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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 39/12 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 39/04 (2006.01); D06F 103/08 (2020.01); D06F 58/30 (2020.01); D06F 58/16 (2006.01); D06F 58/26 (2006.01); D06F 34/26 (2020.01); D06F 34/14 (2020.01); D06F 58/38 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 39/12 (2013.01); D06F 34/14 (2020.02); D06F 34/26 (2020.02); D06F 39/04 (2013.01); D06F 39/083 (2013.01); D06F 58/16 (2013.01); D06F 58/26 (2013.01); D06F 58/30 (2020.02); D06F 58/38 (2020.02); D06F 2103/08 (2020.02);
Abstract
Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus. The present invention includes a cabinet, a tub provided within the cabinet, a drum provided within the tub to receive a treatment target therein, the drum made of metallic material, an induction module provided to the tub to heat the drum by induction, an infrared sensor provided to the tub to measure a temperature of the drum, and a barrel lens connected to the infrared sensor so that thermal radiation radiated from the drum enters the barrel lens, wherein the barrel lens includes a guide portion guiding vertically incident thermal radiation to the infrared sensor only.