US 12,662,763 B2Granted

Laundry treatment apparatus

AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.

InventorsYounghun Kim, Kunwoo Kim, Sungwoon Jung

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Abstract

A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet including a top cover having an introduction opening, a tub provided in the cabinet to store water and having a tub opening, and a storage provided at the top cover to store detergent and exposed at at least a portion thereof to an outside. The storage includes an installation unit provided at the top cover so as to communicate with the tub, and a storage body removably coupled to the installation unit to store detergent. The storage body is separated from the installation unit when moved from a first position at which the storage body is coupled to the installation unit and to a second position which is spaced apart from the first position in a width direction of the cabinet. The second position is defined within a width of the cabinet.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:

a cabinet including a top cover having an introduction opening;
a tub located in the cabinet, the tub being configured to store water therein, the tub having a tub opening facing the introduction opening;
and
a storage located at the top cover, the storage configured to store detergent therein, at least a portion of the storage being exposed to outside of the cabinet, the storage including:
an installation unit located at the top cover, the installation unit being in communication with the tub;
and
a storage body removably coupled to the installation unit, the storage body being configured to store the detergent therein,
wherein the storage body is capable of being separated from the installation unit when moved from a first position at which the storage body is coupled to the installation unit to a second position which is spaced apart from the first position in a width direction of the cabinet, and
wherein the storage body is removable within a boundary of the cabinet.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/701,332Filed 12 Dec 2022
Priority: KR 10-2022-01719219 Dec 2022
Published: US 2025/0257513 A114 Aug 2025
Granted: 23 Jun 2026
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Classification8 codes

D06F 39/02
Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00: devices for adding soap or other…
D06F 23/04
Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing…:…
D06F 37/12
Rotary receptacles, e.g. drums: adapted for rotation or oscillation about a vertical axis
D06F 39/022
Devices for adding soap or other washing agents: in a liquid state