Garment processing device
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsNaeun KIM, Mingyu JO, Changhyeon LEE
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Abstract
A garment processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a cabinet; a tub disposed in the cabinet to store water; a housing part which communicates with the tub and into which the water discharged from the tub is introduced; a detergent supply part communicating with the housing part to supply detergent to the housing part; a circulation pump disposed in the housing part to resupply the tub with the water introduced into the housing part; a tub drain pipe connecting the tub to the housing part to move the water discharged from the tub to the housing part; and a detergent pipe connecting the detergent supply part to the housing part to move detergent from the detergent supply part into the housing part.
Claims20
A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a tub disposed inside the cabinet and constructed to store water therein;
- a housing in communication with the tub and constructed to receive water discharged from the tub;
- a detergent supplier in communication with the housing and configured to supply detergents;
- a circulation pump disposed in the housing and configured to re-supply water introduced into the housing to the tub;
- a drainage pump configured to discharge water introduced into the housing to the outside;
- a tub drainage pipe connecting the tub with the housing and constructed to allow water discharged from the tub to flow into the housing;
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- a detergent pipe connecting the detergent supplier with the housing and constructed to allow the detergents of the detergent supplier to flow into the housing,
- wherein the housing includes:
- a water collecting housing connected to the tub drainage pipe;
- a circulation housing in communication with the water collecting housing and having the circulation pump such that water introduced into the water collecting housing is supplied to the tub;
- and
- a drainage housing in communication with the water collecting housing and accommodating at least a portion of the drainage pump to discharge water introduced into the water collecting housing to the outside,
- wherein the detergent pipe connects at least one of the water collecting housing and the circulation housing to the detergent supplier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.