Laundry machine
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSungryong Kim, Dongwon Kim, Kyeonghwan Kim, Heakyung Yoo, Youngmin Kim
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Abstract
A laundry apparatus including a cabinet; a first space provided in the cabinet, in which a first treating part provided to treat laundry is installed; a second space provided in the cabinet, in which a second treating part provided to treat laundry is installed; a drawer movably provided in the second space, in which the second treating part is installed; and a rail unit configured to limit vertical and horizontal movement of the drawer with respect to the second space and to guide the outward movement of the drawer. Therefore, laundry may be treated by using the first and second treating parts and vibration and noise generated in the second treating part may be reduced.
Claims7
A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a tub provided in the housing, configured to receive water and having an open top;
- a drum rotatably provided in the tub and having an open top;
- a tub cover coupled to a top portion of the tub to cover the open top of the tub, the tub cover comprising:
- an opening formed in a first portion of the tub cover to receive laundry,
- a chamber support formed in a second portion of the tub cover, and
- a cover coupled to the chamber support through a hinge to open or close the opening;
- a water supply pipe passing through a rear surface of the housing;
- a water chamber provided on the chamber support and configured to guide water to the tub through the tub cover,
- wherein the water chamber is arranged at the center of the open top of the drum;
- and
- a water supply hose disposed on the chamber support and having a first end connected to the water supply pipe and a second end connected to the water chamber;
- and
- a chamber cover disposed on the chamber support and configured to cover the water chamber,
- wherein the water chamber and the water supply hose are disposed between the chamber cover and the chamber support, and
- wherein a cross section of the water chamber is larger than a cross section of the water supply hose.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.