Laundry treatment apparatus
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJihong LEE, Kijung SUNG, Seungwook JUNG
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Abstract
A laundry treatment apparatus that includes a cabinet having an opening; a drawer dischargeable from the cabinet through the opening; a receiving unit provided in the drawer for receiving water and laundry; a drain pump for discharging water from the receiving unit; a drain channel extending through a reference point set to be higher than a highest level of water that can be stored in the receiving unit, the drain channel being located outside the cabinet; and a connection channel located in the cabinet for connecting the drain pump and the drain channel to each other, wherein at least a portion of the drain pump is located lower than a bottom surface of the receiving unit is disclosed.
Claims1
A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet having an opening;
- a drawer withdrawable from the cabinet through the opening;
- a tub provided in the drawer to store water;
- a drum rotatably provided in the tub to store laundry;
- a through hole provided in an upper surface of the drawer;
- a supply aperture provided in an upper surface of the tub;
- a fastening pipe mounted on the upper surface of the drawer;
- a first pipe connecting a water supply source with one end of the fastening pipe;
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- a second pipe connecting the supply aperture with the other end of the fastening pipe by being inserted into the through hole, wherein the second pipe is configured to be extensible from the upper surface of the drawer towards the upper surface of the tub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.