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US 11,208,756 B2Granted
Laundry treating apparatus having a nozzle
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJunghoon Lee, Kyungchul Woo, Jaehyun Kim, Myunghun Im, Hyundong Kim, Hwanjin Jung
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Abstract
A laundry treating apparatus includes a first nozzle water supply conduit which is disposed, on the gasket, in the one side with respect to the vertical line and guides water discharged through the first circulation port to the pair of first nozzles; and a second nozzle water supply conduit which is disposed, on the gasket, in the other side with respect to the vertical line and guides water discharged through the second circulation port to the pair of second nozzles.
Claims20
A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet having a front surface that defines an input port;
- a tub located in the cabinet, the tub having a front surface that defines a tub opening;
- a drum located in the tub and configured to rotate relative to the tub;
- a gasket having an inner circumferential surface that defines a channel that extends between the input port of the cabinet and the tub opening;
- a pair of first nozzles located at the inner circumferential surface of the gasket and configured to spray water into the drum, the pair of first nozzles being arranged at a first side with respect to a vertical line passing through a center of the gasket;
- a pump configured to pump water discharged from the tub, the pump comprising a first circulation port that is configured to discharge water to provide water to the tub;
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- a first nozzle water supply conduit that is located at the first side with respect to the vertical line;
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- a first circulation conduit having a first end configured to connect to the first circulation port of the pump and a second end configured to connect to the first nozzle water supply conduit,
- wherein the first nozzle water supply conduit includes:
- a first connection port configured to connect to the second end of the first circulation conduit;
- a first conduit portion that extends from the first connection port along an outer circumferential surface of the gasket;
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- a pair of first nozzle water supply ports that protrude from the first conduit portion toward the gasket, that are coupled to the gasket, and that are connected to the pair of first nozzles, respectively.
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