Laundry machine with suspension assembly

摘要

A laundry machine is provided, in which a displacement of a drum may be relatively smaller in a left-and-right direction than in other directions. To this end, a suspension assembly may be configured such that a stiffness thereof for the displacement of the drum is greater in the left-and-right direction than in an up-and-down or front-and-rear direction. Thus, a laundry machine having an enlarged capacity is provided.

主权项

1. A laundry machine, comprising:
a tub to hold water therein and having an opening formed in a front surface of the tub through which laundry is inserted into the tub; a drum rotatably disposed in the tub; a drive assembly including a shaft connected to the drum, a bearing housing to rotatably support the shaft, and a motor to rotate the shaft; and a suspension assembly to reduce vibration of the drum, wherein the suspension assembly is configured such that a stiffness thereof for a displacement of the drum is greater in a left-and-right direction than in a front-and-rear direction and is greater in the front-and-rear direction than in an up-and-down direction, and wherein the suspension assembly includes an axially-extended bracket that extends in a direction of a rotational axis of the drum, and at least three suspensions which are arranged in a triangle, first and second suspensions of which are located at a front side of a center of the drum, and a third suspension of which is located at a rear side of the center of the drum, and wherein the first and second suspensions are hinged to the bracket with a hinge axis along the left-and-right direction and the third suspension is hinged to the bracket with a hinge axis along the front-and-rear direction.