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US 8,826,701 B2Granted
Laundry machine
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSang Wook Hong, Jae Won Chang, Sun Young Park, Bon Kwon Koo, Ki Young Kang, Ji Hee Kim
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Abstract
A laundry machine that treats laundry housed in a rotating drum is disclosed. The laundry machine includes a cabinet (110), a tub (120) provided in the cabinet (110) to store wash water, a drum (130) rotatably provided in the tub (120) to house laundry, an angle change device (170) to change a tilting angle of a rotation shaft (144) of the drum (130), and a controller to control an operation of the angle change device (170) and a rotating operation of the drum (130) in a plurality of rotation angle modes.
Claims17
A laundry machine comprising:
- a cabinet comprising a control panel serving as a user interface, the control panel comprising
- at least one unit selected from a group consisting of a mode selection unit to allow a user to select one of the plurality of rotation angle modes, a course selection unit to allow the user to select one of a plurality of operation courses, and an option selection unit to allow the user to select one of a plurality of options, and
- a stoppage angle selection unit to allow the user to select the tilting angle of the rotation shaft in a state in which washing operation is stopped;
- a tub provided in the cabinet to store wash water;
- a drum rotatably provided in the tub to house laundry;
- an angle change device to change a tilting angle of a rotation shaft of the drum;
- a controller to control an operation of the angle change device and a rotating operation of the drum in a plurality of rotation angle modes;
- and
- a door to open the tub, wherein the position of the door is variable according to the tilting angle of the shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.