Laundry treating apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9207016-B2
Application number	US-201314029329-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 17, 2013
Priority date	Sep 21, 2012
Publication date	Dec 8, 2015
Grant date	Dec 8, 2015

Abstract

Disclosed is an apparatus for treating laundry for making a laundry treating capacity the largest.
The disclosed laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a drum rotatably provided in the cabinet to hold laundry, the drum including a drum front portion, a drum center portion, and a drum rear portion, wherein the front portion includes a plurality of discharge holes, and wherein the rear portion includes a plurality of suction holes, a front supporter to support the front portion of the drum and to surround the plurality of the discharge holes, and a rear supporter to support the rear portion of the drum and to surround the plurality of the suction holes.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
a cabinet;
a drum having a cylindrical shape with opened front and rear and rotatably provided in the cabinet to hold laundry, the drum having a plurality of discharge holes formed in a front portion of a circumferential surface thereof and a plurality of suction holes formed in a rear portion of the circumferential surface thereof;
a front supporter to cover the opened front and the front portion of the drum so to surround the plurality of the discharge holes; and
a rear supporter to cover the opened rear and the rear portion of the drum so to surround the plurality of the suction holes.

2. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
an air discharge duct connected to the front supporter to guide the air discharged from an inside of the drum through the plurality of discharge holes and the front supporter.

3. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising:
a fan mounted in the air discharge duct to move the air.

4. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a filter detachably arranged to the front supporter to filter the air discharged from the inside of the drum through the plurality of discharge holes.

5. The laundry treating apparatus of 1 , further comprising:
an air suction duct connected to the rear supporter to guide the air being supplied to the inside of the drum through the plurality of suction holes.

6. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 5 , further comprising:
a heater provided in the air suction duct to heat the air.

7. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a ring shaped front sealer located between the drum and the front supporter to provide a seal therebetween.

8. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a ring shaped rear sealer located between the drum and the rear supporter to provide a seal therebetween.

9. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the front portion of the drum has a diameter smaller than a diameter of a center portion of the circumferential surface of the drum, and the rear portion of the drum has a diameter smaller than the diameter of the center portion of the drum.

10. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a belt looped over a center portion of the circumferential surface of the drum; and
a motor to provide a rotation force to move the belt.

11. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the front supporter includes a front cover portion having a circular cap shape to cover the opened front and the front portion of the drum, and
wherein the front cover portion has a diameter larger than the diameter of the front portion of the drum and smaller than or the same as a diameter of a center portion of the circumferential surface of the drum.

12. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the front cover portion has a front hole formed therein to access the inside of the drum.

13. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the rear supporter includes a rear cover portion having a circular cap shape to cover the opened rear and the rear portion of the drum, and
wherein the rear cover portion has a diameter larger than the diameter of the rear portion of the drum and smaller than or the same as a diameter of a center portion of the circumferential surface of the drum.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Park Deayun
• Kim Taehyun
• Kang Woohee
• Kim Jongseok

Classifications

• D06F58/04 Primary

  Details  (controlling or regulating devices D06F34/00) · CPC title

• F26B25/16 Primary

  mainly closed, e.g. drum · CPC title

• D06F58/06

  Mountings for the rotating drums · CPC title

• Y02B40/00

  Technologies aiming at improving the efficiency of home appliances, e.g. induction cooking or efficient technologies for refrigerators, freezers or dish washers · 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