# US 2022/0034014 A1 · Laundry treatment apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0034014 A1 - Document ID: US20220034014A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/504,057 - Filed: 2021-10-18 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Earliest claimed: 2014-05-30 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Jihong LEE; Kwangchul HEO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220034014A1 ## CPC - D06F 29/00: Combinations of a washing machine with other separate apparatus in a common frame or the like, e.g. with rinsing apparatus - D06F 23/02: and rotating or oscillating about a horizontal axis - D06F 29/005: {the other separate apparatus being a drying appliance} - D06F 31/00: Washing installations comprising an assembly of several washing machines or washing units, e.g. continuous flow assemblies - D06F 37/12: adapted for rotation or oscillation about a vertical axis - D06F 39/08: Liquid supply or discharge arrangements (supply of soap or other washing agents D06F39/02) - D06F 39/12: Casings; Tubs - D06F 39/125: {Supporting arrangements for the casing, e.g. rollers or legs} - D06F 25/00: Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and for centrifugally separating water from the laundry and having further drying means, e.g. using hot air (control of washing or of washing and drying D06F33/00, D06F34/00; domestic laundry dryers D06F58/00) - D06F 39/083: {Liquid discharge or recirculation arrangements} - D06F 39/088: {Liquid supply arrangements} - D06F 39/20: Arrangements for water recovery - D06F: LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES ## Abstract A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet and a drawer retractably provided in the cabinet. An accommodation unit is provided at the drawer and defines a space configured to receive washing water. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a guider. The guider includes a first body rotatably coupled to the cabinet, and a second body rotatably coupled to the first body and the drawer and configured to connect the first body to the drawer. A supply unit is connected to a water supply source. A water supply channel is provided along the guider and is configured to supply water between the supply unit and the accommodation unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A laundry treatment apparatus comprising: a cabinet; a drawer configured to be extracted from and retracted into the cabinet, and having an upper surface provided with an introduction opening to receive laundry and a water supply opening to guide water; a tub provided in the drawer to store water therein; a drum rotatably provided in the tub to receive laundry; and a water supply line having a first end portion that is connected to a water supply source through a rear panel of the cabinet, and a second end portion that is connected to the water supply opening, wherein a portion of the water supply line disposed between the upper surface of the drawer and an upper surface of the cabinet. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a fixing portion mounted on the upper surface of the drawer, and configured to fix the second end portion of the water supply line to the water supply opening. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the tub comprises a tub cover forming an upper surface of the tub, the tub cover having a through hole, wherein the laundry treatment apparatus further comprising a pipe connected the water supply opening and the through hole, wherein the through hole is located under the water supply opening, and wherein the pipe is flexible or made with an elastic material or both. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the tub comprises a tub cover forming an upper surface of the tub, the tub cover having a through hole, wherein the second end portion of the water supply line passes through the upper surface of the drawer through the water supply opening and is connected to the through hole, and wherein the second end portion of the water supply line is flexible or made with an elastic material or both. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a guider rotatably coupled to the cabinet to guide the movement of the water supply line, and provide a water supply channel that is a part of the water supply line. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the water supply line comprising: a connecting pipe having a first end that is connected to the water supply source through the rear panel of the cabinet, and a second end that is connected to a first end of the guider and that is in fluid communicate with the water supply channel; the water supply channel defined in the guider; and a water supply pipe having a first end that is connected to a second end of the guider and that is in fluid communicate with the water supply channel, and a second end that is connected to the water supply opening. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the guider comprising: a first body rotatably coupled to the cabinet and forming the water supply channel therein; and a second body rotatably coupled to the upper surface of the drawer and the first body and configured to support a first portion of the water supply pipe. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the guider further comprising: a first shaft rotatably coupling a first end of the first body to a rear surface of the cabinet; a second shaft rotatably coupling a first end of the second body to a second end of the first body; and a third shaft disposed at an upper surface of the drawer and rotatably coupling to a second end of the second body to the upper surface of the drawer, wherein the third shaft is disposed between the water supply opening and a rear edge of the upper surface of the drawer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the first portion of the water supply pipe is accommodated in a reception space of the second body, and wherein a second portion of the water supply pipe is arranged to exit the reception space of second body and connect to water supply opening. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the second body comprises a first and second flanges spaced apart from each other by a distance and configured to define the reception space to hold the first portion of the water supply pipe. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the second flange is spaced apart from the third shaft, and wherein the second portion of the water supply passes between the third shaft and the second flange and is connected to the water supply opening. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the first flange is connected to the third shaft, and wherein a length of the first flange is longer than a length of the second flange. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the second body comprises a water supply pipe attachment provided on at least one of the first and second flanges and configured to hold the water supply pipe detachably in an inner surface of the accommodation space. ### Claim 14 (depends on 7) The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the second body comprises: a first bar portion having the first end of the second boy, and is parallel to the first body based on the drawer being in a closed position; a second bar portion having the second end of the second body; and a bending portion connecting the first bar portion and the second bar portion and bended away from the first body based on the drawer being in a closed position. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 14, wherein a portion of the water supply pipe is separated from at least one of the first bar portion of the second body and the bending portion of the second body. ### Claim 16 (depends on 7) The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the second body is located in a space formed between an upper surface of the cabinet and an upper surface of the drawer. ### Claim 17 (depends on 7) The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising: a discharge unit provided a rear surface of the drawer, and configured to discharge water in the tub to the outside of the tub; and a water discharge line having a first end portion that is connected the discharge unit, and a second end portion that is connected to outside of the cabinet, wherein the guider guides a movement of the water discharge line, and provides a water discharge channel that is a part of the water discharge line. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the water discharge line comprising: a discharge pipe provided on the rear panel of the cabinet and extending through the rear panel of the cabinet toward an outside of the cabinet; the water discharge channel defined in the first body of the guider; a first pipe configured to connect the discharge unit and the water discharge channel; and a second pipe configured to connect the water discharge channel and the discharge pipe. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the water supply channel and the water discharge channel are provided side by side in the first body, and wherein a length of the water supply channel is shorter than a length of the water discharge channel. ### Claim 20 (depends on 7) The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 7, wherein a length of the second body is shorter than a length of the first body.