Laundry treatment apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10683601-B2
Application number	US-201816193381-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2018
Priority date	Jun 30, 2015
Publication date	Jun 16, 2020
Grant date	Jun 16, 2020

Abstract

A laundry treatment apparatus that includes a cabinet having an opening; a drawer dischargeable from the cabinet through the opening; a receiving unit provided in the drawer for receiving water and laundry; a drain pump for discharging water from the receiving unit; a drain channel extending through a reference point set to be higher than a highest level of water that can be stored in the receiving unit, the drain channel being located outside the cabinet; and a connection channel located in the cabinet for connecting the drain pump and the drain channel to each other, wherein at least a portion of the drain pump is located lower than a bottom surface of the receiving unit is disclosed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:
a cabinet having an opening;
a drawer withdrawable from the cabinet through the opening;
a tub provided in the drawer to store water;
a drum rotatably provided in the tub to store laundry;
a through hole provided in an upper surface of the drawer;
a supply aperture provided in an upper surface of the tub;
a fastening pipe mounted on the upper surface of the drawer;
a first pipe connecting a water supply source with one end of the fastening pipe; and
a second pipe connecting the supply aperture with another end of the fastening pipe by being inserted into the through hole, wherein the second pipe is configured to be extensible from the upper surface of the drawer towards the upper surface of the tub.

2. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second pipe is a corrugated pipe.

3. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the tub comprises a tub body configured to store water, and a tub cover configured to form an upper surface of the tub body, and wherein the supply aperture is provided in the tub cover.

4. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening pipe comprises:
a pipe body that has a first end to which the first pipe is connected and a second end to which the second pipe is connected; and
at least one fastening rib provided on the pipe body to couple the pipe body to the upper surface of the drawer.

5. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a first body having a first end and a second end, the first end of the first body being rotatably coupled to the cabinet;
a second body having a first end and a second end, the first end of the second body being rotatably coupled to the drawer, and the second end of the second body being rotatably coupled to the second end of the first body; and
a water supply channel provided along the first body,
wherein the water supply channel is connected to the water supply source, and
the first pipe is provided on the second body and connected to the water supply channel.

6. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the first body and the second body are configured to rotate in a plane parallel to a bottom surface of the cabinet while the drawer is extracted from or retracted into the cabinet.

7. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the first end of the first body is rotatably coupled to a rear surface of the cabinet, and the first end of the second body is rotatably coupled to the upper surface of the drawer.

8. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the first body and the second body are located in a space formed between an upper surface of the cabinet and the upper surface of the drawer.

9. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the water supply channel is formed as an internal channel inside the first body, and the first pipe is formed as an external pipe supported by the second body.

10. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the water supply channel is formed as an external pipe supported by the first body, and the first pipe is formed as an external pipe supported by the second body.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Jihong
• Sung Kijung
• Jung Seungwook

Classifications

• D06F13/00 Primary

  Washing machines having receptacles, stationary for washing purposes, with agitators therein contacting the articles being washed  (plungers or the like adapted for removable mounting on receptacles D06F5/04) · CPC title

• D06F39/085 Primary

  Arrangements or adaptations of pumps · CPC title

• D06F39/12

  Casings; Tubs · CPC title

• D06F39/08

  Liquid supply or discharge arrangements (supply of soap or other washing agents D06F39/02) · CPC title

• D06F37/24

  in machines with a receptacle rotating or oscillating about a vertical axis · CPC title