US 2019/0194852 A1Published application

Laundry treating apparatus

AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.

InventorsJihong LEE, Minkyu SANG, Byungsun KIM

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a laundry treating apparatus. The laundry treating apparatus of the present invention includes: a cabinet which forms an exterior of the laundry treating apparatus, and has one open surface; a drawer which is configured to be withdrawable from the one open surface of the cabinet and has an open top portion; a tub which is disposed inside the drawer and provides a space for storing wash water; a drum which is rotatably provided inside the tub; a door which opens and closes an open top surface of the tub; a top cover which covers the open top portion of the drawer, and is spaced apart from the door by a predetermined distance along an outer circumference of the door; and a buffer which is disposed at the tub or a part facing the tub, so as to prevent contact between the top cover and the door.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A laundry treating apparatus, comprising:

a cabinet that defines an exterior of the laundry treating apparatus, the cabinet having a side surface that defines a cabinet opening;
a drawer configured to be inserted into and withdrawn from the cabinet through the cabinet opening, the drawer defining a drawer opening at an upper side of the drawer;
a tub that is located inside the drawer and that defines a space configured to store wash water, the tub defining a tub opening at an upper side of the tub;
a drum located inside the tub and configured to rotate with respect to the tub;
a door configured to open and close the tub opening;
a top cover configured to cover the drawer opening, the top cover being spaced apart from the door by a predetermined distance and extending along an outer circumference of the door;
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a buffer that is located at the tub or at a part of the drawer facing the tub and that is configured to limit contact between the top cover and the door.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/233,906Filed 27 Dec 2018
Priority: KR 10-2017-018137127 Dec 2017
Published: 27 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

D06F 39/12
Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00: casings; Tubs
D06F 37/20
Details specific to washing machines covered by groups D06F21/00 - D06F25/00: mountings, e.g. resilient mountings, for the rotary receptacle,…
D06F 29/00
Combinations of a washing machine with other separate apparatus in a common
D06F 37/24
Mountings, e.g. resilient mountings, for the rotary receptacle, motor, tub or casing; Preventing or damping vibrations: in machines with a…