US 12,252,834 B2
Detergent storage container and method for manufacturing the same
Sungwoon Jung, Seoul (KR); and Hunjun Jang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Aug. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/006,527.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0106714 (KR), filed on Aug. 29, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0106716 (KR), filed on Aug. 29, 2019; application No. 10-2020-0015212 (KR), filed on Feb. 7, 2020; and application No. 10-2020-0099425 (KR), filed on Aug. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0062395 A1, Mar. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. D06F 39/02 (2006.01); D06F 103/60 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 39/022 (2013.01) [D06F 2103/60 (2020.02)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A detergent storage container for a laundry treating apparatus, the detergent storage container comprising:
a detergent storage member that defines a storage space configured to store laundry detergent, the detergent storage member being configured to be inserted rearwardly into a housing disposed in the laundry treating apparatus; and
a residual amount detecting unit configured to detect a residual amount of laundry detergent stored in the detergent storage member,
wherein the detergent storage member has a bottom surface and a rear surface, the rear surface being disposed at a rear of the storage space and protruding upwardly from the bottom surface, and
wherein the residual amount detecting unit comprises an electrode, the electrode comprising:
a support bracket that is coupled to the detergent storage member and defines at least a part of the rear surface of the detergent storage member,
a first portion that is disposed in the support bracket in the rear surface of the detergent storage member,
a second portion that extends from the first portion toward the bottom surface of the detergent storage member and is disposed at an inside portion of the support bracket, the second portion being located inside the storage space of the detergent storage member, and
a third portion that extends from the first portion in a direction away from the rear surface of the detergent storage member and is disposed at an outer portion of the support bracket, the third portion being located outside the storage space of the detergent storage member.