US 12,031,262 B2
Laundry treating apparatus
Sungwoon Jung, Seoul (KR); Hyehyun Sim, Seoul (KR); and Hunjun Jang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/496,461.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0130148 (KR), filed on Oct. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0112647 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 23/02 (2006.01); D06F 39/02 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 39/028 (2013.01) [D06F 23/025 (2013.01); D06F 39/088 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
a cabinet;
a tub disposed inside the cabinet;
a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub and configured to receive laundry; and
a detergent feeder disposed inside the cabinet and configured to supply detergent into the tub, the detergent feeder comprising:
a detergent storage that defines a storage space configured to store the detergent,
a detergent hose configured to carry the detergent delivered from the detergent storage, and
a water supply connected to the detergent hose and configured to supply the detergent and water to the detergent storage,
wherein the water supply includes:
a water supply flow channel that extends inside the water supply and is configured to guide water flow,
a hose accommodating groove that extends along a longitudinal direction of the detergent hose, the hose accommodating groove being defined at an outer surface of the water supply and accommodating the detergent hose,
a connector accommodating portion that is recessed inward from the outer surface of the water supply and connected to the hose accommodating groove, and
a detergent connector is disposed in the connector accommodating portion and connected to the detergent hose,
wherein at least a portion of the detergent hose extends along the outer surface of the water supply, and
wherein the hose accommodating groove and the water supply flow channel do not overlap with each other along a vertical direction.