Laundry treating apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12460345-B2
Application number	US-202318143930-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 5, 2023
Priority date	Nov 11, 2016
Publication date	Nov 4, 2025
Grant date	Nov 4, 2025

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 including a receiving space to receive laundry; a door coupled to the cabinet, the door 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 laundry compress provided at an inner surface of the door, the laundry compress configured to rotate (1) around a rotation axis parallel to a width direction of the door, and (2) in a height direction of the door to compress the laundry,
wherein the laundry compress comprises:
a compression unit provided to rotate in the height direction of the door to compress the laundry,
a support unit provided to be contacted with the laundry between the compression unit and the door;
wherein the support unit comprises:
 a support body provided to be contacted with the laundry that is compressed by the compression unit,

an open space located in a center of the support body to separate the support body in the width direction of the door, and the open space is provided to avoid pressing a sewing line of the laundry.

2 . The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the laundry compressed by the laundry compress and the rotation axis are arranged in an overlapping manner when viewed from an orthogonal angle of the inner surface of the door.

3 . The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the laundry compress further comprises:
a link connected to the compression unit, the link configured to rotate the compression unit to adjust an interval between the compression unit and the inner surface of the door.

4 . The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the compression unit is spaced apart from the inner surface of the door by the link.

5 . The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a lower portion of the laundry compress is rotatably coupled with the door.

6 . The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the laundry compress rotates upwardly towards proximity with the inner surface of the door.

7 . The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the laundry compress comprises:
a compression unit contacting the laundry to compress the laundry; and a link connected to the compression unit, the link configured to rotate the compression unit to adjust an interval between the compression unit and the inner surface of the door.

8 . The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the link comprises:
a left link connected to one side of the compression unit; and a right link connected to the other side of the compression unit, wherein the one side and the other side are defined in a width direction of the compression unit.

9 . The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a vertical axis rotation laundry compress provided at the inner surface of the door, the vertical axis rotation laundry compress configured to rotate (1) around a vertical rotation axis parallel to the height direction of the door, and (2) in a transverse direction of the door to compress the laundry.

10 . The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein compressing the laundry by the laundry compress and pressing the laundry by the vertical axis rotation laundry compress are able to be performed together.

11 . The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the laundry compress is disposed lower than the vertical axis rotation laundry compress.

12 . The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the support body comprises:
a protruding surface provided on the inner surface of the door to contact the laundry, wherein the laundry is pressed between the protruding surface and the laundry compress.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

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

Classifications

• D06F71/40

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

• D06F71/02

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

• D06F58/10

  Drying cabinets or drying chambers having heating or ventilating means · 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

• D06F71/29

  Trousers · CPC title