公开(公告)号：US20190048512A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-14

申请号：US16059115

申请日：2018-08-09

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Hyunwoo NOH ,  Changoh KIM ,  Sangwook HONG

IPC: D06F39/04 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F37/06

Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treatment apparatus including a drum formed of a metal material and provided to accommodate laundry therein, an induction module spaced apart from a circumferential surface of the drum and provided to heat the circumferential surface of the drum via a magnetic field that is generated when current is applied to a coil, and a lifter formed of a metal material and provided in the drum to move the laundry inside the drum when the drum rotates. The lifter is provided so as to be recessed in a direction in which a distance between the induction module and the lifter, which face each other, increases.