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US 11,866,879 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 that defines a channel extending between the input port of the cabinet and the tub opening;
- a plurality of first nozzles located at an inner circumference of the gasket, configured to spray water into the drum, and arranged at a first side with respect to a vertical line passing through a center of the gasket, the plurality of first nozzles including a first upper nozzle disposed above a horizontal line passing through a center of the gasket and a first lower nozzle disposed below the horizontal line;
- 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;
- a first circulation conduit connected to the first circulation port of the pump;
- a first conduit portion that is located at the first side with respect to the vertical line and that extends along an outer circumference of the gasket;
- a first connection port provided at the first conduit portion and connected to the first circulation conduit;
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- a plurality of first nozzle water supply ports that protrude from the first conduit portion, that are coupled to the gasket, and that are connected to the plurality of first nozzles,
- wherein the plurality of first nozzle water supply ports includes:
- a first upper nozzle water supply port connected to the first upper nozzle, and
- a first lower nozzle water supply port connected to the first lower nozzle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.