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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
May. 26, 2021
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Juhan Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Ingeun Ahn, Seoul, KR;
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A laundry treatment apparatus includes: a cabinet, a drum rotatably disposed within the cabinet, a suction duct to which air discharged from the drum flows, a circulation flow path connected to the suction duct and configured to guide the air from the suction duct, an inflow duct connecting the circulation flow path to the drum such that the air received from the circulation flow path flows back to the drum through the inflow duct, a circulation fan configured guide the air between the suction duct and the inflow duct, a heat exchanger that is disposed at the circulation flow path and that is configured to perform heat exchange with the air, and an UV sterilizer disposed at a space that is defined in the circulation flow path at a position above a front surface of the heat exchanger, the sterilizer being configured to irradiate UV light to the heat exchanger.