US 12,331,453 B2
Laundry treating apparatus
Jongryul Kim, Seoul (KR); Eonhwa Hwang, Seoul (KR); Minseong Kim, Seoul (KR); Jeongwoo Kim, Seoul (KR); Jinhyouk Shin, Seoul (KR); and Youngsoo Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/667,103.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0017345 (KR), filed on Feb. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0251773 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 58/26 (2006.01); D06F 58/08 (2006.01); D06F 58/24 (2006.01); D06F 103/32 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 58/26 (2013.01) [D06F 58/08 (2013.01); D06F 58/24 (2013.01); D06F 2103/32 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
a cabinet comprising a bottom plate that defines a bottom surface of the cabinet;
a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet and configured to accommodate laundry therein;
a hot air supply disposed at the bottom plate and configured to generate hot air to be supplied into the drum;
a rear plate that defines a rear surface of the cabinet, the rear plate defining a duct configured to receive the hot air from the hot air supply and to guide the hot air into the drum;
a driver coupled to a rear side of the rear plate and configured to provide a rotational force to the drum; and
a fan duct that is coupled to a front side of the rear plate and connects the hot air supply to the duct, the fan duct being configured to transfer the hot air of the hot air supply to the duct.