Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Laundry treating apparatus
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Application No.: US17179736Application Date: 2021-02-19
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Publication No.: US11702784B2Publication Date: 2023-07-18
- Inventor: Donghyun Jin , Sanghee Yoo , Youngho Jung
- 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: KR 20200021055 2020.02.20
- Main IPC: D06F29/00
- IPC: D06F29/00 ; D06F34/34 ; D06F35/00 ; D06F39/02 ; D06F39/08 ; D06F25/00

Abstract:
A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet including a front panel having a detergent opening defined therein; a tub disposed inside the cabinet; a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub; and a detergent storage unit retracting into the cabinet through the detergent opening. A detergent to be supplied to the drum is stored in the detergent storage unit. The front panel has an opening extension portion extending from a periphery of the detergent opening toward an inside of the cabinet. The apparatus further includes a protective casing disposed inside the cabinet and coupled to the opening extension portion. The protective casing surrounds at least a portion of the detergent storage unit retracting into the cabinet through the detergent opening. The protective casing includes an opening protection wall constructed to cover an inner face of the opening extension portion facing toward the detergent opening to protect the opening extension portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210262136A1 LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-08-26
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