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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.:

US 12091800 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 23, 2021

Laundry treatment apparatus

Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Jihong Lee, Seoul, KR;

Kwanwoong Jeong, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Jessica Yuen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 34/20 (2020.01); D06F 23/04 (2006.01); D06F 29/00 (2006.01); D06F 31/00 (2006.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.01); D06F 37/24 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 39/12 (2006.01); D06F 39/14 (2006.01); D06F 103/40 (2020.01); D06F 105/58 (2020.01); D06F 105/60 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 34/20 (2020.02); D06F 23/04 (2013.01); D06F 29/005 (2013.01); D06F 31/00 (2013.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.02); D06F 37/24 (2013.01); D06F 39/083 (2013.01); D06F 39/088 (2013.01); D06F 39/125 (2013.01); D06F 39/14 (2013.01); D06F 2103/40 (2020.02); D06F 2105/58 (2020.02); D06F 2105/60 (2020.02);
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a laundry treatment apparatus including a cabinet including an upper cover, a first side cover and a second side cover, a cover through hole formed through the upper cover, and an outlet formed in a front surface of the cabinet, a drawer including a drawer body, and a drawer panel fixed to the drawer body, a tub arranged in the drawer body, a drum rotatably arranged inside the tub, an operation part having one end rotatably fixed to the first side cover and a free end, a contact portion exposed to an outside of the cabinet and configured to move toward an inside of the cabinet and toward the cover through hole, a converter configured to move the free end, and a position sensor configured to sense a position of the free end when the outlet is closed to sense closure of the outlet.

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