DRIVING APPARATUS FOR WASHING MACHINE

摘要

The present invention relates to a driving apparatus for a washing machine, in which the whole structure is simple for lower manufacturing costs, and is configured to effectively transmit the power. The driving apparatus includes a housing; a brake drum rotatably disposed inside the housing; a dewatering shaft coupled to the brake drum; a washing shaft rotatably disposed inside the dewatering shaft; a rotor to which a lower end portion of the washing shaft is coupled and rotating if power is applied thereto; a stator disposed inside the rotor and having a stator core and upper and lower insulators coupled to each other to surround the upper and lower portions of the stator core; a brake lever disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the housing in such a manner as to rotate by a means of a brake motor and adapted to operate a brake pad connected to one end thereof to control the rotation of the brake drum; a coupling clutch moved upward and downward along a lower end portion of the dewatering shaft in such a manner as to be coupled to the dewatering shaft at the time of being moved upward and coupled to the dewatering shaft and the rotor at the time of being moved downward; a clutch lever mounted on the housing so as to support the lower peripheral surface of the coupling clutch and rotating upon the rotation of the brake lever to move the coupling clutch upward and downward; and a pressurizing lever coupled to the brake lever in such a manner as to rotate together with the brake lever and thus to push and rotate the clutch lever.