公开(公告)号：US10661214B2

公开(公告)日：2020-05-26

申请号：US15750468

申请日：2016-08-03

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Hyojun Kim ,  Sokgie Hong

IPC: D06F58/22 ,  B01D46/00 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F58/02

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry treating apparatus having a washable filter provided on an air circulation conduit for drying laundry. Disclosed is the laundry treating apparatus that is capable of automatically or manually washing the filter. The laundry treating apparatus, according to the present invention, comprises: a cabinet (1); an outer tub (2) disposed within the cabinet (1); an inner tub (3) rotatably disposed within the outer tub (2); a circulation conduit (10) that serves as a guide to allow at least a part of air within the outer tub (2) to be discharged from the outer tub (2) and supplied back to the outer tub (2); a fan (17) disposed on the circulation conduit (10) to move air; a filter net (22) disposed on the circulation conduit (10) to filter foreign substances included in the moving air; a filter frame (24) that supports the filter net (22); and a nozzle (32) that sprays water to remove the foreign substances filtered by the filter net (22). At least a part of the filter frame (24) includes an extraction frame (24a) that is able to be extracted from the cabinet (1).