Samsung patents washing machine design with reinforced front panel
Samsung has filed a patent for a washing machine that uses a specific bracket to support the lower part of the front door. This design spaces the front panel away from the base to create room for a detergent container and pump. The setup allows the machine to hold detergent in a housing located in front of the main body's lower bracket.
In the filing’s own words
A clothing treatment device is provided. The clothing treatment device includes a main body including a base forming a lower surface, a front plate including an opening formed therein for loading laundry, and a front lower bracket configured to support the front plate, the front lower bracket being further configured to space the front plate apart from the base, a tub disposed inside the main body for storing water, a detergent container housing disposed in front of the front lower bracket, a detergent container disposed in the detergent container housing, and a pump configured to supply a detergent stored in the detergent container to the tub, wherein the front plate includes a support structure disposed at a lower portion of the front plate, the support structure being supported by the front lower bracket.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A clothing treatment device comprising: a main body including: a base forming a lower surface, a front plate including an opening formed therein for loading laundry, and a front lower bracket configured to support the front plate and to space the front plate apart from the base; a tub disposed inside the main body for storing water; a detergent container housing disposed in front of the front lower bracket; a detergent container disposed in the detergent container housing; and a pump configured to supply a detergent stored in the detergent container to the tub, wherein the front plate includes a support structure disposed at a lower portion of the front plate, the support structure being supported by the front lower bracket.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- CLOTHING TREATMENT APPARATUS
- Publication number
- US20260265988A1
- Application number
- 19666681
- Filed
- May 4, 2026
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Inventors
- 8
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
D06F 39/12 Textiles & paperD06F 39/02 Textiles & paperMore from Samsung in Other
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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