公开(公告)号：US09840799B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-12

申请号：US14725718

申请日：2015-05-29

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Minkyu Sang ,  Kwangchul Heo

IPC: D06F29/00 ,  D06F39/00 ,  D06F58/28 ,  D06F39/12 ,  D06F33/02

CPC classification number: D06F29/005 ,  D06F29/00 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F39/005 ,  D06F39/125 ,  D06F58/28 ,  D06F2202/12

Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet having an upper surface, the upper surface being configured to receive an object thereon, a drawer adapted to be drawn from the cabinet, a drum disposed in the drawer and defining a space for receiving laundry, a driving unit configured to rotate the drum, a control unit configured to control the driving unit, and a connector unit configured to impact an ability of the control unit to control operation of the driving unit based on whether or not the object is placed on the upper surface of the cabinet by preventing the control unit from controlling operation of the driving unit based on the object being absent from the upper surface of the cabinet and by allowing the control unit to control operation of the driving unit based on the object being placed on the upper surface of the cabinet.