Laundry treatment apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10316462-B2
Application number	US-201715809191-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 10, 2017
Priority date	Nov 11, 2016
Publication date	Jun 11, 2019
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019

Abstract

A laundry treatment apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet having an accommodation space formed therein to accommodate laundry, a door hingedly connected to the cabinet to open or close the accommodation space, a presser for applying pressure to laundry to remove wrinkles from laundry, and a presser-fixing structure for mounting the presser to the inner surface of the accommodation space or the door. The presser-fixing structure includes a support holder protruding from the inner surface of the accommodation space or the door and a presser-fixing recess formed concavely in the rear surface of the presser so as to allow the support holder to be inserted thereinto.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:
a cabinet having an accommodation space formed therein to accommodate laundry;
a door hingedly connected to the cabinet to open or close the accommodation space;
a presser configured to apply pressure to laundry to remove wrinkles from laundry; and
a presser-fixing structure configured to removably affix the presser to an inner surface of the accommodation space or to an inner surface of the door,
wherein the presser-fixing structure includes:
a support holder protruding from the inner surface of the accommodation space or from the inner surface of the door; and
a presser-fixing recess in a rear surface of the presser and configured to receive the support holder inserted thereinto.

2. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the presser-fixing recess is concavely shaped.

3. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a support-part-fixing hole formed in the inner surface of the accommodation space or the inner surface of the door; and
a support-part-fixing protrusion extending from the support holder and configured to be fitted into the support-part-fixing hole.

4. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the support holder has a support recess therein, and
wherein the presser-fixing recess is provided with a presser-fixing protrusion, the presser-fixing protrusion protruding from an inner surface of the presser-fixing recess and configured to be inserted into the support recess.

5. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the support recess is concavely shaped.

6. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the presser-fixing protrusion is movable in an upwards and downwards direction by an elastic member having elastic force.

7. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the support recess is formed in a top surface of the support holder.

8. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the support holder includes a first support holder and a second support holder, the second support holder being spaced a predetermined distance apart from the first support holder, and
wherein the presser-fixing recess includes a first presser-fixing recess configured to receive the first support holder inserted thereinto and a second presser-fixing recess configured to receive the second support holder inserted thereinto.

9. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first support holder has a first support recess therein, and the second support holder has a second support recess therein,
wherein the first presser-fixing recess is provided with a first presser-fixing protrusion, the first presser-fixing protrusion protruding from an inner surface of the first presser-fixing recess and configured to be inserted into the first support recess, and
wherein the second presser-fixing recess is provided with a second presser-fixing protrusion, the second presser-fixing protrusion protruding from an inner surface of the second presser-fixing recess and configured to be inserted into the second support recess.

10. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first support recess is concavely shaped.

11. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the second support recess is concavely shaped.

12. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first support recess is formed in a top surface of the first support holder, and
wherein the second support recess is formed in a top surface or a bottom surface of the second support holder.

13. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first presser-fixing protrusion or the second presser-fixing protrusion is movable in an upwards and downwards direction by an elastic member having elastic force.

14. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first presser-fixing protrusion and the second presser-fixing protrusion are movable in an upwards and downwards direction by an elastic member having elastic force.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lim Hyunggyu
• Yoon Taejun
• Lee Minhyoung
• Choi Jeongryeol
• Nam Junyoung

Classifications

• D06F58/203

  Laundry conditioning arrangements · CPC title

• D06F73/02

  having one or more treatment chambers · CPC title

• D06F58/10

  Drying cabinets or drying chambers having heating or ventilating means · CPC title

• D06F71/36

  Pressing elements (for use in pressing particular garments or parts thereof D06F71/18; coverings or pads therefor D06F83/00) · CPC title

• D06F67/00

  Details of ironing machines provided for in groups D06F61/00, D06F63/00, or D06F65/00 (coverings or pads for ironing or pressing members D06F83/00) · CPC title