Laundry treating apparatus

A laundry treating apparatus comprising:

• a cabinet having a front face with a front opening;
• a drawer retractable from the cabinet through the front opening of the cabinet;
• a tub disposed in the drawer;
• a drum rotatably disposed in the tub;
• a laundry inlet defined at a top face of the tub;
• a door pivotably mounted at a top face of the drawer or the top face of the tub for opening and closing the laundry inlet,
• a housing positioned between the top face of the cabinet and the top face of the drawer, wherein the housing includes a base, a first base through-hole, and a second base through-hole;
• a lever having a fixed end pivotably coupled to the base, a free end positioned at the second base through-hole, and a body pressing portion positioned at the first base through-hole;
• a magnetic field generator disposed at one of the free end of the lever or the top face of the drawer and configured to generate a magnetic field;
• a magnetic field sensor disposed at an other of the free end of the lever or the top face of the drawer and configured to sense the magnetic field;
• a contact body having a first end exposed to the top face of the cabinet and a second end disposed in the housing, wherein the contact body is configured to move up and down;
• a slide having a front face configured to contact the second end of the contact body, wherein a rear face of the slide is elastically supported in the housing, and wherein the slide is configured to move back and forth when the contact body moves up and down;
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• a conversion portion configured to convert back and forth motion of the slide into a pivoting motion of the lever.