US 12,473,683 B2
Clothing treatment apparatus
Beomjun Kim, Seoul (KR); Injae Han, Seoul (KR); and Sangwook Hong, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/916,190
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Apr. 1, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/004067
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/201629, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0039765 (KR), filed on Apr. 1, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0042707 (KR), filed on Apr. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0151528 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. D06F 37/04 (2006.01); D06F 25/00 (2006.01); D06F 33/43 (2020.01); D06F 37/36 (2006.01); D06F 39/04 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 58/26 (2006.01); D06F 58/45 (2020.01); H05B 6/10 (2006.01); D06F 103/18 (2020.01); D06F 105/46 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 37/04 (2013.01) [D06F 25/00 (2013.01); D06F 33/43 (2020.02); D06F 37/36 (2013.01); D06F 39/04 (2013.01); D06F 39/087 (2013.01); D06F 58/26 (2013.01); D06F 58/45 (2020.02); H05B 6/10 (2013.01); D06F 2103/18 (2020.02); D06F 2105/46 (2020.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clothing treatment apparatus comprising:
a cabinet having an inlet port on a front side;
a door coupled to the cabinet to open and close the inlet port;
a tub disposed inside the cabinet, having an opening communicating with the inlet port of the cabinet, and providing a space for accommodating water;
a drum rotatably provided in the tub and providing a space for accommodating laundry;
a driving unit rotating the drum;
a gasket connecting the inlet port of the cabinet to the opening of the tub, the gasket having an inner surface providing a laundry access passage; and
a water supply unit supplying water to the tub,
wherein the water supply unit is configured to supply water to the tub up to a first water level higher than a lowermost portion of the inner surface of the gasket,
wherein the driving unit is configured to, in a state in which a water level of the tub is the first water level, rotate the drum at a first rotational speed at which a centrifugal force acting on the laundry in the drum by the rotation of the drum is greater than the gravity acting on the laundry, the driving unit being configured to, based on rotating the drum at the first rotational speed, cause the water in the tub to rise along an inner surface of the tub and flow below the gasket.