Laundry treating apparatus
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorYongdeok Kwon
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Abstract
A laundry treating apparatus having a tub configured to store water, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub and configured to store laundry therein, and a connector connecting the drum to a rotary shaft of a motor for transferring a rotation power to the drum. The connector includes a body hub fixed to the drum and coupled to the rotary shaft, and a body arm fixed to the drum and extending from the body hub in a direction away from the body hub. The body arm includes paths allowing water to pass therethrough, the paths extend in a curved manner or a bent manner inside the body arm.
Claims18
A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
- a tub configured to store water;
- a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub and configured to store laundry therein;
- and
- a connector connecting the drum to a rotary shaft of a motor for transferring a rotation power to the drum,
- wherein the connector comprises:
- a body hub fixed to the drum and coupled to the rotary shaft, and
- a body arm fixed to the drum and extending from the body hub in a direction away from the body hub,
- wherein the body arm extends along a radial direction of the drum and includes paths allowing water to pass therethrough, and
- wherein the paths are spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the body arm and extend along a rotating direction of the drum in a curved manner or a bent manner inside the body arm.
A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
- a tub configured to store water;
- a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub and configured to store laundry therein;
- and
- a connector connecting the drum to a rotary shaft of a motor for transferring a rotation power to the drum,
- wherein the connector comprises:
- a body hub fixed to the drum and coupled to the rotary shaft, and
- a body arm fixed to the drum and extending from the body hub in a direction away from the body hub,
- wherein the body arm comprises:
- a first body arm fixed to the drum, and
- a second body arm spaced apart from the first body arm and extending in a longitudinal direction of the first body arm,
- wherein the body arm includes paths allowing water to pass therethrough, the paths extend in a curved manner or a bent manner inside the body arm, and
- wherein the paths are located between the first body arm and the second body arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.