Laundry treating apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10815602-B2
Application number	US-201615339265-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 31, 2016
Priority date	Nov 2, 2015
Publication date	Oct 27, 2020
Grant date	Oct 27, 2020

Abstract

A laundry treating apparatus includes a body having a laundry introduction opening of a circular shape; a door configured to open or close the laundry introduction opening and having a display and a circular shape eccentric from the laundry introduction opening; a controller electrically connected to the display and provided at the body; and a hinge mounted to the body, configured to rotatably connect the door to the body, and formed to accommodate therein at least part of an electric wire to electrically connect the controller to the display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A laundry treating apparatus, comprising:
a body having a laundry introduction opening of a circular shape;
a door configured to open or close the laundry introduction opening and having a display and a circular shape eccentric from the laundry introduction opening;
a controller electrically connected to the display and provided at the body; and
a hinge mounted to the body, configured to rotatably connect the door to the body, and formed to accommodate therein at least part of an electric wire to electrically connect the controller to the display,
wherein the door comprises a door frame and a door window formed of a transmissive material,
wherein the door frame includes an opening which faces the laundry introduction opening when the door is closed,
wherein the door window is installed at the door frame to correspond to the opening,
wherein the door window has a circular shape having a center which is offset from a center of the door and the display is provided above the door window,
wherein the hinge includes an upper connection member and a lower connection member asymmetric to each other based on the horizontal center line of the door, wherein the electric wire is connected to the body through the upper connection member,
wherein a first accommodation groove configured to accommodate the electric wire therein is formed in the upper connection member,
wherein an intermediate region between the upper connection member and the lower connection member is positioned above the horizontal center line of the door,
wherein the hinge further includes:
a mounting portion mounted to the body, wherein a width of a lower end region of the mounting portion is narrower than a width of an upper end region of the mounting portion; and
an upper protrusion and a lower protrusion protruding from the mounting portion,
wherein positions of the upper and lower protrusions are asymmetric to each other based on a horizontal center line of the door, wherein the electric wire is connected to the body through the upper protrusion,
wherein a lower area of the mounting portion is smaller than an upper area of the mounting portion based on the horizontal center line of the door, and
wherein a first lateral edge of the mounting portion forms a circular arc and a second lateral edge of the mounting portion opposite to the first lateral edge forms a straight line in a vertical direction so that a width of the mounting portion becomes narrower in a direction from the upper protrusion toward the lower protrusion.

2. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the hinge further includes a cover configured to cover the first accommodation groove.

3. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the electric wire is connected from the door to the body through the hinge.

4. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a second accommodation groove configured to accommodate the electric wire therein is formed in the upper protrusion.

5. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the upper connection member and the lower connection member are formed at the upper protrusion and the lower protrusion, respectively, and wherein an opening of the first accommodation groove is provided at the upper connection member.

6. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the door is rotatably connected to the hinge at connection points asymmetric to each other based on the horizontal center line of the door.

7. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the upper protrusion is provided above the horizontal center e of the door and the lower protrusion is provided below the horizontal center line of the door, and a distance between the horizontal center line of the door and the upper protrusion is greater than a distance between the horizontal center line of the door and the lower protrusion.

8. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the upper protrusion and the lower protrusion are provided above a horizontal center line of the laundry introduction opening.

9. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the upper protrusion and the lower protrusion protrude at an obtuse angle from the mounting portion so as to extend away from the laundry introduction opening and toward a front surface of the body.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kwon Yongwoo
• Yong Seungji
• Cheon Kangwoon
• Choi Jaehoon
• Park Jungjin

Classifications

• D06F34/32

  characterised by graphical features, e.g. touchscreens · CPC title

• D06F25/00

  Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and for centrifugally separating water from the laundry and having further drying means, e.g. using hot air  (control of washing or of washing and drying D06F33/00, D06F34/00; domestic laundry dryers D06F58/00) · CPC title

• D06F2105/58

  Indications or alarms to the control system or to the user · CPC title

• D06F39/14 Primary

  Doors or covers; Securing means therefor · CPC title

• D06F33/00

  Control of operations performed in washing machines or washer-dryers  (D06F31/00 takes precedence; details of control systems therefor D06F34/00; control of operations performed in domestic laundry dryers D06F58/32) · CPC title