Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Laundry treating apparatus
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Application No.: US14359946Application Date: 2013-04-24
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Publication No.: US09957655B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Ikuma Fukui , Masahito Shimono , Yongsu Kim
- 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: KR10-2012-0042708 20120424; KR10-2012-0121165 20121030; KR10-2013-0005302 20130117; KR10-2013-0005303 20130117
- International Application: PCT/KR2013/003511 WO 20130424
- International Announcement: WO2013/162282 WO 20131031
- Main IPC: D06F37/22
- IPC: D06F37/22 ; F16C32/04 ; D06F37/04 ; D06F37/26 ; D06F37/30 ; D06F23/02 ; D06F37/20

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a laundry treating apparatus (100) including a cabinet (1) having an introduction opening (11) for placing in, and taking out laundry there through, a tub (2) in the cabinet (1) having a tub opening (21) in communication with the introduction opening (11), a dram (3) rotatably provided in the tub (2) to have a drum opening (31) in communication with the tub opening (21) for holding the laundry, and a drum supporter (H, L) for levitating the dram (3) within the tub (2) with repulsive force between a permanent magnet provided to the tub (2) and a permanent magnet provided to the drum (3).
Public/Granted literature
- US20150033804A1 LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-02-05
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