Laundry treatment apparatus
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsMinsoo Seo, Heechoul Jung, Hyeri Ryu
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Abstract
A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet defining an appearance thereof, a tub disposed in the cabinet, a drum rotatably disposed in the tub, and an air supply unit configured to heat and circulate air in the tub, the air supply unit including a fan duct coupled to an air collection port provided at the tub so as to collect the air in the tub, a heating duct fixed to an upper portion of the tub and coupled to the fan duct so as to heat air supplied from the fan duct and to guide the air in a forward direction of the tub, and a supply duct coupled to the heating duct so as to supply air in a forward direction of the tub.
Claims18
A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet that defines an outer appearance of the laundry treatment apparatus;
- a tub disposed in the cabinet;
- a drum rotatably disposed in the tub;
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- an air supply unit configured to heat and circulate air in the tub, the air supply unit comprising:
- a fan duct coupled to the tub and configured to receive the air from the tub,
- a heating duct coupled to the fan duct and fixed to an upper portion of the tub, the heating duct being configured to heat the air supplied from the fan duct and to guide the air in a forward direction of the tub, and
- a supply duct coupled to the heating duct and configured to supply the air guided by the heating duct to a front portion of the tub,
- wherein the fan duct comprises:
- an outflow port configured to guide the air toward the heating duct, and
- a first coupler disposed at an outer side of the outflow port,
- wherein the heating duct comprises:
- an inflow port coupled to the outflow port of the fan duct, and
- a second coupler disposed at an outer side of the inflow port and coupled to the first coupler, and
- wherein the first and second couplers couple the fan duct and the heating duct to each other to thereby define an air path between the fan duct and the heating duct.
A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet that defines an outer appearance of the laundry treatment apparatus;
- a tub disposed in the cabinet;
- a drum rotatably disposed in the tub;
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- an air supply unit configured to heat and circulate air in the tub, the air supply unit comprising:
- a fan duct coupled to the tub and configured to receive the air from the tub,
- a heating duct coupled to the fan duct and fixed to an upper portion of the tub, the heating duct being configured to heat the air supplied from the fan duct and to guide the air in a forward direction of the tub,
- a supply duct coupled to the heating duct and configured to supply the air to a front portion of the tub,
- a blowing fan disposed in the fan duct and configured to blow the air toward the supply duct, and
- a motor configured to provide rotational force to the blowing fan,
- wherein the fan duct comprises:
- a lower fan duct that is coupled to the tub and accommodates the blowing fan, and
- an upper fan duct that is coupled to an upper portion of the lower fan duct and accommodates the motor, and
- wherein the heating duct comprises:
- a lower heating duct that is fixed to an upper surface of the tub and has an open upper surface, and
- an upper heating duct mounted on the lower heating duct to thereby define an air passage in the heating duct.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.