Laundry treatment apparatus

• US 10,487,439 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2016
• Issued: 11/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Jihong, Kim, Wooseong
• Primary Examiner(s): Perrin, Joseph L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Graf, Irina
• Application Number:
  US15/281,190
• Publication Number:
  US 20170016169A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,152 Days
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 23/04 and rotating or oscillating about a vertical axis
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 29/00 Combinations of a washing machine with other separate apparatus in a common frame or the like, e.g. with rinsing apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 39/083 Liquid discharge or recirculation arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 39/088 Liquid supply arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 39/12 Casings; Tubs

Abstract

A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet and a drawer retractably provided in the cabinet. An accommodation unit is disposed in the drawer and defines a space configured to receive washing water. A water supply channel is connected to a water supply source and is configured to supply washing water to the accommodation unit. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a body along which a water supply channel is provided, the body being rotatably provided at the cabinet. A body guider is provided at the cabinet and is configured to guide a rotational movement of the body.

Claims

1. A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:

a cabinet;

a drawer retractably provided in the cabinet;

an accommodation unit disposed in the drawer and defining a space configured to receive water;

a water supply channel configured to supply water to the accommodation unit from a water supply source; and

a single bar-shaped body having;

a first end that is rotatably coupled to the cabinet, and

a second end that is located in a space vertically above the drawer that is defined between an upper surface of the cabinet and an upper surface of the drawer based on the drawer being in a closed position,

wherein the second end of the body is configured to remain in the space between the upper surface of the cabinet and the upper surface of the drawer when the drawer is pulled out of the cabinet, and

wherein the body defines a flow path that is provided inside the body, the flow path forming at least a part of the water supply channel.

2. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the water supply channel further comprises a connecting pipe that connects the flow path and a water supply valve that is connected to the water supply source.

3. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the water supply channel further comprises:

a connecting pipe that connects the flow path and the water supply source; and

a water supply pipe that connects the flow path and a water supply opening provided at the accommodation unit.

4. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 3, wherein at least a part of the water supply pipe of the water supply channel comprises an extensible structure or an elastic material.

5. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 3, wherein at least a part of the connecting pipe of the water supply channel comprises an extensible structure or an elastic material.

6. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first end of the body is rotatably coupled to one of a rear surface of the cabinet, a side surface of the cabinet, or an upper surface of the cabinet.

7. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a support that is fixed to an inner surface of the cabinet, wherein the first end of the body is rotatably supported by the support.

8. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the body is configured to rotate horizontally as the drawer moves.

9. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a body guider that is fixed to the cabinet to be positioned above the upper surface of the drawer, wherein the body is connected to the body guider to be movable along the body guider as the drawer moves.

10. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the body guider is fixed to the upper surface of the cabinet.

11. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the body guider has an arcuate shape.

12. A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:

a cabinet;

a drawer retractably provided in the cabinet;

an accommodation unit disposed in the drawer and defining a space configured to receive water;

a water supply channel configured to supply water to the accommodation unit from a water supply source; and

a single bar-shaped body having a first end that is rotatably coupled to the cabinet, and a second end that is located in a space vertically above the drawer that is defined between an upper surface of the cabinet and an upper surface of the drawer based on the drawer being in a closed position,

wherein the body is configured to rotate about the first end as the drawer moves, and the second end of the body is configured to remain in the space between the upper surface of the cabinet and the upper surface of the drawer based on the drawer being pulled out of the cabinet, and

wherein the water supply channel is a pipe, at least a part of the pipe being supported by the body.

13. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising a body guider that is fixed to the cabinet to be positioned above the upper surface of the drawer, wherein the body is connected to the body guider and movable along the body guider as the drawer moves.