Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for implementing habitation support appliances. Devices may include a housing defining an internal volume, the housing having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface including a helical groove. Devices may also include a front plate coupled to a first end of the housing, an end plate coupled to a second end of the housing, the front plate and the end plate being configured to seal the internal volume, a thermal loop coupled to the outer surface of the housing, the thermal loop configured to transfer thermal energy with the housing and the internal volume, and a mixing device configured to be positioned within the internal volume, and configured to be moved along the helical groove of the inner surface.

A balance weight mounting structure of a washing machine and a balance weight mounting device are disclosed. The balance weight mounting structure of a washing machine comprises a cabinet; a tub movably supported with respect to the cabinet; a drum rotatably supported in the tub; and a balance weight provided in the tub, increasing a weight of the tub, wherein the tub and the balance weight are welded by a welding device and fixedly fastened to each other.

A laundry treating apparatus comprising a tub configured to store water, and a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub is provided. The drum is configured to store laundry therein and comprises a first surface, a second surface, and a circumferential surface. The apparatus further comprises a first body comprising a first body hub and a first body arm, a second body comprising a second body hub and a second body arm, and a connecting portion connecting the first body to the second body in a manner that forms a path between the first body and the second body to allow water to pass therethrough. A rotary shaft of the drum is fixed to the tub.

Provided is a laundry treating apparatus comprising a drum including: a drum body defining a space to store laundry therein, a front cover, a rear cover, and a drum introduction opening defined at the front cover and configured to communicate with an inside of the drum body; a drying unit configured to supply heated air to the drum body; a fixing panel; a power transmission unit including: a housing, an input shaft, an output shaft, and a gear unit disposed in the housing and configured to transmit rotational motion of the input shaft to the output shaft; a motor comprising including: a stator, and a rotor; and a heat insulation part made of a material having heat conductivity lower than heat conductivity of the housing and configured to reduce an amount of heat that is transferred from the outside of the housing to an inside of the housing.

A laundry treating apparatus having a tub configured to store water, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub and configured to store laundry therein and a connector connecting the drum to a rotary shaft of a motor for transferring a rotation power to the drum. The connector includes a body hub fixed to the drum and coupled to the rotary shaft, and a body arm fixed to the drum and extending from the body hub in a direction away from the body hub. The body arm has holes penetrating the body arm and allowing water to pass therethrough.

A laundry treating apparatus having a tub configured to store water, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub and configured to store laundry therein, and a connector connecting the drum to a rotary shaft of a motor for transferring a rotation power to the drum. The connector includes a body hub fixed to the drum and coupled to the rotary shaft, and a body arm fixed to the drum and extending from the body hub in a direction away from the body hub. The body arm includes paths allowing water to pass therethrough, the paths extend in a curved manner or a bent manner inside the body arm.

The present invention discloses an washing/dryer appliance. The present invention further comprises a load capacity sensing apparatus coupled within an predetermine region of the cabinet which may sensing the load capacity of the inner drum. And an plurality of electric motors that may raise and lower the outer drum during one operational task of the appliance.

A washing machine comprises an inner drum, wherein a drum bottom of the inner drum is installed with an inner drum bottom cover, and the inner drum bottom cover is in sealed connection with the drum bottom of the inner drum to form a sealed space. Such a setting avoids problems of breeding of bacteria and generation of smudge caused when washing water enters the inner drum bottom cover and is deposited in a chamber formed between the inner drum bottom cover and the drum bottom of the inner drum in a process of washing clothes by a washing machine.

A household appliance having a tub wherein the items to be washed are placeable and which is made of a composite material comprising a matrix of a polymeric material and glass fibers embedded in the polymeric material. It is an object of the present invention also a process for producing the above mentioned tub.

The present invention relates to a clothes treating apparatus comprising: a housing; a tub which is provided in the housing and stores water; a drum which is provided in the tub and stores laundry; a driving unit which is provided on the external bottom surface of the tub and rotates the drum; a heater which heats the water stored in the tub; and a receiving part which is downwardly recessed from the bottom surface of the tub so that the heater is received therein, and which has one portion thereof protruding from the outer circumference to the radial direction of the bottom surface of the tub.