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Granted Patent B2
US 12,392,080 · App. 18/624,693 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Clothing treatment device

Inventors: Kihyuk Kim (Seoul, KR); Jaeil Bae (Seoul, KR); Wookjun Chung (Seoul, KR); Jaehyung Kim (Seoul, KR); Semin Jang (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
D06F58/10D06F35/00D06F39/14D06F58/203D06F58/26D06F71/34D06F71/36D06F73/02
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Patent No.
US 12,392,080
App. No.
18/624,693
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A clothing treatment device includes a cabinet having an open part provided at the front thereof, a door assembly for opening and closing the open part, a first clothing treatment room, which is provided inside the cabinet so as to provide a space for accommodating clothing therein, and communicates with the outside of the cabinet through the open part, and a machinery room for circulating steam or air in the first clothing treatment room. The door assembly includes an assembly housing which opens and closes the opened front surface of the cabinet and which has a space of a second clothing treatment room therein, and an assembly door for opening and closing, at the front of the cabinet, the second clothing treatment room formed in the assembly housing.

Claims (43)

1. A laundry treating apparatus comprising:

a cabinet having an opening in a front direction;

a first laundry treating chamber provided inside the cabinet to provide a space for accommodating laundry and communicated with an outside of the cabinet through the opening;

a machine chamber communicated with the first laundry treating chamber to arrange at least one of (i) a steam supply configured to supply steam to the first laundry treating chamber or (ii) an air supply configured to circulating air;

a door assembly configured to open and close the opening;

a second laundry treating chamber defined inside the door assembly to provide a space for pressing the laundry; and

an assembly door configured to open and close the second laundry treating chamber,

wherein the second laundry treating chamber comprises:

a fixing member arranged at the second laundry treating chamber and configured to hang the laundry;

a first surface configured to contact one side of the laundry hung by the fixing member; and

a second surface configured to contact another side of the laundry.

2. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the laundry is pressed by closing the second laundry treating chamber.

3. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first surface is arranged at any one of the door assembly or the assembly door, and

wherein the second surface is arranged at the other one of the door assembly or the assembly door, positioned opposite of a base plate with respect to the laundry.

4. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second surface is disposed at the assembly door.

5. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second laundry treating chamber further comprises:

a base plate arranged at any one of the door assembly or the assembly door, and having the first surface; and

a press plate arranged at the other one of the door assembly and the assembly door, positioned opposite of the base plate with respect to the laundry, having the second surface.

6. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the laundry contacts the first surface when the laundry is hung by the fixing member.

7. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the fixing member is arranged at the door assembly, and

wherein a fixed member groove formed at the assembly door to accommodate the fixing member.

8. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the assembly door is arranged in the front direction of the door assembly.

9. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a front side of the assembly door forms a front exterior of the laundry treating apparatus.

10. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a cabinet hinge rotatably connecting the door assembly with the cabinet; and

an assembly hinge rotatably connecting the door assembly to the assembly door.

11. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising a steam moving unit moving steam generated from the steam supply to the second laundry treating chamber, wherein the steam moving unit comprises a steam path arranged at an inner side of an assembly hinge.

12. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second laundry treating chamber further comprises:

a partition plate arranged between the door assembly and the assembly door, hinge-fixed to any one of the door assembly or the assembly door,

wherein the first surface is arranged at any one of the door assembly or the assembly door, and

wherein the second surface is arranged at the partition plate.

13. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the fixing member is arranged at any one of the door assembly or the assembly door.

14. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the fixing member is a first fixing member arranged at the door assembly and configured to hang a first laundry, and

wherein a second fixing member is arranged at the assembly door and configured to hang a second laundry.

15. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the first surface is configured to contact one side of the first laundry hung by the first fixing member,

wherein the second surface is configured to contact the other side of the first laundry, and

wherein the second laundry treating chamber further comprises:

a third surface configured to contact one side of the second laundry hung by the second fixing member, and

a fourth surface configured to contact the other side of the second laundry and arranged at the partition plate.

16. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the second laundry treating chamber further comprises:

a first base plate arranged at the door assembly, and having the first surface; and

a second base plate arranged at the door assembly, and having the third surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2024
From: KIM, KIHYUK; BAE, JAEIL; CHUNG, WOOKJUN; KIM, JAEHYUNG; JANG, SEMIN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 067266/0172 →
Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2018-0038422 · Apr 3, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0074728 · Jun 28, 2018 · national
KR 10-2019-0038733 · Apr 2, 2019 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17041260
Provisional Application 62679035 · Jun 1, 2018
Related Publication 20240247428A1 · Jul 25, 2024
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