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US 2025/0354323 A1Published application
Laundry treating apparatus
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJuhan YOON, Junghwan LEE, Sanghun KIM
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Abstract
A laundry treatment apparatus includes a drum configured to receive laundry. The drum includes a cylindrical drum body and a rear cover defining a rear surface of the drum. The rear cover includes a plurality of rear-cover-reinforcing ribs that radially extend from a center of the rear cover and are connected to a periphery of the rear cover. The laundry treatment apparatus is configured to circulate hot and dry air through an inside of the drum.
Claims8
A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a drum provided inside the cabinet to receive laundry therein;
- a drive unit including a rotating shaft configured to rotate the drum;
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- a drying unit configured to circulate air in the drum and to supply hot and dry air to thus remove moisture from the laundry,
- wherein the drum comprises a drum body receiving the laundry, and a rear cover coupled to a rear surface of the drum body,
- wherein the rear cover comprises:
- a rear cover central portion projected forwards and coupled to the rotating shaft,
- a rear cover peripheral portion defining a periphery of the rear cover, and
- a plurality of rear-cover-reinforcing ribs extending between the rear cover central portion and the rear cover peripheral portion in a radial direction of the rotating shaft and connecting the rear cover central portion and the rear cover peripheral portion to each other,
- wherein a plurality of air introduction holes are formed through the rear cover between the plurality of rear-cover-reinforcing ribs, and
- wherein a diameter of the rear cover central portion is larger than a half of a diameter of the rear cover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.