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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/02 (2006.01); D06F 37/04 (2006.01); D06F 37/06 (2006.01); D06F 37/20 (2006.01); D06F 37/22 (2006.01); D06F 37/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/203 (2013.01); D06F 37/22 (2013.01); D06F 37/225 (2013.01); D06F 37/30 (2013.01); D06F 33/02 (2013.01); D06F 37/04 (2013.01); D06F 37/06 (2013.01); D06F 37/304 (2013.01); D06F 2202/065 (2013.01); D06F 2204/10 (2013.01); D06F 2222/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A laundry treatment apparatus including a cabinet forming an appearance of the apparatus, a drum rotatably disposed in the cabinet, a housing fixed to the drum, an accommodation space defined within the housing forming a closed loop, a balancing unit movably disposed in the accommodation space, and a housing power line provided at an inner circumferential surface of the housing to supply power to the balancing unit, wherein the balancing unit includes a unit body, a motor for moving the unit body, a brush contacting the housing power line, and a power terminal housing fixed to the unit body and having a space in which the brush is removably installed.