Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Laundry treatment apparatus
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Application No.: US16799047Application Date: 2020-02-24
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Publication No.: US11326294B2Publication Date: 2022-05-10
- Inventor: Jihong Lee , Hyeokjin Gwon , Hyojin Joo
- 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: KR10-2015-0092784 20150630
- Main IPC: D06F37/28
- IPC: D06F37/28 ; D06F39/14 ; D06F34/28 ; D06F37/02 ; D06F37/26 ; D06F34/20 ; D06F23/04 ; D06F31/00 ; D06F37/42 ; D06F103/40 ; D06F58/50 ; D06F105/44 ; D06F105/58 ; D06F105/60 ; D06F33/74 ; D06F25/00 ; D06F58/20

Abstract:
A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet having an introduction/discharge opening, a drawer configured so as to be discharged from the cabinet through the introduction/discharge opening, a through-hole formed in an upper surface of the drawer, a tub that is located inside the drawer and that defines a space that is configured to receive water, an introduction aperture formed in an upper surface of the tub, the introduction aperture being located under the through-hole, a drum rotatably provided inside the tub for receiving laundry supplied to the introduction aperture, a door that is configured to open and close the introduction aperture, the door being coupled to one of the drawer or the tub, and a door sensing unit that is configured to determine whether the door is opened during a state in which the drawer is inserted into the cabinet.
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