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US 8,720,234 B2Granted
Laundry treating apparatus
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJin Woong Kim, Jae Won Chang, Dong Won Kim, Bo Sung Seo
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Abstract
The laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet forming an external appearance of the laundry treating apparatus, the cabinet having a laundry entrance opening for introducing laundry therethrough, a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet for opening and closing the laundry entrance opening, a hook provided at the door, and a door switch provided at the cabinet such that the hook can be latched to the door switch to prevent the door from being opened. The door switch separates the hook for opening the door.
Claims4
A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet forming an external appearance of the laundry treating apparatus, the cabinet having a laundry entrance opening for introducing laundry therethrough;
- a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet for opening and closing the laundry entrance opening;
- a hook provided at the door;
- and
- a door switch provided at the cabinet to stop the hook to form a separation gap between the cabinet and the door,
- wherein the door switch comprises:
- a latch part for latching the hook when the door is closed;
- a contact rod for contacting to a middle of the hook to stop the door to form the separation gap;
- and
- an actuator for moving the contact rod to move the hook.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.