Laundry machine

• US 8,297,082 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2009
• Issued: 10/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Son, Young Bok, Han, Dong Joo, Bang, Jong Chul, Cho, Ki Chul, Lim, Jae Yoen
• Primary Examiner(s): Kornakov, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): GOLIGHTLY, ERIC WAYNE
• Application Number:
  US12/432,432
• Publication Number:
  US 20100077801A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,280 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 68/20
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 29/005 the other separate apparatus being a drying appliance
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 31/00 Washing installations comprising an assembly of several washing machines or washing units, e.g. continuous flow assemblies

Abstract

A laundry machine includes a first laundry treatment space configured to receive laundry therein, a second laundry treatment space configured to receive laundry therein and an air supply unit configured to supply air to the second laundry treatment space, the air supply unit comprising a fan, a heater and a housing, and wherein the housing accommodates the fan, the heater, an inlet and an outlet.

Claims

1. A laundry machine comprising:

a first laundry treatment space configured to receive laundry therein;

a second laundry treatment space configured to receive laundry therein;

an air supply unit configured to supply air to the second laundry treatment space, the air supply unit comprising a fan, a heater and a housing, wherein the fan, the heater, an air inlet and an air outlet are provided at the housing;

a cabinet; and

a partition for partitioning an inner space of the cabinet into the first laundry treatment space and the second laundry treatment space,

wherein the air supply unit is detachably provided on an upper side of the partition and comprises a water penetration preventing part for preventing water from entering the housing,

wherein the water penetration preventing part comprises a first extending portion extending downwardly from an upper housing and overlapping a portion of a lower housing.

2. The laundry machine of claim 1, wherein the water preventing part extends outwardly from the housing.

3. The laundry machine of claim 1, wherein the lower housing is provided in the cabinet and the upper housing is coupled to the lower housing.

4. The laundry machine of claim 3, wherein the first extending portion covers a predetermined portion of the lower housing.

5. The laundry machine of claim 4, wherein the water preventing part further comprises a second extending portion extending upward from the lower housing to be coupled to the first extending portion.

6. The laundry machine of claim 1, wherein the air supply unit comprises at least one boss coupled to the partition by a securing member, and a securing portion is provided in the partition and the securing portion is projected corresponding to the boss, and

wherein the boss and the securing portion corresponds to the length of a body of the securing member.

7. The laundry machine of, claim 1, wherein the first extending portion overlaps a second extending portion of the lower housing.