Laundry treatment apparatus
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJihong Lee, Kijung Sung, Seungwook Jung
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Abstract
A laundry treatment apparatus that includes a cabinet having an opening; a drawer dischargeable from the cabinet through the opening; a receiving unit provided in the drawer for receiving water and laundry; a drain pump for discharging water from the receiving unit; a drain channel extending through a reference point set to be higher than a highest level of water that can be stored in the receiving unit, the drain channel being located outside the cabinet; and a connection channel located in the cabinet for connecting the drain pump and the drain channel to each other, wherein at least a portion of the drain pump is located lower than a bottom surface of the receiving unit is disclosed.
Claims17
A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet having an opening;
- a drawer configured to be withdrawn from the cabinet through the opening;
- a tub provided in the drawer and configured to receive water;
- a drum rotatably provided in the tub and configured to receive laundry;
- a drain pump configured to discharge water from the tub;
- a drain channel extending to an outside of the cabinet;
- a connection channel located in the cabinet and connected to the drain pump and the drain channel;
- and
- a channel connector that is coupled to a rear surface of the drawer and rotatably couples the connection channel to the rear surface of the drawer,
- wherein the connection channel comprises:
- a first connection channel that connects the drain pump to the channel connector, and
- a second connection channel that is connected to the first connection channel through the channel connector and extends to the drain channel,
- wherein the channel connector is configured to, based on the drawer being withdrawn from the cabinet, enable the second connection channel to rotate relative to the first connection channel in a state in which the first connection channel is fixed to the rear surface of the drawer,
- wherein the channel connector comprises:
- a first connector part that is provided at an end portion of the first connection channel and surrounds the end portion of the first connection channel, and
- a second connector part that is provided at an end portion of the second connection channel and surrounds the end portion of the second connection channel, the second connector part being rotatably coupled to the first connector part, and
- wherein the first connection channel is fixed to the rear surface of the drawer by the first connector part, and the second connection channel is configured to be rotated by the second connector part and to separate from the rear surface of the drawer based on the drawer being withdrawn.
A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet having an opening;
- a drawer configured to be withdrawn from the cabinet through the opening;
- a tub provided in the drawer and configured to receive water;
- a drum rotatably provided in the tub and configured to receive laundry;
- a drain pump configured to discharge water from the tub;
- a drain channel extending to an outside of the cabinet;
- a connection channel located in the cabinet and connected to the drain pump and the drain channel;
- and
- a channel connector that is coupled to a rear surface of the drawer and rotatably couples the connection channel to the rear surface of the drawer,
- wherein the connection channel comprises:
- a first connection channel that connects the drain pump to the channel connector, and
- a second connection channel that is connected to the first connection channel through the channel connector and extends to the drain channel,
- wherein the channel connector is configured to, based on the drawer being withdrawn from the cabinet, enable the second connection channel to rotate relative to the first connection channel in a state in which the first connection channel is fixed to the rear surface of the drawer, and
- wherein the channel connector has a cylindrical tube shape surrounding the first and second connection channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.