LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS - LG ELECTRONICS INC

Title:

LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/122422

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a laundry treating apparatus that smoothly agitates laundry with as large space as possible for receiving laundry. The laundry treating apparatus includes: a rotatable drum that receives laundry, has open front and rear, and is formed to have a non-circular closed cross-section; a rotatable upper circular guide that is disposed with the rotational center higher than the rotational center of the drum and supports a portion having a uniform curvature at the upper portion of the drum; a rotatable lower circular guide that partially overlaps the upper circular guide, is disposed with the rotational center lower than the rotational center of the drum and supports a portion having a uniform curvature at the lower portion of the drum; a plurality of upper support rollers that supports the upper circular guide to be rotatable; and a plurality of lower support rollers that supports the lower circular guide to be rotatable.

Inventors:

LEE YOUNG JOO (KR)
KIM JONG SEOK (KR)
PARK DAE YUN (KR)
KIM SUNG MIN (KR)
SEOL SE SEOK (KR)

Application Number:

PCT/KR2013/001206

Publication Date:

August 22, 2013

Filing Date:

February 15, 2013

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

LG ELECTRONICS INC (KR)

International Classes:

D06F25/00; D06F37/22; D06F37/04

Foreign References:

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KR20050037186A	2005-04-21
KR880000690Y1	1988-03-15
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