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Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 05, 2024
Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Jihong Lee, Seoul, KR;

Kwan Woong Jeong, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 34/20 (2020.01); D06F 33/32 (2020.01); D06F 37/18 (2006.01); D06F 37/28 (2006.01); D06F 37/42 (2006.01); D06F 39/14 (2006.01); D06F 103/68 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 34/20 (2020.02); D06F 33/32 (2020.02); D06F 37/18 (2013.01); D06F 37/28 (2013.01); D06F 37/42 (2013.01); D06F 39/14 (2013.01); D06F 2103/68 (2020.02);
Abstract

A laundry treating includes a cabinet having a top surface for supporting a second treating apparatus thereon and a front surface having a front opening; a drawer withdrawing from and retracting into the cabinet through the front opening having a first through hole to feed laundry; a tub disposed inside the drawer to receive water and having a laundry inlet defined in a top surface of the tub; a drum rotatably disposed in the tub to receive laundry therein through a top opening; a door pivotally disposed at the top surface of the drawer or the top surface of the tub to open and close the first through hole or the laundry inlet; and a signal generator is configured to detect whether the drawer is inserted into the cabinet to a reference position and whether the laundry inlet has opened.


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