US 12,448,724 B2
Laundry treating apparatus
Juhan Yoon, Seoul (KR); Sanghun Kim, Seoul (KR); Jinwoo Bae, Seoul (KR); and Wonick Choi, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/680,795.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0025674 (KR), filed on Feb. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0267943 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 58/04 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 58/206 (2013.01) [D06F 58/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
a cabinet having a laundry inlet defined at a front surface thereof;
a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet and configured to accommodate laundry received through the laundry inlet;
an air supply disposed inside the cabinet and configured to supply air toward the drum;
a rear plate that defines a rear surface of the cabinet, the rear plate defining a rear duct configured to receive the air supplied from the air supply and to guide the air into the drum through a drum rear surface;
a sealing portion that has a shape corresponding to an outer circumferential surface of the drum, the sealing portion being coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the rear duct and configured to block leakage of the air out of the drum;
a fan duct that connects the air supply to the rear duct and is configured to guide the air from the air supply to the rear duct; and
a duct plate that is coupled to the rear plate and the fan duct,
wherein the rear duct comprises:
a flow portion configured to carry the air received from the fan duct, the flow portion having an open front surface that faces the drum rear surface and is configured to provide the air to the drum rear surface, and
an inlet that extends from the flow portion toward the fan duct, the inlet having an inlet front surface that is opened, and wherein the duct plate covers the inlet front surface.