Laundry treating apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11680362-B2
Application number	US-202117402495-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 13, 2021
Priority date	Nov 11, 2016
Publication date	Jun 20, 2023
Grant date	Jun 20, 2023

Abstract

A laundry treating apparatus is disclosed, which enables washing, drying, deodorization, sterilization and wrinkle removal. The laundry treating apparatus comprises a cabinet provided with a receiving space in which laundry is received; a supply unit for supplying at least one of the air and water into the receiving space; a presser provided in the receiving space to pressurize the laundry so as to remove a wrinkle of the laundry; and a clamp unit detachably pressurizing and fixing both ends of the laundry before pressurizing the laundry by using the presser.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
a cabinet having a receiving space in which laundry is received;
a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet, and configured to open or close the receiving space;
a supply unit configured to supply at least one of air and water into the receiving space;
a presser including a first pressing portion provided on an inner surface one of the cabinet and the door, and a second pressing portion provided rotatably relative to the first pressing portion and configured to press the laundry to remove wrinkles from the laundry together with the first pressing portion; and
a clamp unit configured to affix both ends of the laundry, respectively, before the laundry is pressed.

2. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the clamp unit is provided on the presser.

3. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the clamp unit is rotatably provided on the presser.

4. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the clamp unit affixes the laundry in a state spaced apart from a sewing line of the laundry.

5. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the presser is provided on the inner surface of the door, and
wherein a rotation shaft of the second pressing portion is provided on one end closer to a rotation shaft of the door among both ends of the second pressing portion in a width direction.

6. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the presser further including a joint provided on the other end of the second pressing portion, and configured to selectively fix the second pressing portion in a state where the second pressing portion faces the first pressing portion.

7. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second pressing portion including:
a second pressing body rotatably coupled to the first pressing portion; and
a second body groove provided on the second pressing body along a height direction of the cabinet.

8. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the clamp unit provided on same height as a lower part of the second pressing portion.

9. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the second pressing body provided along the height direction of the cabinet in each of a left and a right sides of the second body groove.

10. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first pressing portion including a plurality of first pressing body provided along the height direction of the cabinet respectively, and spaced apart each other in a width direction of the inner surface.

11. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the second pressing body extends below the plurality of first pressing body.

12. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the clamp unit is provided below the first pressing portion.

13. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the clamp unit is provided vertically below the first pressing portion, when the first pressing portion and the second pressing portion press the laundry together.

14. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the clamp unit is provided in plural and faces each other.

15. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the clamp unit is provided in plural and provided on a same height each other.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Choi Jeongryeol
• Choi Junyoung
• Lee Minhyoung
• Kim Sunyong
• Lim Hyunggyu
• Nam Junyoung

Classifications

• D06F73/02 Primary

  having one or more treatment chambers · CPC title

• D06F71/40

  Holders or stretchers for the article to be pressed · CPC title

• D06F58/10

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

• D06F71/02

  actuated wholly by hand or foot (D06F71/08 takes precedence) · 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