Laundry treating apparatus
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJongsun Yoon, Unkeol Yeo
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Abstract
A laundry treating apparatus comprises a cabinet; a tub provided inside the cabinet, receiving water therein; a drum provided inside the tub, storing laundry therein; a path portion provided in the drum, providing a moving path of the water; a water flow formation portion rotatably provided inside the drum, partially discharging the water inside the drum to the path portion during rotation; and a guide portion provided in the drum, guiding the water discharged by the water flow formation portion to the path portion, wherein the guide portion includes an anti-vortex member for preventing vortex of the water passing through the guide portion.
Claims20
A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a tub disposed inside the cabinet to receive water;
- a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub, the drum comprising:
- a cylindrical drum body providing a space for storing laundry, and
- a drum base disposed at a lower surface of the drum;
- a path portion comprising:
- a path body disposed inside the drum body, the path body forming a path through which the water located near the drum base moves to an upper side of the drum body, and
- an inlet provided below the path body to allow the water to enter the path portion;
- a water flow formation portion rotatably provided on the drum base to at least partially discharge the water inside the drum to the path portion during rotation;
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- a guide portion comprising:
- a guide body to guide the water discharged by the water flow formation portion to the path portion, and
- a guide plate forming a lateral path so as to prevent leakage of the water moving in the guide body;
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- an anti-vortex member to prevent a vortex of the water from passing through the guide portion,
- wherein the drum base comprises a cutting portion provided to pass through the drum base so as to deliver the water received in the drum to the path portion,
- wherein the guide body connects a lower portion of the cutting portion with a outermost surface of the inlet,
- wherein a first end of the guide body is inserted between the inlet and the drum body and a second end of the guide body is in contact with the drum base, and
- wherein the guide plate is disposed at both sides of the guide body, the guide plate coupling both sides of the cutting portion with both sides of the inlet respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.