IP Library Granted Patent US 12,590,401
Granted Patent B2
US 12,590,401 · App. 17/748,897 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Laundry treating apparatus

Inventors: Hye Yong Park (Changwon-si, KR); Hyung Gyu Lim (Changwon-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
D06F58/10D06F58/20D06F58/203D06F73/02D06F58/12
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Patent No.
US 12,590,401
App. No.
17/748,897
Granted
Mar 31, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a laundry treating apparatus which can facilitate clothes drying, deodorizing, crumple-removing and sterilizing, thereby preventing the clothes from damage and providing them with improved thermal insulation.

Claims (46)

1 . A laundry treating apparatus comprising:

an outer cabinet;

an inner cabinet located within the outer cabinet defining a clothes receiving space to receive clothes;

a hanger bar located in an upper portion of the inner cabinet and configured to place the clothes thereon;

a motor located between a top side of the inner cabinet and a top side of the outer cabinet, the motor generating a rotational motion for inducing a reciprocating motion of the hanger bar;

a moving hanger frame extended along a width direction of the inner cabinet, located between the top side of the inner cabinet and the top side of the outer cabinet, and configured to support the motor, and

a first holder and a second holder connected to the moving hanger frame and respectively supporting both ends of the hanger bar,

wherein the moving hanger frame includes:

a base portion; and

a first end portion and a second end portion bending and extending from respective ends of the base portion, the first end portion including a first inclined portion inclining outwardly, and a second end portion including a second inclined portion inclining outwardly, and

wherein the first end portion includes a first step portion between the base portion and the first inclined portion, the first step portion including a first supporting hole penetrating through the first step portion, and the second end portion includes a second step portion between the base portion and the second inclined portion, the second step portion including a second supporting hole penetrating through the second step portion.

2 . The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the moving hanger frame is a single continuous piece.

3 . The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first inclined portion and the second inclined portion are inclined along a width direction of the laundry treating apparatus.

4 . The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the motor is positioned closer to the one end of the base portion than an other end of the base portion.

5 . The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, the base portion includes a frame hole penetrating through the base portion.

6 . The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a power converting portion connected to the motor and the hanger bar for converting the rotational motion of the motor into a reciprocating motion of the hanger bar; and

a power transmission portion pass through hole penetrated through the top side of inner cabinet, the

wherein at least part of the power converting portion is inserted into the clothes receiving space through the power transmission portion pass through hole to connect with the hanger bar.

7 . The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a cover located between the hanger bar and the top side of the inner cabinet to protect the at least part of the power converting portion.

8 . The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein one end of the first holder is supported by the first step portion and the other end of the first holder is inserted into the clothes receiving space through the first supporting hole to support one end of the hanger bar, and

one end of the second holder is supported by the second step portion and the other end of the second holder is inserted into the clothes receiving space through the second supporting hole to support the other end of the hanger bar.

9 . The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the power converting portion passes through a frame hole.

10 . The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the moving hanger frame along the width direction of the inner cabinet is larger than a length of the hanger bar along the width direction of the inner cabinet.

11 . The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising

a structural frame located between the inner cabinet and the outer cabinet supporting the inner cabinet and the outer cabinet.

12 . The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the structural frame includes:

a body frame provided along a height direction of the inner cabinet; and

a top frame located between the top side of the inner cabinet and the top side of the outer cabinet and connected with a top portion of the body frame.

13 . The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, with respect to the base portion, a maximum height of the motor is less than a height of each ends of the first end portion and the second end portion.

14 . A laundry treating apparatus comprising:

an outer cabinet;

an inner cabinet located within the outer cabinet defining a clothes receiving space to receive clothes;

a hanger bar located in an upper portion of the inner cabinet and configured to place the clothes thereon;

a motor located between a top side of the inner cabinet and a top side of the outer cabinet, the motor generating a rotational motion for inducing a reciprocating motion of the hanger bar;

a moving hanger frame extended along a width direction of the inner cabinet, located between the top side of the inner cabinet and the top side of the outer cabinet, and configured to support the motor,

a first holder and a second holder connected to the moving hanger frame and respectively supporting both ends of the hanger bar,

a power converting portion connected to the motor and the hanger bar for converting the rotational motion of the motor into a reciprocating motion of the hanger bar;

a power transmission portion pass through hole penetrated through the top side of the inner cabinet, and

a cover located between the hanger bar and the top side of the inner cabinet to protect the at least part of the power converting portion,

wherein at least part of the power converting portion is inserted into the clothes receiving space through the power transmission portion pass through hole to connect with the hanger bar, and

wherein the moving hanger frame includes:

a base portion; and

a first end portion and a second end portion bending and extending from respective ends of the base portion, the first end portion including a first inclined portion inclining outwardly, and a second end portion including a second inclined portion inclining outwardly.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2022
From: PARK, HYE YONG; LIM, HYUNG GYU
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 059963/0440 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2009-0124596 · Dec 15, 2009 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16549339 · Aug 23, 2019
Division 13513769
Related Publication 20220275568A1 · Sep 1, 2022
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