Laundry treating apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10570547-B2
Application number	US-201615271756-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2016
Priority date	Sep 25, 2015
Publication date	Feb 25, 2020
Grant date	Feb 25, 2020

Abstract

A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet. The laundry treating apparatus further includes a drawer provided to be ejected from the cabinet. The laundry treating apparatus further includes a tub provided inside the drawer, providing a space where water is stored. The laundry treating apparatus further includes a drum rotatably provided inside the tub, providing a space where laundry is stored. The laundry treating apparatus further includes an inlet provided in the tub, inserting laundry into the drum. The laundry treating apparatus further includes a support unit provided between the tub and drum to prevent one surface of the tub having the inlet from being bent toward the drum and ejected to the outside of the tub through the inlet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
a cabinet;
a drawer provided to be ejected from the cabinet;
a tub provided inside the drawer, providing a space where water is stored;
a tub cover provided at an upper surface of the tub and including an inlet to insert laundry;
a drum rotatably provided inside the tub, defining a space where laundry is stored, and including a drum inlet to insert laundry into the drum; and
a support unit (i) provided with a thickness corresponding to a distance between the drum and the tub cover, (ii) including a lower end that is seated in the drum inlet and an upper end that supports the tub cover, (iii) fitted between the tub cover and the drum to prevent the tub cover from deforming based on the laundry treating apparatus being transported, (iv) that is a size of an area of the inlet of the tub cover, and (v) configured to be inserted or ejected through the inlet of the tub cover.

2. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a spacer that is configured to prevent the drawer from colliding with the cabinet.

3. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a spacer that is configured to maintain the drawer inside cabinet.

4. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the spacer comprises rubber.

5. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the spacer comprises a porous material.

6. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein:
the spacer includes a first spacer that is located in a space between the cabinet and an upper surface of the drawer, and
an upper surface of the cabinet defines an upper through hole that is configured to receive the first spacer.

7. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the first spacer is configured to maintain a position in the space between the cabinet and the upper surface of the drawer based on friction.

8. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein:
the spacer includes a second spacer that is located in a space between the cabinet and a bottom surface of the drawer, and
a bottom surface of the cabinet defines a lower through hole that is configured to receive the second spacer.

9. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the second spacer is configured to maintain a position in the space between the cabinet and the bottom surface of the drawer based on friction.

10. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a stator that is connected to a bottom surface of the tub and that is configured to generate a rotating field;
a rotor that is configured to rotate based on the rotating field;
a rotational shaft that connects the rotor with the drum and that passes through the bottom surface of the tub; and
a second spacer that is located in a space between the rotor and the drawer,
wherein a bottom surface of the cabinet defines a lower through hole that is configured to receive the second spacer, and
wherein the bottom surface of the drawer defines a drawer through hole that is configured to receive the second spacer.

11. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a stator that is connected to a bottom surface of the tub and that is configured to generate a rotating field;
a rotor that is configured to rotate based on the rotating field;
a rotational shaft that connects the rotor with the drum and that passes through the bottom surface of the tub; and
a second spacer that includes:
a support body that is configured to support a bottom surface of the cabinet; and
a fixing body that is configured to support the rotor and that is located on the support body,

wherein the bottom surface of the cabinet defines a lower through hole that is configured to receive the fixing body, and
wherein the bottom surface of the drawer defines a drawer through hole that is configured to receive the fixing body.

12. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the support body is larger than the bottom surface of the cabinet.

13. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
a length of the drawer is greater than a height of the drawer,
the length of the drawer is measured along an axis that is parallel to a direction that the drawer is removed from the cabinet, and
the height of the drawer is measured along an axis that is parallel to an axis of rotation of the drum.

14. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the support unit is greater than a distance between the tub cover and the drum inlet.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Sangyong

Classifications

• D06F39/001 Primary

  Arrangements for transporting, moving, or setting washing machines; Protective arrangements for use during transport (transport in general B65) · CPC title

• D06F29/00

  Combinations of a washing machine with other separate apparatus in a common frame or the like, e.g. with rinsing apparatus · CPC title

• D06F23/04

  and rotating or oscillating about a vertical axis · CPC title

• D06F37/12

  adapted for rotation or oscillation about a vertical axis · CPC title

• D06F39/12 Primary

  Casings; Tubs · CPC title