Lg Electronics Inc.

Ki Chul Cho

Jae Yoen Lim

Young Bok Son

Jong Chul Bang

Dong Joo Han

Soung Bong Choi

Jong Ho Kim

Seog Kyu Park

Seong No Yoon

Myong Dok Kim

In Ho Cho

Jong A Park

Seung Bong Choi

Dong Beom Lee

Hyung Yong Kim

Jin Seok Park

Hyon Su Ahn

Maeng Cheol Kim

Hyun Seung Lee

Yong Bok Son

Disclosed is a lid locker of a washing machine including a magnet installed at a lid, a housing installed at a casing, a reed switch installed at the housing and actuated by magnetic force of the magnet when the lid is positioned to be closed, a motor installed at the housing and provided with a rotating shaft, a locking member disposed at the housing to move toward and away from the lid, and a power transmission unit to transfer rotational power of the rotating shaft to the locking member such that an orientation of the rotating shaft is different from a direction of forward and backward movement of the locking member. Thereby, the locking member can be moved back and forth in a simple structure and the housing does not need to excessively extend in the longitudinal direction of the locking member. In addition, the lid locker of the washing machine can be compactly installed.

Washing machine having lid locker

A laundry machine includes a first laundry treatment space configured to receive laundry therein, a second laundry treatment space configured to receive laundry therein, and an air supply unit configured to supply air to the second laundry treatment space, the air supply unit comprising a fan, a heating part, a first sensor part for sensing a temperature of air supplied by the air supply unit, and a control part for controlling a temperature of the supplied air to be within a predetermined range.

Laundry machine

An insulator for an electric heater is configured to allow a heater coil to expand/contract uniformly, and permit an easy fitting of the heater coil thereto. The insulator includes a body part formed of an insulating material, a coil seating part at an end of the body part for supporting the heater coil, and a seating slot between the coil seating part and the body part for inserting the heat coil.

Insulator for electric heater and heat assembly with the same in washing machine

A laundry machine includes a cabinet and a partition wall dividing an inner space of the cabinet into a first space for main laundry treatment and a second space for auxiliary laundry treatment. An air supply unit is provided outside of the second space and supplies a downward airflow into the second space.

A laundry machine includes a first laundry treatment space configured to receive laundry therein, a second laundry treatment space configured to receive laundry therein and an air supply unit configured to supply air to the second laundry treatment space, the air supply unit comprising a fan, a heater and a housing, and wherein the housing accommodates the fan, the heater, an inlet and an outlet.

The present invention relates to laundry machines, and, more particularly, to a safe laundry machine which enables a user to open/close a door easily, and can prevent an accident caused by opening/closing of the door from taking place. The laundry machine includes a cabinet, a drum rotatably mounted in the cabinet, a door having a latch for being opened/closed selectively to expose an inside of the drum to an outside of the laundry machine, and a door switch assembly provided for enabling opening/closing of the door, wherein the door switch assembly includes a switch unit for making selective connection to the latch, and an opening operation unit spaced from the switch unit for the user to enable to disconnect the connection between the latch and the switch unit.

A steam generator is disclosed, which can prevent deformation of a housing in an injection molding process, so as to improve efficiency on connection of the housing, the steam generator comprising the housing which defines the exterior of the steam generator, and holds washing water therein; and at least one deformation-preventing rib provided in the housing so as to prevent the housing from being deformed in an injection molding process.

Steam generator of drum washing machine

The present invention relates to a structure for mounting a temperature sensor on a steam generator, which enables easy and convenient mounting of a temperature sensor on a steam generator. For this, the present invention provides a structure for mounting a temperature sensor on a steam generator in a drum type washing machine including a case which is an exterior of the steam generator, the temperature sensor provided to the case for sensing a temperature of steam generated by a heater, a bracket for fixing the temperature sensor, a fastening portion provided to the case for fastening the bracket to the case with separate fastening members, and a bracket rotation preventive portion provided to the case for preventing the bracket from rotating at the time the temperature sensor is mounted.

Structure for mounting temperature sensor of steam generation apparatus in drum type washer

Washing machine including an outer tub in a cabinet for holding washing water, an inner tub rotatably mounted on an inside of the outer tub having an agitating device rotatably mounted therein, a power transmission device having a washing shaft connected to the agitating device and a spinning shaft connected to the inner tub, a driving motor on an outside of the outer tub having a rotor assembly with a magnetism, and a hollow stator assembly arranged in the rotor, a clutch assembly for selective transmission of a driving power from the driving motor to the spinning shaft depending on operation modes, and a drain device for draining the washing water to an outside of the washing machine.

Washing machine

Door lock switch assembly in a drum type washing machine including a switch case, a switch cover fitted to the switch case, a latch holder rotatably, and elastically mounted in one side portion of the switch case for exerting a restoring force in a door open direction, a slide fitted to one side of the latch holder, for moving up or down in a direction the same with a hinge shaft of the latch holder to arrest or release the latch holder, a solenoid assembly mounted in a central portion of the switch case, for moving up or down the slide, and a switching part located below the slide, for making a switching operation as a terminal thereof makes a seesaw action following the moving up or down of the slide, thereby simplifying a structure of the door lock switch assembly, and improving an operation reliability of door locking and unlocking.

Door lock switch assembly in drum type washing machine

An apparatus for reducing a noise and a vibration of a drain pump, including: a rotor rotated by a mutual interaction with a stator; a rotational shaft rotated by being directly combined to the rotor; a coupling cylinder combined to an end portion of the rotational shaft; a coupling tap protrusively formed on an outer circumferential portion of the coupling cylinder; an impeller including a receiving portion in which the coupling cylinder is received and being rotated by receiving a rotation force from the rotational shaft; an impeller tap protrusively formed on an inner circumferential portion of the receiving portion in the impeller and positioned at a predetermined part of a rotation trajectory of the coupling tap so as to contact with the coupling tap; and a buffer member of a ring shape with a gap therein located on a rotational path of the coupling tap to move along with the coupling tap in order to buffer between the coupling tap and the impeller tap when the two taps contact to each other. The two taps contact to each other in a circumferential direction of the coupling cylinder to transmit the rotational force, and the buffer member is disposed between the impeller tap and the coupling tap to alleviate the impact generated in coupling. Therefore, the parts can be prevented from breaking down, the noise and the vibration can be minimized in coupling, and the pumping performance can be highly improved. Other embodiments employ repellent magnetic members for buffering the rotational contact.

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Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

Ki Chul Cho