Laundry treatment apparatus and door thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10053810-B2
Application number	US-201614988164-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 5, 2016
Priority date	Jan 5, 2015
Publication date	Aug 21, 2018
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018

Abstract

The laundry treatment apparatus may include a cabinet providing an accommodation space, a drum rotatably provided inside the cabinet, a front cover unit provided on a portion of a front surface of the cabinet and having a cover hole provided to enable introduction and discharge of laundry into the drum, and a door assembly provided on the front cover unit so as to open or close the cover hole. The door assembly includes a hinge unit having one side separably coupled to the front cover unit and a remaining side separably coupled to the door assembly, so as to rotate the door assembly, and a handle unit separably coupled to the door assembly. The hinge unit and the handle unit are separably coupled to the door assembly by exchanging positions thereof.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:
a cabinet;
a drum rotatably provided inside the cabinet;
a front cover provided over a front surface of the cabinet and having an opening; and
a door assembly provided over the front cover so as to open or close the opening,
wherein the door assembly includes:
a hinge unit having one side separably coupled to the front cover and a remaining side separably coupled to the door assembly so as to rotate the door assembly;
a handle unit separably coupled to the door assembly, the handle unit being adapted to allow the door assembly to be separable from the front cover; and
a power cable configured to receive power from an external source,
wherein the hinge unit and the handle unit are separably coupled to the door assembly by exchanging positions thereof, and
wherein the cable includes:
a first power cable provided so as to be connected to one side of the front cover;
a second power cable provided so as to be connected to a remaining side of the front cover; and
a splitter, at which the power, supplied to the cable from the external source, branches off to the first power cable and to the second power cable.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hinge unit and the handle unit have a point reflection shape.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the door assembly further includes a door connector connected to at least one of the first cable or the second power cable so as to transmit the power received from the external source to the door assembly.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising a harness connector connected to at least one of the first power cable or the second power cable, which is not connected to the door connector.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a latch mechanism provided on the front cover unit so as to restrain the handle unit.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the latch mechanism is separably provided on the front cover unit so as to be located at a position corresponding to the handle unit.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Heo Seonil
• Kim Kihyun

Classifications

• F26B23/04

  using electric heating (F26B23/10 takes precedence) · CPC title

• D06F37/28 Primary

  Doors; Security means therefor · CPC title

• D06F39/14 Primary

  Doors or covers; Securing means therefor · CPC title

• F26B11/04

  rotating about a horizontal or slightly-inclined axis {(F26B11/022, F26B11/024, F26B11/026, F26B11/028 take precedence)} · CPC title

• F26B25/14

  Chambers, containers, receptacles of simple construction · CPC title