Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Clothing treatment apparatus
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Application No.: US17912785Application Date: 2021-03-19
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Publication No.: US12152334B2Publication Date: 2024-11-26
- Inventor: Beomjun Kim , Hyunwoo Noh , Sangwook Hong
- Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2020-0034396 20200320,KR10-2021-0036163 20210319
- International Application: PCT/KR2021/003455 WO 20210319
- International Announcement: WO2021/187957 WO 20210923
- Main IPC: D06F58/10
- IPC: D06F58/10 ; D06F58/02 ; D06F58/26

Abstract:
A clothing treatment apparatus includes a cabinet having an inlet; a door provided in the cabinet to open and close the inlet; a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet, and having an elongated cylindrical shape; a tubular extension part extending from the inlet of the cabinet toward the drum; a first duct provided outside the drum; an induction heater which includes a coil, is provided inside the first duct, and heats the drum; a first fan supplying outside air to the inside of the first duct; and a second duct having an inlet connected to the first duct, extending from the first duct along a radially inward direction of the drum, and having an outlet connected to an outer circumferential surface of the extension part. The outlet of the second duct may have a smaller area than the area of the inlet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230145222A1 CLOTHING TREATMENT APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2023-05-11
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