Lg Electronics Inc.

Juhyeong Park

Dongwon Kang

Yongwoo Kwon

Donghyun Jin

Minsoo Seo

Gyuri Kim

Hobin Nam

A laundry treating apparatus may include a main body having a laundry input port at a front surface thereof; a laundry accommodating portion provided inside of the main body to accommodate laundry; and a door rotatably coupled to a front surface of the main body to open and close the laundry input port. The door may include an outer frame facing an outside of the main body; an inner frame facing an inside of the main body and coupled to a rear surface of the outer frame; a front glass mounted to the outer frame; and a door window mounted to the inner frame. A plating layer may be provided on an outer surface of the outer frame, thereby enhancing a sense of quality of the laundry treating apparatus and visibility of the door.

Laundry treating apparatus

A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a water tub provided inside the cabinet, and a detergent box to supply detergent to the water tub. The detergent box includes a housing connected to communicate with the water tub, a drawer having a plurality of detergent storage spaces and received in the housing to be drawn out, and a distribution unit to distributively supply wash water into the plurality of detergent storage spaces. The housing may include a through portion communicating with the water tub, a horizontal partition protruding above the through portion and disposed in a left and right direction, and a wash water guide unit to guide the wash water so that a plurality of wash water movement paths is defined at a front region of the horizontal partition. Accordingly, detergent residue at an inner front region of the housing can be suppressed.

A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a water tub, a detergent box, a main passage having a main valve and connected to the detergent box, a pre-passage having a pre-valve and connected to the detergent box, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform a method including a first main-continuous supply process of continuously supplying wash water by opening the main valve, a pre-continuous supply process of continuously supplying wash water by opening the pre-valve, and a second main-continuously supply process of continuously supplying wash water by opening the main valve. The controller controls each of the main valve and the pre-valve to supply wash water to the detergent box through the first main-continuously supply process, the pre-continuous supply process, and the second main-continuous supply process. The apparatus and method may reduce or remove a detergent residue in the detergent box.

Laundry treating apparatus and water supply control method thereof

A laundry treating apparatus includes: a cabinet, a water tank provided inside the cabinet, and a detergent box provided in communication with the water tank to supply detergent to an inside of the water tank. The detergent box includes: a housing in communication with the water tank; a drawer received inside the housing; and a ventilation portion formed through the housing so as to allow an inside of the tank to communicate with an outside of the housing, and the ventilation portion includes a through hole formed through a side surface of the housing, and a protruding groove portion recessed from an inner surface of the housing and protruding from an outer surface thereof and to be open at upper and inner sides thereof, respectively, at a lower side of the through hole. The leakage of wash water through the ventilation portion of the housing may be suppressed.

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Seoul, South Korea

Juhyeong Park