公开(公告)号：US12018420B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-25

申请号：US17287348

申请日：2019-10-24

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Kyoungmin Choi ,  Jihong Lee ,  Kwanwoong Jeong

IPC: D06F31/00 ,  D06F23/02 ,  D06F23/04 ,  D06F39/12

CPC classification number: D06F31/00 ,  D06F23/025 ,  D06F23/04 ,  D06F39/12

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet with an outlet, a drawer drawn out from the outlet, and a tub inside the drawer, providing a space for storing water and having an inlet on its upper surface. A drum rotatably mounted inside the tub includes an inlet on an upper surface for receiving laundry inside of the drum. A cabinet includes a first frame made at least in part from metal and including a first outlet, a second frame made at least in part from metal, spaced apart from the first frame along a moving direction of the drawer, and including a second outlet, a base panel made of a nonmetal lighter than metal, fixed to the first and second frames, and forming a bottom surface of the cabinet, and a metal cover fixed to the first and second frames and forming an upper surface and both sides of the cabinet.

公开(公告)号：US20210388555A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-16

申请号：US17284424

申请日：2019-10-11

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jihong Lee ,  Kyoungmin Choi ,  Kwan Woong Jeong

IPC: D06F39/12 ,  D06F37/12 ,  D06F37/30 ,  D06F37/24

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet with an outlet, a drawer drawn out from the outlet, a drum provided inside the drawer, providing a space where laundry is stored, a base fixed to the cabinet, a base slit provided in the base, including a linear portion and a first bent portion, a slider coupled to the base to move along the base, a slider slit, a conveyer, an operation unit fixed to the drawer and detachably coupled to the conveyer, and springs provided to connect the base with the slider and provided to move the slider toward a rear end of the linear portion if the conveyer moves from the first bent portion to the linear portion.

公开(公告)号：US11186942B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-30

申请号：US16428421

申请日：2019-05-31

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Kyoungmin Choi ,  Kwanwoong Jeong

IPC: D06F58/10 ,  D06F58/26

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laundry treatment apparatus including a cabinet having an entrance, a drawer comprising a drying chamber, a bottom surface, a front surface extending upward from the bottom surface, a rear surface to face the front surface, and first and second side surfaces to connect the front and rear surfaces. The laundry apparatus includes a first rack disposed in the drying chamber, the first rack comprising a first vent portion allowing a space above and below the first rack to communicate with each other, a second rack disposed in the drying chamber and positioned between the first rack and the bottom surface, the second rack comprising a second vent portion, a supply port formed through the rear surface, an air supply unit located outside the drying chamber, and a guide in the supply port to guide air to at least one of the spaces.

公开(公告)号：US10724166B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-28

申请号：US16391799

申请日：2019-04-23

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Deukwon Lee ,  Kyoungmin Choi ,  Hoon Chang ,  Dongwoo Kang

IPC: D06F39/10 ,  D06F23/04

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus may include a tub, a drum provided within the tub to accommodate laundry, flow path units provided on the drum to provide moving paths of water, an agitation unit provided within the drum so as to be rotatable and moving at least a part of water within the drum to the flow path units during rotation, and filter units to filter water moving along the flow path units. Each of the filter units includes a body configured to provide a storage space of foreign substances, an inflow part to introduce water in the flow path unit into the body, a filter provided on the body to filter water introduced into the body and then to discharge filtered water to the drum, and discharge parts provided on the body to discharge water containing foreign substances in the tangential direction of a rotating trajectory of the drum.

公开(公告)号：US10309050B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-04

申请号：US15214705

申请日：2016-07-20

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Deukwon Lee ,  Kyoungmin Choi ,  Hoon Chang ,  Dongwoo Kang

IPC: D06F39/10 ,  D06F23/04

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus may include a tub, a drum provided within the tub to accommodate laundry, flow path units provided on the drum to provide moving paths of water, an agitation unit provided within the drum so as to be rotatable and moving at least a part of water within the drum to the flow path units during rotation, and filter units to filter water moving along the flow path units. Each of the filter units includes a body configured to provide a storage space of foreign substances, an inflow part to introduce water in the flow path unit into the body, a filter provided on the body to filter water introduced into the body and then to discharge filtered water to the drum, and discharge parts provided on the body to discharge water containing foreign substances in the tangential direction of a rotating trajectory of the drum.