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Patent No.:

US 10385494 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2016

Laundry treating apparatus with drawer unlocking unit

Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Inbo Sim, Seoul, KR;

Jinwoo Seo, Seoul, KR;

Jihong Lee, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Joseph L Perrin

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 29/00 (2006.01); D06F 31/00 (2006.01); D06F 37/28 (2006.01); D06F 39/14 (2006.01); D06F 37/18 (2006.01); D06F 23/04 (2006.01); A47B 95/02 (2006.01); D06F 21/06 (2006.01); D06F 58/04 (2006.01); A47B 88/41 (2017.01); D06F 37/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 29/00 (2013.01); A47B 88/41 (2017.01); A47B 95/02 (2013.01); D06F 21/06 (2013.01); D06F 23/04 (2013.01); D06F 31/00 (2013.01); D06F 37/18 (2013.01); D06F 37/28 (2013.01); D06F 39/14 (2013.01); D06F 58/04 (2013.01); A47B 2095/024 (2013.01); A47B 2210/0091 (2013.01); A47B 2210/17 (2013.01); D06F 37/42 (2013.01);
Abstract

A laundry treating apparatus includes a drawer. The laundry treating apparatus further includes a cabinet that is configured to receive the drawer. The laundry treating apparatus further includes a drum that is configured to rotate and that is located inside the drawer. The laundry treating apparatus further includes fastening units that are configured to dampen one of vertical motion or horizontal motion of the drawer and that are configured to connect the drawer to the cabinet. The laundry treating apparatus further includes a feeding unit that is configured to operate the fastening units. The laundry treating apparatus further includes a driving unit that is configured to reciprocate the feeding unit along another one of the horizontal direction or the vertical direction. The laundry treating apparatus further includes an unlocking unit that is configured to restrict movement of the feeding unit to one direction.

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