US 12,325,949 B2
Laundry treating apparatus
Yeeseok Bae, Seoul (KR); and Juhan Yoon, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/667,024.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0017561 (KR), filed on Feb. 8, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0006695 (KR), filed on Jan. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0251768 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 58/24 (2006.01); D06F 58/08 (2006.01); F16J 15/06 (2006.01); H02K 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 58/24 (2013.01) [D06F 58/08 (2013.01); F16J 15/062 (2013.01); H02K 5/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
a cabinet defining an opening at a front portion of the cabinet;
a drum rotatably provided in the cabinet and having an inlet configured to receive laundry;
a base provided below the drum and defining a space configured to move air in the drum; and
a motor that is (i) disposed behind the drum, (ii) spaced apart from the base, and (iii) configured to provide power to rotate the drum,
wherein the base comprises:
a supply duct in fluid communication with the drum and configured to receive air from the drum and move the air to the drum,
a heat exchange unit provided in the supply duct and comprising (i) a first heat exchanger configured to cool the air and (ii) a second heat exchanger spaced apart from the first heat exchanger and configured to heat the air cooled by the first heat exchanger,
a duct cover (i) coupled to an upper portion of the supply duct, (ii) covering the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger, and (iii) defining an inflow communication hole through which the supply duct and the drum are in fluid communication with each other,
a duct sealing unit disposed between the supply duct and the duct cover and configured to block the air in the supply duct from leaking through the duct cover, and
a sealing mount part provided on a first surface of the duct cover facing the supply duct and configured to receive the duct sealing unit,
wherein the sealing mount part comprises:
a first sealing mount part extending along a circumference of the duct cover, and
a second sealing mount part surrounding at least a portion of the inflow communication hole,
wherein the first sealing mount part is in fluid communication with the second sealing mount part, and the duct sealing unit, the first sealing mount part, and the second sealing mount part are integrally provided as one body.