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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2017
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Hyunsu Nam, Seoul, KR;
Incheol Kang, Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A laundry treatment apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet, a drum having a cylindrical shape, a first support member to rotatably support an open front drum surface, an opening formed through the first support member to allow the drum to communicate with a cabinet opening, a second support member to rotatably support an open rear drum surface, a driving unit to rotate the drum, a first mounting portion provided at a selected one of the support members and disposed below a horizontal line passing through a rotation center of the drum, a second mounting portion provided at the selected support member and disposed above the horizontal line, and a drum support unit configured to rotatably support a circumferential surface of the drum and to be separably coupled to either the first mounting portion or the second mounting portion in an interchangeable manner.