Laundry treating apparatus

• US 10,266,983 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2018
• Issued: 04/23/2019
• 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:
  US15/914,494
• Publication Number:
  US 20180195226A1
• Time in Patent Office: 412 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 an opening facing the laundry inlet when the door is closed and a display module accommodation portion spaced from the opening and recessed towards a rear side;

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

a display module accommodated in the display module accommodation portion, provided on a rear surface of the door cover, and configured to output video information through the second light transmitting region, wherein the display module includes;

a mounting frame provided with a display mounting portion and a printed circuit board mounting portion on a front surface and a rear surface thereof, respectively;

a PCB cover mounted on the mounting frame to cover the printed circuit board mounting portion;

a display sealing member provided between the door frame and the mounting frame, and surrounding the display mounting portion; and

a PCB sealing member provided between the mounting frame and the PCB cover, and surrounding the printed circuit board mounting portion, wherein a sealant filling groove which forms a space for filling sealant for adhesion with the door cover is provided on a front surface of the door frame, so as to surround the opening portion and the display module accommodation portion, separately, and wherein the display sealing member is located within the sealant filling groove which surrounds the display module accommodation portion.

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

a first mounting portion formed on a front surface of the door frame, so as to mount the door cover; and

a second mounting portion recessed within the first mounting portion so as to mount the mounting frame, and formed to surround the display module accommodation portion, and wherein when the door cover is mounted to the door frame, the door cover is disposed to cover the mounting frame.

3. 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.

4. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 3, 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.

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 the mounting frame is mounted to a front surface of the outer frame so as to be covered by the door cover, and

wherein sealant filled in the sealant filling groove is formed to surround the display sealing member.

7. 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 an opening facing the laundry inlet when the door is closed and a display module accommodation portion spaced from the opening and recessed towards a rear side;

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

a display module accommodated in the display module accommodation portion, provided on a rear surface of the door cover, and configured to output video information through the second light transmitting region, wherein a display sealing member is provided between the door cover and the display module, so as to surround a display provided at the display module, wherein a sealant filling groove which forms a space for filling sealant for adhesion with the door cover is provided on a front surface of the door frame, so as to surround the opening portion and the display module accommodation portion, separately, and wherein the display sealing member is located within the sealant filling groove which surrounds the display module accommodation portion.