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US 12,649,986 B2Granted
Laundry treating apparatus
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsGyeoungjin Jeon, Taesang Park, Byungjae Choi
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Abstract
A laundry treating apparatus includes a coupler that connects a housing (a gearbox) capable of rotating a driver and a drum in a clutch inside the housing.
Claims19
A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
- a tub configured to store water therein;
- a drum rotatably located in the tub to receive laundry therein;
- a pulsator rotatably located in the drum to agitate the laundry;
- a driver located below the tub, the driver being configured to provide power to rotate at least one of the drum and the pulsator;
- and
- a clutch located between the driver and the pulsator to transmit the power to the at least one of the drum and the pulsator, the clutch including:
- a gear assembly rotatably engaged with the driver;
- a rotation shaft coupled to the gear assembly to rotate the pulsator;
- a housing coupled to the drum to rotate the drum, the housing being configured to receive the gear assembly and the rotation shaft therein;
- a coupler configured to connect and disconnect the driver to and from the housing to selectively rotate the housing;
- a rotating bearing coupled to the tub, the rotating bearing configured to rotatably support the housing;
- and
- a support bearing located below the rotating bearing to rotatably support the housing from outside of the tub,
- wherein the coupler is disposed inside the housing such that the coupler is prevented from moving out of the housing, and
- wherein the support bearing is disposed outside the housing to support an outer circumferential surface of the housing.
12 more elements
A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
- a tub configured to store water therein;
- a drum rotatably located in the tub to receive laundry therein;
- a pulsator rotatably located in the drum to agitate the laundry;
- a driver located below the tub, the driver being configured to provide power to rotate at least one of the drum and the pulsator;
- and
- a clutch located between the driver and the pulsator to transmit the power to the at least one of the drum and the pulsator, the clutch including:
- a gear assembly rotatably engaged with the driver;
- a rotation shaft coupled to the gear assembly to rotate the pulsator;
- a housing coupled to the drum to rotate the drum, the housing being configured to receive the gear assembly and the rotation shaft therein;
- a coupler configured to connect and disconnect the driver to and from the housing to selectively rotate the housing;
- and
- a clutch cover coupled to the tub, the clutch cover being configured to receive the housing therein, the clutch cover being configured to rotatably support the housing, wherein the clutch cover includes:
- a cover body coupled to the tub, the cover body being configured to accommodate the housing therein;
- and
- a cover support extending from a bottom of the cover body to support an outer circumferential surface of the housing, the cover support being located below the coupler.
12 more elements
A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
- a tub configured to store water therein;
- a drum rotatably located in the tub to receive laundry therein;
- a pulsator rotatably located in the drum to agitate the laundry;
- a driver located below the tub, the driver being configured to provide power to rotate at least one of the drum and the pulsator;
- and
- a clutch located between the driver and the pulsator to transmit the power to the at least one of the drum and the pulsator, the clutch including:
- a gear assembly rotatably engaged with the driver;
- a rotation shaft coupled to the gear assembly to rotate the pulsator;
- a housing coupled to the drum to rotate the drum, the housing being configured to receive the gear assembly and the rotation shaft therein;
- a coupler configured to connect and disconnect the driver to and from the housing to selectively rotate the housing;
- and
- a support bearing being configured to rotatably support the housing from outside of the tub,
- wherein the coupler is disposed inside the housing to reciprocate between an upper end of the housing and a lower end of the housing.
10 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.