US 12,454,785 B2
Laundry treatment apparatus
Seyoung Woo, Seoul (KR); Joonho Pyo, Seoul (KR); Jeongyeon Park, Seoul (KR); and Byungjae Choi, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/562,600.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0182849 (KR), filed on Dec. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0205161 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 37/40 (2006.01); D06F 37/06 (2006.01); D06F 39/12 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 37/40 (2013.01) [D06F 37/06 (2013.01); D06F 39/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:
a tub configured to receive water;
a drum that is rotatably provided in the tub and that is configured to receive laundry;
an agitator that is rotatably provided in the drum and that is configured to move the laundry;
a driver that is coupled to the tub and that is configured to provide power for rotating at least one of the drum or the agitator; and
a clutch unit that is provided between the driver and the agitator and that is configured to transmit the power from the driver to at least one of the drum or the agitator,
wherein the clutch unit includes:
a gear unit configured to rotate based on being engaged with the driver,
a rotary shaft that is coupled to the gear unit and that is configured to rotate the agitator,
a housing that is coupled to the drum and that accommodates the gear unit and the rotary shaft,
a coupler that is configured to reciprocate between the housing and the driver and that is configured to rotate the housing,
a moving portion that supports the coupler seated thereon to reciprocate the coupler, and
an actuator configured to reciprocate the moving portion,
wherein the laundry treatment apparatus further comprises a case that is disposed in the driver and that accommodates the moving portion to be reciprocated, and
wherein the case includes:
a receiving body that is disposed in the driver and that accommodates the moving portion or the coupler, and
a first installation portion that is disposed at an outside of the receiving body and that is coupled to the actuator.