Lg Electronics Inc.

Yongdeok Kwon

Kilryong Lee

Deukwon Lee

A laundry treating apparatus having a tub configured to store water, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub and configured to store laundry therein and a connector connecting the drum to a rotary shaft of a motor for transferring a rotation power to the drum. The connector includes a body hub fixed to the drum and coupled to the rotary shaft, and a body arm fixed to the drum and extending from the body hub in a direction away from the body hub. The body arm has holes penetrating the body arm and allowing water to pass therethrough.

Laundry treating apparatus

A laundry treating apparatus having a tub configured to store water, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub and configured to store laundry therein, and a connector connecting the drum to a rotary shaft of a motor for transferring a rotation power to the drum. The connector includes a body hub fixed to the drum and coupled to the rotary shaft, and a body arm fixed to the drum and extending from the body hub in a direction away from the body hub. The body arm includes paths allowing water to pass therethrough, the paths extend in a curved manner or a bent manner inside the body arm.

A laundry treating apparatus having a tub, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub and configured to store laundry therein, and a connector connecting the drum to a rotary shaft of a motor for transferring a rotation power to the drum. The connector includes a first body having a first body hub fixed to the drum and a first body arm extending from the first body hub fixed to the drum, a second body having a second body hub coupled to the rotary shaft and a second body arm extending from the second body hub along the first body arm, and connecting portions connecting the first body and the second body in a manner that the first body is spaced apart from the second body. The connecting portions are spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal direction of the first body arm to allow water to pass therebetween.

A laundry treating apparatus having a tub, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub and configured to store laundry therein, and a connector connecting the drum to a rotary shaft of a motor for transferring a rotation power to the drum. The connector includes a first body having a first body hub and a first body arm, a second body having a second body hub and a second body arm extending along the first body arm, connecting portions spaced apart from each other and connecting the first body and the second body in a manner that the first body is spaced apart from the second body, and a rib disposed between a pair of the connecting portions. The rib protrudes from one of the first body arm and the second body arm and is spaced apart from the other of the first body arm and the second body arm.

A laundry treating apparatus comprising a tub configured to store water, and a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub is provided. The drum is configured to store laundry therein and comprises a first surface, a second surface, and a circumferential surface. The apparatus further comprises a first body comprising a first body hub and a first body arm, a second body comprising a second body hub and a second body arm, and a connecting portion connecting the first body to the second body in a manner that forms a path between the first body and the second body to allow water to pass therethrough. A rotary shaft of the drum is fixed to the tub.

A laundry treating apparatus include a first fixed body disposed along an circumferential surface of a tub laundry inlet; a second fixed body disposed along a circumferential surface of a cabinet laundry inlet; a first extending body extending from the first fixed body toward the second fixed body; a second extending body extending from the second fixed body toward the first fixed body. A free end of the second extending body is inserted into the first extending body. A connecting body is provided including a first connecting portion extending from the first extending body toward the second extending body; a second connecting portion extending from the second extending body toward the first extending body; and a third connecting portion connecting the first connecting portion with the second connecting portion. A spacer is provided to maintain a spacing between the connecting body and the second extending body.

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Seoul, South Korea

Yongdeok Kwon