US 12,241,197 B2
Laundry treating apparatus
Hongjun Cho, Seoul (KR); Hyojun Kim, Seoul (KR); Jongmin Lee, Seoul (KR); Hyunwoo Noh, Seoul (KR); and Taewoong Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/466,965.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0113175 (KR), filed on Sep. 4, 2020; and application No. 10-2020-0113176 (KR), filed on Sep. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0074110 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 58/08 (2006.01); D06F 37/04 (2006.01); D06F 37/22 (2006.01); D06F 37/40 (2006.01); D06F 58/06 (2006.01); D06F 58/26 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 58/08 (2013.01) [D06F 37/04 (2013.01); D06F 37/22 (2013.01); D06F 37/40 (2013.01); D06F 58/06 (2013.01); D06F 58/26 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
a drum configured to accommodate laundry therein;
a hot air supplier disposed outside the drum and configured to supply hot air into the drum;
a driver including a rotation shaft configured to rotate the drum; and
a rear casing disposed between the drum and the driver,
wherein the driver includes:
a motor, and
a decelerator configured to change a rotational speed and a torque of the motor and allow the rotation shaft to rotate based on the rotational speed and the torque of the motor being changed,
wherein the decelerator is coupled to the rear casing,
wherein the drum includes:
a drum body having a laundry inlet and defining a space configured to accommodate the laundry through the laundry inlet, and
a drum rear surface coupled to the drum body, and
wherein the drum rear surface includes:
a rear surface body coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the drum body and defining a rear surface of the drum, and
a seating portion recessed at the rear surface body and accommodating at least a portion of the driver therein.