公开(公告)号：US10443180B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-15

申请号：US15042818

申请日：2016-02-12

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Seungjoon Lee ,  Namyeong Heo ,  Chungil Kim ,  Junghoon Kim

IPC: D06F58/22 ,  D06F25/00

Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus may include a cabinet defining an appearance of the laundry treatment apparatus, a drum provided in the cabinet and configured to hold laundry, a connecting duct configured to communicate with the drum, a lint filter unit that is mounted to an inner surface of the cabinet that is accessible from a front surface of the cabinet, and that is configured to communicate with the connecting duct to filter pollutant and a lock unit configured to selectively lock the lint filter unit to the connecting duct, where the lock unit includes a rotatable lock body, a shaft configured to rotate together with the lock body, at least one bent portion, and a lock guide with at least one bent section.

公开(公告)号：US10753035B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-25

申请号：US15903452

申请日：2018-02-23

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Chungil Kim ,  Jaeseok Kim

IPC: D06F58/30 ,  D06F58/02 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F103/00 ,  D06F103/36 ,  D06F105/24

Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus in accordance with the present disclosure includes a drum configured to accommodate laundry, an air channel through which air is flowed into or out of the drum, a fan configured to put pressure on air in the air channel for flowing of the air, a fan motor configured to rotate the fan and being controlled by adjusting of a RPM, an abnormal airflow detection unit disposed on the air channel and configured to detect whether an abnormal state of airflow is occurred, and a controller configured to cause the RPM of the fan motor to be increased. The controller configured to cause laundry to be dried by rotating the fan motor at a predetermined base RPM, and to cause the RPM to be increased if the abnormality of airflow is detected by the abnormal airflow detection unit while the fan motor is rotating.