Laundry treating apparatus
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsAram Lee, Incheol Kang
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Abstract
A laundry treating apparatus includes a door, where a first rotational axis forms a rotation center of the door, and a second rotational axis forms another rotation center of the door. The second rotational axis is provided to rotate the door in a direction different from a direction in which the door is rotated about the first rotational axis. A first switching unit is configured to connect the door to the first rotational axis, and a second switching unit is configured to connect the door to the second rotational axis when the first switching unit is moved in a direction in which the door is separated from the first rotational axis.
Claims15
A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet having an introduction port;
- a laundry receiving unit provided in the cabinet to receive laundry introduced through the introduction port;
- a door configured to open and close the introduction port;
- a first rotational axis forming a rotation center of the door;
- a second rotational axis forming another rotation center of the door, the second rotational axis being provided to rotate the door in a direction different from a direction in which the door is rotated about the first rotational axis;
- a first switching unit configured to connect the door to the first rotational axis;
- a second switching unit configured to connect the door to the second rotational axis when the first switching unit is moved in a direction in which the door is separated from the first rotational axis;
- a manipulation unit configured to move the first switching unit in the direction in which the door is separated from the first rotational axis;
- a first lock configured to fix a position of the first switching unit when the door opens the introduction port;
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- a second lock configured to fix a position of the second switching unit when the door opens the introduction port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.