Laundry treatment apparatus and method of controlling the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSemin Jang, Jaehyung Kim
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a laundry treatment apparatus including a cabinet having an entrance formed in one surface thereof, a first chamber, which is positioned in the cabinet and receives laundry therein through the entrance, a second chamber, which is positioned below the first chamber and defines a space isolated from the first chamber, a door having a mount space defined therein and rotatably coupled to the cabinet so as to open and close the entrance, a door inner plate facing the entrance, and a roller-type press unit, which is coupled to the door inner plate so as to press suspended pants and removes wrinkles from the pants, wherein power is supplied to the press unit through the interior space of the door.
Claims22
A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet having an entrance defined at one surface thereof;
- a first chamber defined in the cabinet and configured to receive laundry therein through the entrance;
- a second chamber that is defined below the first chamber and is a space isolated from the first chamber;
- a door having a mount space defined therein, the door being rotatably coupled to the cabinet and configured to open and close the entrance;
- a door inner plate facing the entrance;
- a laundry hanger support that is provided on the door inner plate and is configured to support pants hung thereon;
- a base plate that is coupled to the door inner plate and configured to support the pants hung on the laundry hanger support;
- a guide hole oriented parallel to the base plate in a vertical direction of the door and defined through the door inner plate in a direction perpendicular to the vertical direction and to a width direction of the door;
- a rotating shaft that is parallel to the width direction of the door;
- a roller configured to rotate about the rotating shaft and configured to press the pants;
- a moving unit that supports the rotating shaft and is configured to move in the vertical direction of the door based on the roller being rotated;
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- a power supply that is disposed along and parallel to the guide hole and is accommodated in the mount space, the power supply being configured to supply power to the roller,
- wherein the moving unit comprises:
- a moving mount that is partially inserted into the guide hole and electrically connected to the power supply, the moving mount being configured to move in the vertical direction of the door, and
- a moving support that is coupled to the moving mount and supports the rotating shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.