Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Laundry treatment apparatus
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Application No.: US15198255Application Date: 2016-06-30
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Publication No.: US10364523B2Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: Jihong Lee , Wooseong Kim , Hongchul Kim
- Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2015-0092775 20150630
- Main IPC: D06F37/18
- IPC: D06F37/18 ; D06F37/28 ; D06F37/26 ; D06F39/00 ; D06F29/00

Abstract:
A laundry treatment apparatus includes a tub body for receiving water, a tub cover that covers an upper surface of the tub body and that defines an introduction aperture, a drum located inside the tub body for receiving laundry, a door for opening and closing the introduction aperture, a hinge that rotatably couples the door to the tub cover, a fixing unit that releasably couples a portion of the door to the tub cover, and a sealing unit on the door or the introduction aperture that is configured to seal the introduction aperture based on the introduction aperture being closed by the door. A portion of the sealing unit located in a direction in which the fixing unit is provided has a different diameter from a diameter of a portion of the sealing unit that is located in a direction in which the hinge is provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170002494A1 LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-01-05
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