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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2016
Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Jihong Lee, Seoul, KR;

Wooseong Kim, Seoul, KR;

Hongchul Kim, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/18 (2006.01); D06F 37/28 (2006.01); D06F 37/26 (2006.01); D06F 39/00 (2006.01); D06F 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/18 (2013.01); D06F 37/266 (2013.01); D06F 37/28 (2013.01); D06F 39/005 (2013.01); D06F 29/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A laundry treatment apparatus includes a tub body for receiving water, a tub cover that covers an upper surface of the tub body and that defines an introduction aperture, a drum located inside the tub body for receiving laundry, a door for opening and closing the introduction aperture, a hinge that rotatably couples the door to the tub cover, a fixing unit that releasably couples a portion of the door to the tub cover, and a sealing unit on the door or the introduction aperture that is configured to seal the introduction aperture based on the introduction aperture being closed by the door. A portion of the sealing unit located in a direction in which the fixing unit is provided has a different diameter from a diameter of a portion of the sealing unit that is located in a direction in which the hinge is provided.


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