a rear side of the tub to prevent water from leaking from the tub to the driving unit and enabling the driving unit to make movement relative to the tub.   
     
     
         11 . The washing machine as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a suspension unit for supporting and damping the drum, and the tub is supported rigidly more than the drum is supported by the suspension unit.