US 12,297,579 B2
Clothing treatment apparatus
Jihong Lee, Seoul (KR); and Wooseong Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/922,192
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Apr. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/005494
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/221488, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0052660 (KR), filed on Apr. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0167597 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 105/02 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 39/085 (2013.01) [D06F 39/088 (2013.01); D06F 2105/02 (2020.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clothing treatment apparatus comprising:
a cabinet;
a tub disposed inside the cabinet to provide a space in which water is stored;
a drum rotatably provided inside the tub; and
a pump comprising:
a supply port connected to the tub;
a discharge port connected to an outside of the cabinet; and
a housing including:
a first chamber located in the housing, the first chamber being in communication with the supply port;
a second chamber located in the housing, the second chamber being in communication with the discharge port;
a first partition separating the first chamber and the second chamber;
a chamber communicating hole located in the first partition, the first chamber being in communication with the second chamber via the chamber communicating hole;
an impeller rotatably provided in the second chamber; and
a second partition located in the first chamber, the second partition extending downward from a first surface of the housing, the first surface defining an upper boundary of the first chamber,
wherein the second partition extends from the first surface of the housing to an edge of the chamber communicating hole.