Lg Electronics Inc.

So Hee Bak

Youngwoo Kim

Pojin Kim

Hye Sun Jung

Byungchun Moon

Kuhyeong Lee

Ja Hun Koo

Sung Gab Kim

The present disclosure relates to an external member for home appliances and a manufacturing method therefor. The external member has through-holes in a metal layer for transmitting light emitted from a light source, such as a light-emitting device mounted rear of the external member, are not exposed to the outside by a film layer attached to a front surface of the metal layer when the light-emitting device is turned off. The external member for home appliances can provides appearance of home appliances with improved luxuriousness and aesthetic sensibility.

External member for home appliances having light transmitting through-holes and manufacturing method therefor

The present disclosure describes an external member for home appliances and a manufacturing method therefor. The external member includes a metal layer that defines through-holes for transmitting light emitted from a light source including a light-emitting device mounted on a rear surface of the metal layer. The through-holes are not exposed to an outside by a film layer attached to a front surface of the metal layer when the light-emitting device is turned off. The external member for home appliances provides improved luxuriousness and aesthetic sensibility to the home appliances.

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Seoul, South Korea

So Hee Bak