# US 12,215,456 B2 · Clothing treatment device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,215,456 B2 - Document ID: US12215456B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/383,396 - Filed: 2023-10-24 - Published: 2024-02-15 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2018-07-30 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Junyoung Choi; Wansik Nam; Sunghoo Park; Hyeyong Park - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12215456B2 ## CPC - D06F 58/10: Drying cabinets or drying chambers having heating or ventilating means - B29C 44/14: the preformed part being a lining {(B29C44/1209 takes precedence)} - B29C 44/18: Filling preformed cavities {(B29C44/1204 takes precedence)} - B29C 44/38: into a closed space, i.e. to make articles of definite length {(B29C44/365 and B29C44/367 take precedence)} - D06F 34/28: Arrangements for programme selection, e.g. control panels therefor; Arrangements for indicating programme parameters, e.g. the selected programme or its progress - D06F 34/34: characterised by mounting or attachment features, e.g. detachable control panels or detachable display panels - D06F 35/00: Washing machines, apparatus, or methods not otherwise provided for - D06F 39/12: Casings; Tubs - D06F 39/14: Doors or covers; Securing means therefor - D06F 39/40: Steam generating arrangements - D06F 58/02: having dryer drums rotating about a horizontal axis - D06F 58/12: having conveying means for moving clothes, e.g. along an endless track - D06F 58/20: General details of domestic laundry dryers (D06F59/00 takes precedence) - D06F 58/203: {Laundry conditioning arrangements} - D06F 58/24: Condensing arrangements - D06F 58/26: Heating arrangements, e.g. gas heating equipment (D06F58/18 takes precedence) - D06F 73/02: having one or more treatment chambers - D06F 87/00: Apparatus for moistening or otherwise conditioning the article to be ironed or pressed (apparatus for smoothing or removing creases from garments or other textile articles by formers, cores, stretchers or internal frames, with the application of heat or steam D06F73/00 {; devices used in combination with a laundry dryer D06F58/203}) - B29K 2023/00: Use of polyalkenes {or derivatives thereof} as moulding material - B29K 2025/06: {PS, i.e. polystyrene} - B29K 2075/00: Use of {PU, i.e.} polyureas or polyurethanes {or derivatives thereof}, as moulding material - B29K 2995/0015: Insulating - B29L 2031/762: {Household appliances} - D06F 58/206: {Heat pump arrangements} - D06F: LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - B29K: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR {MOULDS, } REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS - B29L: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES ## Abstract A clothing treatment device having a cabinet having a first lateral panel and a second lateral panel, an upper panel and a lower panel which connect the first lateral panel and the second lateral panel, a first rear panel, and a second rear panel positioned below the first rear panel; a first base having a front panel which is fixed to the first lateral panel; a first chamber which is fixed to the front panel; a second base having a front frame which is positioned between the front panel and the second rear panel; a second chamber; a mounting body which is provided inside the second chamber; a supply unit which is provided on the mounting body; and an insulating unit formed by means of a foam plastic injected to a foam space formed between the cabinet, the first base, the first chamber and the second base. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A laundry treating apparatus comprising: a cabinet including: a first side panel and a second side panel opposite to each other; a top panel and a bottom panel connecting the first side panel and the second side panel to each other, the top panel and the bottom panel defining top and bottom sides of the cabinet, respectively; a rear panel connecting the first side panel and the second side panel to each other, the rear panel defining a rear side of the cabinet; and a through-hole penetrating through the top panel; a first base including: a front panel fixed to the first side panel, the second side panel, the top panel, and the bottom panel, the front panel defining a front side of the cabinet; and a laundry inlet extending through the front panel; a first chamber fixed to the front panel and disposed inside the cabinet, the first chamber including: a laundry receiving space defined therein communicating with the laundry inlet; and a bar through-hole penetrated through a top side of the first chamber; a support frame disposed on the top panel, the support frame covering the through-hole, the support frame including a support frame through-hole penetrating through the support frame; a support body connecting the bar through-hole and the support frame through-hole; a hanger support including: a support bar disposed in the laundry receiving space, the support bar being configured to support a hanger; and a connector inserted in the support body, the connector having a first end disposed on the support frame and a second end fixed to the support bar; and a foam plastic inserted into a foam space defined between the cabinet, the first base, the first chamber, the support frame and the support body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the hanger support further includes a driving unit supported on the support frame, the hanger support being configured to reciprocate the support bar. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the driving unit includes: a motor disposed on the support frame; a vibrator that rotates alternately and repeatedly on a first rotation direction and a second rotation direction opposite the first rotation direction; and a power transmission configured to convert a rotation motion of the vibrator into a reciprocating motion of the support bar. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the support frame further includes a support frame guide configured to guide a wire connected to the motor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the support frame through-hole includes: a first support frame through-hole; and a second support frame through-hole spaced apart from first support frame through-hole in the width direction of the cabinet, wherein the bar through-hole includes: a first bar through-hole disposed below the first support frame through-hole; and a second bar through-hole disposed below the second support frame through-hole, wherein the support body includes: a first support body having a pipe shape, the first support body connecting the first support frame through-hole and the first bar through-hole, the first support body maintaining a spacing between the support frame and the first chamber; and a second support body having a pipe shape, the second support body connecting the second support frame through-hole and the second bar through-hole, the second support body maintaining a spacing between the support frame and the first chamber, and wherein the connector includes: a first connector inserted in the first support body, the first connector having a first end fixed to the support frame and a second end fixed to the support bar; and a second connector inserted in the second support body, the second connector having a first end fixed to the support frame and a second end fixed to the support bar. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the support frame is recessed downwardly. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 6, wherein a recessed bottom side of the support frame includes: a first bottom side supported by a top side of the first chamber; and second bottom sides positioned over the first bottom side, the first bottom side being positioned between the second bottom sides along a width direction of the cabinet. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 7, wherein each of the first support frame through-hole and the second support frame through-hole is located in the second bottom sides respectively. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the rear panel of the cabinet includes: a first rear panel connecting the first side panel, the second side panel, and the top panel to each other, the first rear panel defining a rear surface of the cabinet; and a second rear panel connecting the first side panel and the second side panel to each other, the second rear panel being positioned below the first rear panel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first chamber includes a bottom surface in which a chamber through-hole is formed, wherein the laundry treating apparatus further comprises: a second base including: a front frame disposed between the front panel and the second rear panel; a top frame extending from the front frame toward the second rear panel, the top frame being spaced apart from a bottom surface of the first chamber, the top frame having a fixing hole; a first side frame spaced apart from the first side panel; and a second side frame spaced apart from the second side panel, a second chamber defined by the front frame, the top frame, the first side frame, the second side frame, the bottom panel, and the second rear panel; a receiving body disposed inside the second chamber, the receiving body being configured to be withdrawn out of the second chamber; a flow channel defining portion disposed between the bottom surface of the first chamber and the top frame, the flow channel being configured to communicate with the fixing hole and the chamber through-hole; and a supply unit received in the receiving body and disposed inside the second chamber, the supply unit being connected to the fixing hole, the supply unit being configured to supply at least one of air or moisture to the first chamber, and wherein the foam plastic is inserted into the foam space defined between the cabinet, the first base, the first chamber, and the second base. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the chamber through-hole includes a first chamber through-hole and a second chamber through-hole formed through the bottom surface of the first chamber, wherein the fixing hole includes a first fixing hole and a second fixing hole formed through the top frame, wherein the flow channel defining portion includes: a first flow channel defining portion connecting the first chamber through-hole and the first fixing hole to each other; and a second flow channel defining portion connecting the second chamber through-hole and the second fixing hole to each other, and wherein the supply unit includes: a circulation duct fixedly received in the receiving body to connect the first fixing hole and the second fixing hole to each other; a first heat exchanger configured to dehumidify air introduced into the circulation duct; a second heat exchanger disposed inside the circulation duct, the second heat exchanger being configured to heat air passing through the first heat exchanger; and a fan configured to move air introduced into the first fixing hole to the second fixing hole.