Door and clothes treating apparatus having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9441395-B2
Application number	US-201414315847-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 26, 2014
Priority date	Jul 1, 2013
Publication date	Sep 13, 2016
Grant date	Sep 13, 2016

Abstract

A door having an improved structure in which the door is formed integrally with a door handle, and a clothes treating apparatus having the same. The clothes treating apparatus includes a main body, a laundry insertion opening formed on a front surface of the main body, and a door to open and close the laundry insertion opening. The door includes a holder member rotatably coupled to the front surface of the main body, a transparent member passing through and coupled to the holder member, and a cover member covering a front surface of the holder member to define an external appearance of the door. The cover member includes a cover frame provided in a shape corresponding to the holder member, a cover panel coupled to a front surface of the cover frame, and a door handle including a protrusion portion and a recessed portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A clothes treating apparatus comprising a main body, a laundry insertion opening formed on a front surface of the main body, and a door to open and close the laundry insertion opening,
wherein the door comprises a holder member rotatably coupled to the front surface of the main body, a member passing through and coupled to the holder member, and a cover member covering a front surface of the holder member to define an external appearance of the door, and
wherein the cover member comprises
a cover frame having a hollow central portion, the cover frame provided in a shape corresponding to the holder member;
a cover panel coupled to a front surface of the cover frame, the cover panel being configured to cover the hollow central portion of the cover frame; and
a door handle consisting of a protrusion portion formed by forward protrusion of a portion of the front surface of the cover frame to provide a receiving space, a recessed portion formed by rearward recession of a portion of a front surface of the cover panel at a position corresponding to the protrusion portion to guide a user's hand to the receiving space, and a hand receiving portion which is inserted into the receiving space, the hand receiving portion including a first opening at one side of the hand receiving portion, the hand receiving portion being configured to receive the user's hand therein.

2. The clothes treating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein one side of the protrusion portion corresponding to the first opening of the hand receiving portion forms a second opening such that the first opening of the hand receiving portion is exposed.

3. The clothes treating apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the cover panel comprises a first flange portion formed such that a tip of the cover panel is bent rearward; and
the front surface of the cover frame is provided with an insertion groove into which the first flange portion is inserted.

4. The clothes treating apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the cover panel comprises a first fastening protrusion extending rearward from a tip of the first flange portion; and
the insertion groove is provided with a through-hole through which the first fastening protrusion passes.

5. The clothes treating apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the cover panel comprises a first fastening hole formed by penetrating the first fastening protrusion; and
the cover frame comprises a first fastening hook which extends from a rear surface thereof to be coupled to the first fastening hole.

6. The clothes treating apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the cover panel comprises a second flange portion formed such that a tip of the recessed portion is bent rearward, a second fastening protrusion extending rearward from a tip of the second flange portion, and a second fastening hole formed by penetrating the second fastening protrusion; and
the hand receiving portion comprises a second fastening hook coupled to the second fastening hole.

7. The clothes treating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hand receiving portion comprises:
a first sidewall and a second sidewall which are spaced apart from each other in frontward and rearward directions of the door to form the first opening; and
a third sidewall connecting the first and second sidewalls.

8. The clothes treating apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the protrusion portion comprises a second opening opened at one side thereof corresponding to the first opening such that the first opening is exposed.

9. The clothes treating apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the cover frame comprises:
a first support rib which is bent rearward from one end of the protrusion portion formed with the second opening so that the first sidewall is supported radially outward of the door by the first support rib; and
a second support rib which extends rearward from a rear surface of the cover frame such that the third sidewall is supported radially inward of the door by the second support rib.

10. The clothes treating apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the hand receiving portion comprises a third fastening hook protruding from an outer surface of the second sidewall; and
the rear surface of the cover frame is provided with a third support rib to support the third fastening hook.

11. The clothes treating apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the second sidewall and the third support rib are spaced apart from each other in the radial direction of the door.

12. The clothes treating apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the insertion groove is provided, at an inner surface thereof, with an inclined rib to support the second flange portion.

13. The clothes treating apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the inclined rib comprises an inclined surface connecting two adjacent inner surfaces of the insertion groove.

14. The clothes treating apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein a radius of curvature of a front surface of the recessed portion is substantially equal to a radius of curvature of an inner surface of the second sidewall.

15. A door to open and close an insertion opening of a clothes treating apparatus, comprising:
a holder member rotatably coupled to a front surface of a main body of the clothes treating apparatus;
a member passing through and coupled to the holder member; and
a cover member covering a front surface of the holder member to define an external appearance of the door,
wherein the cover member comprises
a cover frame having a hollow central portion, the cover frame provided in a shape corresponding to the holder member;
a cover panel coupled to a front surface of the cover frame, the cover panel being configured to cover the hollow central portion of the cover frame; and
a door handle consisting of a first door handle forming portion formed by forward protrusion of the front surface of the cover frame, a second door handle forming portion formed by rearward recession of a front surface of the cover panel, and a hand receiving portion which is received inside the first door handle forming portion and is coupled to the first door handle forming portion and the second door handle forming portion.

16. The door according to claim 15 , wherein the cover panel comprises a flange portion formed such that a tip of the cover panel is bent rearward.

17. The door according to claim 16 , wherein the door comprises a first insertion groove formed around the front surface of the cover frame and the first door handle forming portion to receive the flange portion, and a second insertion groove formed between the cover frame and the hand receiving portion.

18. The door according to claim 17 , wherein the first insertion groove has a depth varying according to a circumferential direction of the cover frame.

19. The door according to claim 17 , wherein the cover panel comprises a plurality of fastening protrusions each of which extends rearward from a tip of the flange portion, the fastening protrusions being spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the cover panel; and
the first insertion groove is provided with a plurality of through-holes through which the plural first fastening protrusions pass, the through-holes being spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the cover frame.

20. A clothes treating apparatus comprising:
a main body;
a drum rotatably arranged inside the main body;
an insertion opening formed on a front surface of the main body such that laundry

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Dong Won
• Sung Jong Hun
• Jung Min Ho

Classifications

• E05B5/006 Primary

  essentially defining a completely closed surface together with the wing · CPC title

• D06F39/14

  Doors or covers; Securing means therefor · CPC title

• D06F37/28 Primary

  Doors; Security means therefor · CPC title

• D06F1/10 Primary

  Covers; Handles · CPC title

• D06F37/10

  Doors; Securing means therefor · CPC title