US 12,247,344 B2
Laundry treating apparatus
Sungon Kim, Seoul (KR); and Hyuk So, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/487,751.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0126140 (KR), filed on Sep. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0098785 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 39/12 (2006.01); D06F 39/40 (2024.01)
CPC D06F 39/088 (2013.01) [D06F 39/12 (2013.01); D06F 39/40 (2024.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
a cabinet having an inlet configured to receive laundry therethrough;
a tub disposed in the cabinet and configured to receive wash water;
a drum rotatably disposed in the tub and configured to accommodate the laundry therein;
a steam generator configured to generate steam;
a gasket that connects the inlet of the cabinet to the tub and is configured to block the wash water in the tub from leaking out of the tub, the gasket defining a nozzle-fastened portion that passes through a top surface of the gasket; and
a front nozzle assembly disposed at an inner circumferential surface of the gasket and configured to spray the wash water to an interior of the drum and to the inner circumferential surface of the gasket,
wherein the front nozzle assembly comprises:
a fastening plate that is coupled to and in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the gasket,
a water supply tube that extends from the fastening plate and passes through the gasket,
a spray nozzle cap configured to spray the wash water from the water supply tube into the drum, a first side of the inner circumferential surface of the gasket, and a second side of the inner circumferential surface of the gasket,
a steam supply tube that extends from the fastening plate and passes through the gasket, and
a steam nozzle cap configured to spray the steam from the steam supply tube into the drum,
wherein the spray nozzle cap comprises:
a spray nozzle configured to spray the wash water into the drum,
a first washing nozzle configured to spray the wash water to the first side of the inner circumferential surface of the gasket, and
a second washing nozzle configured to spray the wash water to the second side of the inner circumferential surface of the gasket,
wherein a nozzle area of the spray nozzle is greater than a nozzle area of each of the first washing nozzle and the second washing nozzle, and
wherein the spray nozzle is disposed at a portion of the spray nozzle cap between the first washing nozzle and the second washing nozzle.