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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2021
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A laundry treatment apparatus includes a case, a tub configured to accommodate washing water, a drum installed inside the tub and configured to accommodate laundry, a pulsator installed inside the drum and configured to rotate by receiving driving force, and a driver configured to provide driving force for rotating the drum and the pulsator. The driver includes a driving motor including a stator and a rotor, a bearing housing installed at a lower portion of the tub, a dewatering shaft having a lower end disposed adjacent to the rotor and an upper end connected to the drum, a coupler configured to selectively connect the dewatering shaft to the rotor while lifting along an outer circumferential surface of the lower end of the dewatering shaft, a washing shaft positioned inside the dewatering shaft, and an anti-friction member inserted between the dewatering shaft and the washing shaft.