US 10,934,660 B2Granted

Garment processing device

AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.

InventorsYoungjoo Lee, Hongjun Cho, Sanghun Bae

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Abstract

A garment processing device comprising: a cabinet; a door; a first hinge comprising a first shaft disposed on one of the cabinet or the door, and a first shaft containing portion disposed on the other of the cabinet or the door such that the first shaft is contained therein in an attachable/detachable manner; a second hinge comprising a second shaft coupled to the door so as to form a first axis of rotation together with the first shaft and a third shaft for rotatably fixing the second shaft to the cabinet; a third hinge comprising a fourth shaft disposed on one of the cabinet or the door so as to form a second axis of rotation together with the third shaft, and a fourth shaft containing portion disposed on the other of the cabinet or the door such that the fourth shaft is contained therein in an attachable/detachable manner.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A laundry-treating apparatus comprising:

a cabinet having an inlet;
a door configured to open or close the inlet;
a first hinge including:
a first shaft positioned on one of the cabinet or the door and axially extending along a first pivoting axis for the door;
and
a first receiving space positioned on another one of the cabinet or the door that does not include the first shaft, wherein the first receiving space is configured to removably receive the first shaft therein;
a second hinge including:
a second shaft coupled to the door, wherein the second shaft axially extends along the first pivoting axis;
and
a third shaft that pivotably couples the second shaft to the cabinet, wherein the third shaft axially extends along a second pivoting axis for the door that differs from the first pivoting axis;
a third hinge including:
a fourth shaft positioned on one of the cabinet or the door, wherein the fourth shaft axially extends along the second pivoting axis;
and
a fourth shaft receiving space positioned on another one of the cabinet or the door that does not include the fourth shaft, wherein the fourth shaft receiving space is configured to removably receive the fourth shaft therein;
a handle positioned on the door;
first and second driving linkages positioned to contact the handle, wherein when force is applied to the handle, each of the first and second driving linkages is configured to move toward or away from the handle;
a first shaft latch operatively coupled to the first driving linkage and configured to move to open or close the first shaft receiving space during actuation of the first driving linkage;
and
a driven linkage, wherein when, upon application of force to the handle, the first driving linkage moves the first shaft latch to open the first shaft receiving space, the second driving linkage moves to cause the driven linkage to move toward the third hinge to close the fourth shaft receiving space.

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A laundry-treating apparatus comprising:

a cabinet having an inlet;
a door configured to open or close the inlet;
a first hinge including:
a first shaft positioned on one of the cabinet or the door and axially extending along a first pivoting axis for the door;
and
a first shaft receiving space positioned on another one of the cabinet or the door that does not include the first shaft, wherein the first shaft receiving space is configured to removably receive the first shaft therein;
a second hinge including:
a second shaft coupled to one of the door or the cabinet, wherein the second shafts axially extends along the first pivoting axis;
and
a third shaft that is pivotably coupled to the second shaft and is coupled to another one of the door or the cabinet that is not coupled to the second shaft, wherein the third shaft axially extends along a second pivoting axis for the door that differs from the first pivoting axis;
a third hinge including:
a fourth shaft positioned on one of the cabinet or the door, wherein the fourth shaft axially extends along the second pivoting axis;
and
a fourth shaft receiving space positioned on another one of the cabinet or the door that does not include the fourth shaft, wherein the fourth shaft receiving space is configured to removably receive the fourth shaft therein;
a handle positioned on the door and configured to move when force is applied;
a first driving linkage including a first contact surface facing the handle;
a second driving linkage including a second contact surface facing the handle;
and
a driven linkage contacting the second driving linkage,
wherein when force is applied to the handle, the handle moves toward the first and second contact surfaces and transfers force to move the first driving linkage and the second driving linkage in opposite directions, the first driving linkage moves to open the first shaft receiving space, and the second driving linkage moves to cause the driven linkage to open or close the fourth shaft receiving space.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.