Laundry treatment apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11713540-B2
Application number	US-202117519896-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 5, 2021
Priority date	Nov 11, 2016
Publication date	Aug 1, 2023
Grant date	Aug 1, 2023

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 including an opening on a front side of the cabinet and an accommodation space defined inside of the cabinet to receive laundry through the opening;
a door rotatably connected to the cabinet to open or close the opening;
a supply unit for supplying at least one of air and water into the accommodation space;
a presser applying pressure to laundry to remove wrinkles from the laundry;
a first side forming one of a left side of the accommodation space and a right side of the accommodation space;
a second side forming the other of a left side of the accommodation space and a right side of the accommodation space;
a presser-fixing structure configured to removably affix the presser to the first side so as the presser faces the second side; and
a first laundry support member extending in a left-right direction of the cabinet and located in the cabinet to hang the laundry thereon so as the laundry faces the first side or the second side,
wherein the presser-fixing structure is concavely formed on one of the first side and the presser and protrudes from the other of the first side and the presser.

2. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the laundry pressed by the presser faces the laundry hung on the first laundry support member.

3. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a rotating shaft of the door is disposed on the second side.

4. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the presser-fixing structure slides the presser and removably affixes the presser to the first side.

5. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the presser-fixing structure includes:
a presser-fixing protrusion protruding from the presser; and
a support holder disposed on the first side, and the support holder includes a support recess where into the presser-fixing protrusion is inserted.

6. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the first side and the support holder are formed integrally.

7. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the support holder is disposed along the width direction of the first side.

8. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the presser-fixing protrusion includes:
a first presser-fixing protrusion disposed on a upper portion of the presser;
a second presser-fixing protrusion disposed on a lower portion of the presser, and
wherein the support holder includes:
a first support holder disposed on a upper portion of the first side, and the first support holder includes a first support recess where into the first presser-fixing protrusion is inserted; and
a second support holder disposed on a lower portion of the first side, and the second support holder includes a second support recess where into the second presser-fixing protrusion is inserted.

9. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the presser-fixing structure includes:
a support holder protruding from the first side; and
a presser-fixing recess concavely formed on a rear surface of the presser and configured to be detachably fixed to the support holder.

10. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the support holder and the first side are formed integrally.

11. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the presser-fixing structure includes:
a support-part-fixing hole formed on the first side; and
a support-part-fixing protrusion extending from the support holder and inserted into the support-part-fixing hole.

12. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the presser-fixing structure further includes an extension portion extending in a direction away from the second side from the support-part-fixing hole.

13. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the support holder and the presser-fixing recess are disposed along the width direction of the first side.

14. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the support holder includes:
a first support holder; and
a second support holder disposed on a position spaced apart from the first support holder downward, and
wherein the presser-fixing recess includes:
a first presser-fixing recess configured to be detachably fixed to the first support holder; and
a second presser-fixing recess disposed on a position spaced apart from the first presser-fixing recess downward and configured to be detachably fixed to the second support holder.

15. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the presser includes:
a support part detachably fixed to the first side and facing with the first side; and
a press part rotatably connected to the support part and configured to press the laundry with the support part.

16. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 15 , wherein a hinge is coupled to one side of the press part, and coupling members for detachably fixing the press part to the support part is dispose on the other side of the press part opposite to the one side of the press part.

17. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the support part extends lower than the press part.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

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

Classifications

• D06F59/02

  for garments · CPC title

• D06F58/18

  Detachable or door-mounted drying arrangements for washing machines · CPC title

• D06F58/16 Primary

  having heatable surfaces for contacting the laundry (D06F59/00 takes precedence) · CPC title

• D06F58/10

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

• D06F71/29 Primary

  Trousers · CPC title