公开(公告)号：US20220010473A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-13

申请号：US17484751

申请日：2021-09-24

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Byungjin LEE ,  Yanghwan NO ,  Inhee HAN ,  Jonghwan LEE ,  Jihong LEE

IPC: D06F37/14 ,  D06F37/40 ,  D06F37/12

Abstract: A clothes treating apparatus includes a cabinet defining an entrance, a drawer configured to be drawn out from the cabinet through the entrance, a tub provided in the drawer, a circular drum bottom provided in the tub, a cylindrical drum body fixed to the drum bottom, a drum positioned on an upper surface of the drum body, a driving part including a rotating shaft that rotates the drum and penetrates the tub so as to be coupled to the drum bottom, a hub that is fixed to the center-of-rotation of the drum bottom and protrudes towards a drum inlet, and a stirring part including an arm extending from the hub towards a circumferential surface of the drum body.

公开(公告)号：US20240183101A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-06

申请号：US18574615

申请日：2022-06-21

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Byungjin LEE ,  Manseok LEE ,  Ingeun AHN

IPC: D06F58/44 ,  D06F33/32 ,  D06F34/14 ,  D06F39/40 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F101/00 ,  D06F103/62 ,  D06F105/02 ,  D06F105/40

CPC classification number: D06F58/44 ,  D06F33/32 ,  D06F34/14 ,  D06F39/40 ,  D06F58/203 ,  D06F2101/00 ,  D06F2103/62 ,  D06F2105/02 ,  D06F2105/40

Abstract: In regard to a laundry treatment apparatus comprising: a laundry accommodating unit which provides a space for accommodating laundry; a steam generator which generates steam; a steam flow path which supplies steam discharged from the steam generator, to the laundry accommodating unit; a water supply pump; a water supply tank which stores water and is detachably coupled to the water supply pump; a connection pipe which connects the steam generator to the water supply pump; a water level sensor which senses a water level inside the steam generator; a water supply pipe which connects the steam generator to a water supply source; and a water supply valve for opening and closing the water supply pipe, the present application relates to a control method for the laundry treatment apparatus, the control method comprising: a pump control step of operating the water supply pump for a preset first reference time period; a first water level sensing step in which the water level sensor detects the water level inside the steam generator during the pump control step; and a water supply mode setting step of setting the water supply through the water supply tank to a default water supply mode when the water level inside the steam generator is changed during the pump control step.

公开(公告)号：US20190024296A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-24

申请号：US16067978

申请日：2017-01-02

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Byungjin LEE ,  Yanghwan NO ,  Inhee HAN ,  Jihong LEE

IPC: D06F39/04 ,  D06F21/08 ,  D06F37/12 ,  D06F37/30 ,  D06F39/12 ,  D06F37/26

Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes treating apparatus comprising: a housing; a tub which is provided in the housing and stores water; a drum which is provided in the tub and stores laundry; a driving unit which is provided on the external bottom surface of the tub and rotates the drum; a heater which heats the water stored in the tub; and a receiving part which is downwardly recessed from the bottom surface of the tub so that the heater is received therein, and which has one portion thereof protruding from the outer circumference to the radial direction of the bottom surface of the tub.

公开(公告)号：US20180023241A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-25

申请号：US15547893

申请日：2016-02-29

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jihong LEE ,  Byungjin LEE ,  Hongchul KIM ,  Kwanwoong JEONG

IPC: D06F39/14 ,  E05C19/16 ,  D06F37/12 ,  D06F29/00 ,  D06F37/04

CPC classification number: D06F39/14 ,  D06F23/04 ,  D06F29/00 ,  D06F29/005 ,  D06F37/04 ,  D06F37/12 ,  D06F37/28 ,  D06F39/125 ,  E05C19/16

Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a receiving unit for providing a laundry receiving space, an introduction port for allowing the receiving unit to communicate with the outside of the laundry treatment apparatus, a door for opening and closing the introduction port, an actuation unit provided at the door such that the actuation unit reciprocates between a first position and a second position, and a fixing unit for fixing the door to the introduction port using an attractive force when the actuation unit is positioned at the first position and for separating the door from the introduction port when the actuation unit is positioned at the second position.

公开(公告)号：US20190017209A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-17

申请号：US16068158

申请日：2017-01-03

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Minseung JUNG ,  Inhee HAN ,  Jihong LEE ,  Wooseong KIM ,  Byungjin LEE

IPC: D06F37/18 ,  D06F29/00 ,  D06F39/12 ,  D06F37/28 ,  D06F37/42

Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes-handling apparatus comprising: a cabinet having an opening; a drawer capable of being withdrawn from the cabinet through the opening; a clothes accommodating part provided inside the drawer so as to provide a space in which clothes are stored; a coupling part provided on one of the cabinet and the drawer; and a detachment part provided on one, on which the coupling part is not provided, of the cabinet or the drawer, such that the coupling part is detachably coupled thereto, wherein the detachment part is provided so as to repeat a state of being coupled to the coupling part and a state of being separable from the coupling part whenever an external force is applied to the detachment part through the coupling part.

公开(公告)号：US20190010655A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-10

申请号：US16068162

申请日：2016-12-21

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Byungjin LEE ,  Yanghwan NO ,  Inhee HAN ,  Jonghwan LEE ,  Jihong LEE

IPC: D06F39/12 ,  D06F37/12 ,  D06F37/40 ,  D06F37/24 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F39/10

Abstract: Provided is a clothes treating apparatus comprising: a cabinet which is provided with an entrance; a drawer which may be drawn out from the cabinet through the entrance; a tub which is provided in the drawer, has water stored therein, and has an inlet through which clothes enter and exit; a circular drum bottom surface which is provided in the tub; a cylindrical drum body which is fixed to the drum bottom surface and extends towards the inlet; a drum which has a drum inlet which is positioned on the upper surface of the drum body so as to communicate with the inlet; a driving part which has a rotating shaft which rotates the drum and penetrates the tub so as to be coupled to the drum bottom surface; a hub which is fixed to the center-of-rotation of the drum bottom surface and protrudes towards the drum inlet; and a stirring part which has an arm extending from the hub towards the circumferential surface of the drum body.

公开(公告)号：US20170356117A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-14

申请号：US15198008

申请日：2016-06-30

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Jihong LEE ,  Byungjin LEE ,  Hosung JANG ,  Yeongkyeong CHOI ,  Minkyu SANG

IPC: D06F37/26 ,  D06F39/00 ,  D06F37/28 ,  D06F37/02

CPC classification number: D06F37/26 ,  D06F37/02 ,  D06F37/28 ,  D06F39/005 ,  D06F39/12 ,  D06F39/14

Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet having an opening, a drawer configured so as to be discharged from the cabinet through the opening, a through-hole formed in an upper surface of the drawer, a tub that is located inside the drawer and that defines a space that is configured to receive water, an introduction aperture formed in an upper surface of the tub, the introduction aperture being located under the through-hole, a drum that is located in the tub, that is configured to rotate, and that is configured to receive laundry, a door that is configured to open and close the introduction aperture, the door being coupled to one of the drawer or the tub, and a guide for preventing the door from interfering with the opening when the drawer is discharged from the cabinet.