US 12,091,800 B2
Laundry treatment apparatus
Jihong Lee, Seoul (KR); and Kwanwoong Jeong, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jul. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/384,009.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0133270 (KR), filed on Oct. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0120008 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 34/20 (2020.01); D06F 23/04 (2006.01); D06F 29/00 (2006.01); D06F 31/00 (2006.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.01); D06F 37/24 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 39/12 (2006.01); D06F 39/14 (2006.01); D06F 103/40 (2020.01); D06F 105/58 (2020.01); D06F 105/60 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 34/20 (2020.02) [D06F 23/04 (2013.01); D06F 29/005 (2013.01); D06F 31/00 (2013.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.02); D06F 37/24 (2013.01); D06F 39/083 (2013.01); D06F 39/088 (2013.01); D06F 39/125 (2013.01); D06F 39/14 (2013.01); D06F 2103/40 (2020.02); D06F 2105/58 (2020.02); D06F 2105/60 (2020.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:
a cabinet that includes:
an upper cover configured to seat an object therein,
a first side cover and a second side cover that define a side surface of the cabinet,
a cover through hole that is defined at the upper cover, and
an outlet defined at a front surface of the cabinet;
a drawer that includes (i) a drawer body configured to be pulled out of the cabinet through the outlet and (ii) a drawer panel coupled to the drawer body and configured to open and close the outlet;
a tub disposed in the drawer body and defining a space for receiving water;
a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub and configured to receive laundry;
an operation part having one end rotatably fixed to the first side cover and an opposite end configured to move between a first point adjacent to the first side cover and a second point adjacent to the drawer body;
a contact portion having one end exposed to an outside of the cabinet through the cover through hole and configured to (i) move toward an inside of the cabinet based on being in contact with the object seated on the upper cover or (ii) move toward the cover through hole based on not being in contact with the object;
a converter configured to (i) move the opposite end of the operation part to the second point based on the contact portion moving toward the inside of the cabinet and (ii) move the opposite end of the operation part to the first point based on the contact portion moving toward the cover through hole; and
a position sensor configured to sense a position of the opposite end of the operation part based on the outlet being closed by the drawer panel.