Door assembly of a drum type washing machine

摘要

A drum type washing machine including a body having a front surface thereof with an entrance opening for entrance/exit of laundry, and a front door rotatably coupled at one end thereof to the front surface of the body and serving to open or close the entrance opening. The drum type washing machine further including a door elastic member providing the front door with an elastic force required to open the entrance opening when the entrance opening is closed by the front door. A supporting unit is installed to the front door and is adapted to come into contact with the body upon opening or closing of the entrance opening, thereby serving to keep the front door at a predetermined distance from the body.

主权项

1. A drum type washing machine comprising:
a body having a front surface thereof with an entrance opening for entrance/exit of laundry; a front door rotatably coupled at one end thereof to the front surface of the body and serving to open or close the entrance opening; a door elastic member providing the front door with an elastic force required to open the entrance opening when the entrance opening is closed by the front door; a hook provided at the front door; a door latch assembly provided at the body to latch the hook for locking the front door; and a supporting unit installed to the front door to contact with the body when the hook is latched to the door latch assembly, wherein the supporting unit includes: a mount frame formed at an inner end of the front door and having an insertion hole; a supporting body inserted in the insertion hole, the supporting body being movable toward the body, the supporting body has an anti-separation protrusion to prevent the supporting body from being separated from the insertion hole; a spring installed in the mount frame and serving to support the supporting body so as to allow the supporting body to protrude out of the insertion hole when no external force is applied to the supporting body; a magnet disposed at an end of the supporting body to magnetically couple the supporting unit to the body; and a noise-proof bump disposed at a tip end of the supporting body to prevent generation of noise when the supporting body comes into contact with the body, wherein the magnet has a coupling hole at a center thereof, and the noise-proof bump has a fastening end penetrating through the coupling hole, thereby the magnet fastens the noise-proof bump, wherein a magnetic attraction between the magnet and the body is greater than the elastic force of the door elastic member, and wherein the supporting unit continues to contact with the body by the magnetic attraction of the magnet when the hook is released from the door latch assembly, thereby serving to keep the front door at a predetermined distance from the body.