公开(公告)号：US10119219B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-06

申请号：US15119342

申请日：2015-03-20

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Changheon Lee ,  Jaeseok Kim ,  Incheol Kang ,  Soowon Park ,  Hyuntae Lee ,  Inho Hwang ,  Hyeokjong Lee ,  Kihyuk Kim

IPC: A47B95/00 ,  D06F39/14 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F37/10 ,  D06F37/28

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus comprises a cabinet forming a profile, provided with a laundry opening; a door having an inner frame arranged toward the laundry opening and an outer frame coupled to the inner frame and arranged toward the outside of the cabinet, and opening and closing the laundry opening; a hinge part having a first pivot rotating the door along a first rotational direction and a second pivot rotating the door along a second rotational direction different from the first rotational direction; a pivot switching member movable to rotatably fix the door to any one of the first pivot and the second pivot; and a pressing piece provided in the door and pressed by a user to move the pivot switching member, wherein the pressing piece includes a pressing point pressed by the user, and the pressing point is provided at an upper end of the pressing piece.

公开(公告)号：US09695543B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-04

申请号：US14619638

申请日：2015-02-11

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Hoyeob Sim ,  Inho Hwang ,  Yongil Kim ,  Soowon Park

IPC: A47B77/06 ,  D06F39/14 ,  D06F39/12

CPC classification number: D06F39/14 ,  D06F39/12

Abstract: The laundry treating apparatus includes a door to open and close the introduction port about a first rotational or a second rotational axis which is different from first rotational axis. A first switching unit is provided in the door to allow rotation of door about the first rotational axis, and a second switching unit is provided in the door to allow rotation of the door about the second rotational axis. A lock fixes a position of at least one of the first switching unit or second switching unit when the door opens the introduction port. As can be appreciated, the mechanism used for the laundry apparatus may be applicable to other home appliances or non-home appliances where two different rotational axes may be needed to open and close a door.