Laundry treating apparatus

• US 10,047,473 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2016
• Issued: 08/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kwon, Yongwoo, Yong, Seungji, Cheon, Kangwoon, Choi, Jaehoon, Park, Jungjin
• Primary Examiner(s): KO, JASON Y
• Application Number:
  US15/337,586
• Publication Number:
  US 20170121890A1
• Time in Patent Office: 655 Days
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 2101/00 User input for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 2105/58 Indications or alarms to the control system or to the user
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 34/28 Arrangements for program selection, e.g. control panels therefor; Arrangements for indicating program parameters, e.g. the selected program or its progress
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 34/32 characterised by graphical features, e.g. touchscreens
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 37/266 Gaskets mounted between tub and casing around the loading opening
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 39/14 Doors or covers; Securing means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 58/02 having dryer drums rotating about a horizontal axis
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/409 characterised by using manual data input [MDI] or by using control panel, e.g. controlling functions with the panel; characterised by control panel details or by setting parameters G05B19/408, G05B19/4093 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23058 Knob, pedal selects ranges, functions and controls in each range as function of position
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2633 Washing, laundry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04102 Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04103 Manufacturing, i.e. details related to manufacturing processes specially suited for touch sensitive devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04107 Shielding in digitiser, i.e. guard or shielding arrangements, mostly for capacitive touchscreens, e.g. driven shields, driven grounds
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0213 Electrical arrangements not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/028 Bending or folding regions of flexible printed circuits H05K1/0283 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1427 Housings

Abstract

A laundry treating apparatus includes a body provided with a laundry inlet; and a door configured to open and close the laundry inlet, wherein the door includes a door frame; a door cover mounted at one side of the door frame, and provided with a light transmitting region; a mounting frame mounted at the other side of the door frame; a display mounted on the mounting frame to display visual information through the light transmitting region of the door cover; and a display gasket disposed between the door frame and the mounting frame, and formed to surround the display.

Claims

1. A laundry treating apparatus, comprising:

a body provided with a laundry inlet; and

a door configured to open or close the laundry inlet, wherein the door includes;

a door frame having a first opening portion facing the laundry inlet when the door is closed and a second opening portion spaced from the first opening;

a door cover mounted to a front surface of the door frame, and including a non-light-transmitting region, and a first light transmitting region corresponding to the first opening portion and a second light transmitting region corresponding to the second opening portion within the non-light-transmitting region;

a mounting frame mounted to a rear surface of the door frame so as to cover the second opening portion;

a display mounted to the mounting frame to display visual information through the second light transmitting region;

a display sealing member disposed between the door frame and the mounting frame and formed to surround the second opening portion on a rear surface of the door frame; and

a sealant filling groove which forms a space for filling sealant for adhesion with the door cover on a front surface of the door frame, and formed to surround the first opening portion and the second opening portion, separately, on the front surface of the door frame.

2. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1, wherein an accommodation groove for accommodating a part of the display sealing member is formed at one of the mounting frame and the door frame, so as to surround the display, and

wherein another part of the display sealing member protrudes from the accommodation groove to contact another of the mounting frame and the door frame when the mounting frame is mounted to the door frame.

3. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 2, wherein the display sealing member is provided with a plurality of contact portions each contacting another of the mounting frame and the door frame, and

wherein the plurality of contact portions are separated from each other in a width direction, and extend in parallel along a length direction to form a plurality of sealing loops.

4. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1, further including:

a display cover formed of a light transmitting material, and covering the display; and

a filler that fills a gap between the mounting frame and the display cover.

5. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the door frame includes:

an outer frame formed with the sealant filling groove on a front surface thereof; and

an inner frame coupled to a rear side of the outer frame.

6. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 5, wherein a circumferential portion of the inner frame forms a mounting guide protruding from a front surface of the outer frame to surround an outer circumference of the door cover.

7. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 5, wherein the mounting frame is mounted on a rear surface of the outer frame, and a frame cover is mounted at a rear surface side of the outer frame to cover the mounting frame.

8. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1, further including a touch sensor adhered to a rear surface of the door cover to sense a touch input to the second light transmitting region.

9. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 8, wherein a communication hole passing through a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) of the touch sensor is formed on the door frame, and

wherein the display sealing member are formed to surround the second opening portion and the communication hole.

10. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 9, wherein the display is mounted at a first side of the mounting frame, and a printed circuit board (PCB) electrically connected to the display and the flexible printed circuit board is mounted at a second side of the mounting frame.

11. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 10, wherein a wireless communication module capable of performing wireless communication with an external electronic device is further mounted at the second side of the mounting frame.

12. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 10, further including:

a PCB cover mounted on the mounting frame and covering the printed circuit board; and

a PCB sealing member provided between the mounting frame and the PCB cover and surrounding the printed circuit board and the communication hole.

13. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 12, wherein a mounting groove for accommodating a part of the PCB sealing member is formed at one of the mounting frame and the PCB cover, so as to surround the PCB, and

wherein another part of the PCB sealing member protrudes from the mounting groove to contact another of the mounting frame and the PCB cover when the PCB cover is mounted to the mounting frame.

14. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 13, wherein the PCB sealing member is provided with a plurality of contact portions that contact another of the mounting frame and the PCB cover, respectively, and

wherein the plurality of contact portions are separated from each other in a width direction, and extend in parallel along a length direction to form a plurality of sealing loops.