US 12,091,805 B2
Laundry treating apparatus
Beomjun Kim, Seoul (KR); Sangwook Hong, Seoul (KR); Woore Kim, Seoul (KR); and Hongjun Cho, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/465,313.
Application 17/465,313 is a continuation of application No. 16/537,148, filed on Aug. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,136,707.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0093286 (KR), filed on Aug. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0395936 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. D06F 39/04 (2006.01); D06F 37/26 (2006.01); D06F 58/26 (2006.01); H05B 6/10 (2006.01); D06F 23/04 (2006.01); D06F 34/24 (2020.01); D06F 37/12 (2006.01); D06F 103/52 (2020.01); D06F 105/28 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 39/04 (2013.01) [D06F 37/267 (2013.01); D06F 58/26 (2013.01); H05B 6/102 (2013.01); H05B 6/108 (2013.01); D06F 23/04 (2013.01); D06F 34/24 (2020.02); D06F 37/12 (2013.01); D06F 2103/52 (2020.02); D06F 2105/28 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
a cabinet;
a drum made of a metal material and disposed into the cabinet, wherein the drum receives a laundry therein; and
an induction module spaced apart from an outer circumferential face of the drum by a predetermined spacing, wherein the induction module has a coil formed by turns of a wire, wherein the induction module inductively heats the drum using a magnetic field generated by applying a current to the coil,
wherein the induction module includes a rectangular shaped base housing for accommodating the coil, wherein the base housing has straight sections and corner sections,
wherein the base housing includes ribs protruding upwards from the base housing and formed in the straight sections and the corner sections to define a slot for accommodating the coil therein,
wherein a thickness of each of the ribs in each corner section is greater than a thickness of each of the ribs in each straight section.