US 12,454,787 B2
Laundry treating apparatus
Hye Yong Park, Changwon-si (KR); and Hyung Gyu Lim, Changwon-si (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on May 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/748,804.
Application 16/549,339 is a division of application No. 13/513,769, granted, now 10,400,384, issued on Sep. 3, 2019, previously published as PCT/KR2010/008930, filed on Dec. 14, 2010.
Application 17/748,804 is a continuation of application No. 16/549,339, filed on Aug. 23, 2019, granted, now 12,091,808.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2009-0124596 (KR), filed on Dec. 15, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2022/0275566 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 58/10 (2006.01); D06F 58/12 (2006.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 73/02 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 58/10 (2013.01) [D06F 58/20 (2013.01); D06F 58/203 (2013.01); D06F 73/02 (2013.01); D06F 58/12 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
an outer cabinet;
an inner cabinet located within the outer cabinet defining a clothes receiving space to receive clothes;
wherein the inner cabinet includes: an upper body forming an upper portion of the inner cabinet; and a lower body forming a lower portion of the inner cabinet,
a hanger bar located in an upper portion of the inner cabinet and configured to place the clothes thereon;
a motor located between a top side of the inner cabinet and a top side of the outer cabinet, the motor generating a rotational motion;
a power converting portion connected to the motor and the hanger bar for converting the rotational motion of the motor into a reciprocating motion of the hanger bar;
a supply unit portion for supplying hot air or steam to an inside of the inner cabinet, selectively;
a cover portion configured to cover a gap between the upper body and the lower body and prevent the gap from being exposed to an inside of the clothes receiving space to prevent hot air or steam from leaking from the inner cabinet; and
a cover located between the top side of the inner cabinet and the hanger bar, and configured to prevent the power converting portion from being visually exposed,
wherein the hanger bar includes:
a plurality of grooves arranged on the hanger bar,
wherein at least one groove of the plurality of grooves is configured to receive a hanger; and
a first column and a second column projected from the hanger bar toward the top side of the inner cabinet,
wherein at least one of the plurality of grooves is located between the first column and the second column.