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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2016
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a laundry treatment apparatus including a balancer capable of active control. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinetwith a laundry feeding hole formed therein, a tubprovided within the cabinet and for holding washing water, a drumrotatably installed around a rotation axis which may be forward inclined within the tub for holding laundry, a driving unitto rotate the drum, a balancerdisposed in the drum and having an internal space therein, wherein water is selectively introduced into the internal space of the balancer when the drum is rotated, a centrifugal channel devicedisposed on the backside of the drum, rotated along with the drum, and having an opening portion formed toward a back direction so that water is supplied to the opening portion and guided into the internal space of the balancer, and a nozzledisposed at the back of the drum, spaced apart from the drum, to spray water toward the opening portion.