Door on drum type washing machine or laundry dryer
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJu Hwan Yun, Seong Hai Jeong, Soon Jo Lee
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Abstract
Door on a laundry dryer/drum type washing machine including a door frame having a central opening, for opening/closing an opening in a front part of a cabinet for introduction/taking out of laundry, an outer window fixed to a front surface of the door frame, and an inner window fixed to a rear surface of the door frame, wherein the door frame has a front surface curved in left/right directions, and the outer window is curved the same with the door frame, thereby providing a good design of a door and improving washing and drying performance.
Claims17
A door on a laundry dryer/drum type washing machine for opening/closing an opening in a front part of a cabinet for introduction taking out of laundry comprising:
- an outer door frame having a first opening and a first flange projected backward from a periphery of the first opening, wherein a top of the first flange projects into the cabinet less than a bottom of the first flange such that a rear surface of the first flange forms a slope when viewed from a side,
- an inner door frame having a second opening and a second flange projected from a periphery of the second opening to join with the first flange, wherein a rear surface of the second flange forms the slope toward the drum when viewed from a side;
- an outer window fixed to a front surface of the outer door frame;
- and,
- an inner window fixed to the rear surface of the second flange, wherein the inner window is inclined at the slope when viewed from a side.
A door on a laundry dryer/drum type washing machine for opening/closing an opening in a front part of a cabinet for introduction/taking out of laundry comprising:
- a door frame including an outer door frame which has a first opening penetrating the outer door frame and an inner door frame which has a second opening penetrating the inner door frame;
- an outer window positioned at the outer door frame to transparently cover the first opening;
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- an inner window positioned at the inner door frame to transparently cover the second opening,
- wherein the inner door frame has a flange projected from a periphery of the second opening toward an inside of the cabinet, and a rear surface of the flange has a slope to mount the inner window slantingly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.