公开(公告)号：US11225741B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-18

申请号：US16469450

申请日：2017-12-15

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jaeyong Jeong ,  Keunjoo Kim ,  Dongsoo Lee ,  Oshin Kwon ,  Sangwook Lee

IPC: D06F31/00 ,  D06F23/04 ,  D06F29/00 ,  D06F37/30 ,  D06F37/40 ,  D06F23/00 ,  D06F21/06 ,  D06F34/20 ,  D06F33/47 ,  A47L15/42 ,  A47L15/44 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F103/40 ,  D06F105/54 ,  D06F105/60 ,  D06F105/62 ,  D06F34/24 ,  D06F37/42 ,  A47L15/00

Abstract: A clothes treating device includes: a cabinet; a tub having an inlet at an upper part; a drum provided inside the tub and having a through-hole on a bottom surface thereof; a stirring part rotatably disposed in through-hole; a driving part provided on the lower part of the stirring part so as to provide power for rotating the stirring part and/or the drum; and a coupling provided between the stirring part and the driving part so as to be rotated by the power, and provided so as to rotate the stirring part and the drum in different directions or rotate only the stirring part when a water level of the tub is greater than or equal to a certain water level, and to rotate the stirring part and the drum in the same direction when the water level is less than to the certain water level.

公开(公告)号：US11021832B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-01

申请号：US16349125

申请日：2017-11-09

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Dongsoo Lee ,  Keunjoo Kim ,  Sangwook Lee ,  Kyosoon Chae

IPC: D06F39/02

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes: a tub providing a space for storing water; a drum disposed in the tub in a rotatable manner to provide a space for storing clothing; a detergent box which is disposed outside the tub to provide a space for storing a detergent, and receives supply of water only from the tub; a tub through-hole passing through an inner circumferential surface of the tub; and a connection part having one side communicating with the tub through-hole and the other side communicating with the detergent box so that at least a portion of water moving in the direction of the inner circumferential surface of the tub due to a centrifugal force generated when the drum rotates is introduced into the detergent box, mixed with the detergent, and then discharged back to the inner circumferential surface of the tub again.

公开(公告)号：US09732461B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-15

申请号：US14051110

申请日：2013-10-10

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Dongsoo Lee ,  Jaehyuk Jang ,  Youngho Kim

IPC: D06F39/02

CPC classification number: D06F39/022

Abstract: A liquid detergent mixer includes a main body, a detergent inlet pipe, a wash water inlet pipe, and a wash water dispersing unit. The main body defines a mixing space in which wash water and liquid detergent are mixed. The detergent inlet pipe allows liquid detergent to flow into the mixing space. The wash water inlet pipe has one end protruding from the other side surface of the main body to the mixing space to allow wash water to flow into the mixing space.

公开(公告)号：USD780386S1

公开(公告)日：2017-02-28

申请号：US29545173

申请日：2015-11-10

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Designer： Dongsoo Lee

公开(公告)号：USD776374S1

公开(公告)日：2017-01-10

申请号：US29545169

申请日：2015-11-10

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Designer： Dongsoo Lee

公开(公告)号：US11162208B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-02

申请号：US16611788

申请日：2018-07-04

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Aekyung Chae ,  Oshin Kwon ,  Keunjoo Kim ,  Jaeyong Jeong ,  Dongsoo Lee ,  Hoil Jeon

IPC: D06F39/02 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F39/12

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treating apparatus comprises a tub provided to hold wash water; a drum rotatably provided in the tub and comprising a shaft which is perpendicular to the ground; a sub-drum detachably mounted to the drum and configured to wash laundry after being inserted in an inner circumferential surface of the drum, independent from the drum; a water supply unit configured to supply wash water; and a detergent box provided in the sub-drum to store wash detergent therein and comprising a detergent discharging unit configured to discharge the wash water supplied from the water supply unit and the detergent into the sub-drum.

公开(公告)号：US11280038B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-22

申请号：US16349148

申请日：2017-11-09

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Keunjoo Kim ,  Dongsoo Lee ,  Oshin Kwon ,  Sangwook Lee ,  Jaeyong Jeong

IPC: D06F33/37 ,  D06F37/36 ,  D06F39/02 ,  D06F21/00 ,  D06F103/18 ,  D06F103/24 ,  D06F105/42

Abstract: The present invention relates to an laundry treating apparatus comprising: a tub providing a space for storing water; a drum rotatably provided inside the tub and providing a space for storing clothes; a detergent box provided outside of the tub and providing a space for storing detergent, and receiving water from only the tub; tub penetrating holes provided while penetrating the inner peripheral surface of the tub; and a connecting part of which one side communicates with the tub penetrating holes and the other side communicates with the detergent box so as to allow at least a portion of the water moving in a direction of the inner peripheral surface of the tub by a centrifugal force generated during rotation of the drum, to flow into the detergent box, and mix the same with the detergent and discharge the same back to the inner peripheral surface of the tub.

公开(公告)号：US11208752B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-28

申请号：US16070646

申请日：2017-01-03

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Keunjoo Kim ,  Jaeyong Jeong ,  Oshin Kwon ,  Dongsoo Lee

IPC: D06F37/40 ,  D06F17/08 ,  D06F23/04 ,  D06F31/00

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry processing apparatus comprising: a tub for storing water and having an opening for putting in and taking out laundry; a drum, provided in the interior of the tub, for storing the laundry supplied through the opening; an agitator rotatably provided inside the drum; a fixed body fixed to the drum; a drum fixing part having a body-penetrating hole provided so as to penetrate the fixed body, and an accommodating body which is fixed to the fixed body and the cross-sectional surface of which is concentric with the body-penetrating hole; a rotating shaft connected to the agitator by penetrating the tub and drum, and inserted into the body-penetrating hole; a drive gear positioned inside the accommodating body and fixed to the rotating shaft; a driven gear provided along the inner circumferential surface of the accommodating body; at least two connecting gears connecting the drive gear and driven gear; a housing to which each connecting gear is rotatably fixed and which rotates inside the accommodating body due to the connecting gears; and a housing stopper, provided on at least one from among the housing and fixed body, for stopping the rotation of the housing when the rotating shaft has rotated by a previously set number of times.

公开(公告)号：US11105036B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-31

申请号：US16611731

申请日：2018-07-04

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Aekyung Chae ,  Oshin Kwon ,  Keunjoo Kim ,  Jaeyong Jeong ,  Dongsoo Lee ,  Hoil Jeon

IPC: D06F39/08 ,  D06F21/06 ,  D06F29/00 ,  D06F33/00

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treating apparatus comprises a tub provided to hold wash water; a drum rotatably provided in the tub and comprising a shaft which is perpendicular with the ground; a sub-drum detachably mounted to an inner circumferential surface of the drum and configured to wash laundry, independent from the drum; a tub cover provided in an upper surface of the tub and comprising a laundry introduction opening formed therein; a sensing object unit provided in the sub-drum; and a sensor unit provided in the tub cover and configured to sense the sensing object unit.

公开(公告)号：US10669661B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-02

申请号：US14814556

申请日：2015-07-31

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Jonghwan Lee ,  Junho Lee ,  Dongsoo Lee

IPC: D06F23/04 ,  D06F29/00 ,  D06F17/08 ,  D06F21/08 ,  D06F31/00 ,  D06F39/10 ,  D06F17/06 ,  D06F37/12

Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus for treating laundry includes a main washing device and a secondary washing device. The secondary washing device includes a tub configured to receive wash water, a drum rotatably provided in the tub and configured to receive laundry, and a pulsator rotatably provided in the drum and configured to be rotated by motion of one or both of the wash water and the laundry that are received in the drum.