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- Patent Title: Laundry treatment apparatus and method for assembling the same
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Application No.: US16584243Application Date: 2019-09-26
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Publication No.: US11261557B2Publication Date: 2022-03-01
- Inventor: Donggyu Jang , Unkeol Yeo , Hyeonbin Im
- Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2018-0116414 20180928
- Main IPC: D06F37/24
- IPC: D06F37/24 ; D06F23/04 ; D06F37/12

Abstract:
A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet, a tub, a drum, a balancer, and a coupling part. The tub defines a tub opening, and the drum includes a body rotatably disposed in the tub and defines a drum opening configured to communicate with the tub opening. The balancer includes a housing having in a ring shape and defining a circulation passage configured to circulate fluid circulate along a circumference of the housing and a housing through-hole configured to communicate with the drum and tub openings. The balancer further includes a fastening part arranged along a circumferential surface of the housing and coupled to the body. The coupling part is disposed at an upper end of the body, coupled to the fastening part along an outer circumferential surface of the fastening part, and curved or bent toward a central of the housing.
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