Laundry treating apparatus
US10309050B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 20, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jun 4, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD06F23/04
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A laundry treating apparatus may include a tub, a drum provided within the tub to accommodate laundry, flow path units provided on the drum to provide moving paths of water, an agitation unit provided within the drum so as to be rotatable and moving at least a part of water within the drum to the flow path units during rotation, and filter units to filter water moving along the flow path units. Each of the filter units includes a body configured to provide a storage space of foreign substances, an inflow part to introduce water in the flow path unit into the body, a filter provided on the body to filter water introduced into the body and then to discharge filtered water to the drum, and discharge parts provided on the body to discharge water containing foreign substances in the tangential direction of a rotating trajectory of the drum.
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