Clothing treatment apparatus
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsWoore KIM, Sangwook HONG
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a clothing treatment apparatus comprising: a cabinet forming the exterior of the clothing treatment apparatus and provided with a door; a tub including a tub body for accommodating clothing and a tub opening in a front side thereof; a drum rotatably disposed within the tub and including a drum opening in a front side thereof; an air circulation duct including an air inlet communicating with an upper end of the tub opening, an air outlet communicating with the tub body, and a fan generating air flow inside the tub; and a guider that communicates with the air inlet and guides the air to the drum opening.
Claims20
An apparatus for treating laundry, the apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet forming an exterior and having a door;
- a tub including a tub body receiving the laundry therein and a tub opening provided to a front side thereof;
- a drum rotatably provided within the tub and including a drum opening provided to a front side thereof;
- an air circulation duct including a first communicating portion communicating with the tub opening, a second communicating portion communicating with the tub body, and a fan generating an air flow within the tub;
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- a guider communicating with the first communicating portion and guiding air to the drum opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.