US 12,168,846 B2
Laundry treating apparatus
Sungwoon Jung, Seoul (KR); Hyehyun Sim, Seoul (KR); and Hunjun Jang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/497,288.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0130147 (KR), filed on Oct. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0112648 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 39/02 (2006.01); D06F 23/02 (2006.01); D06F 39/06 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 39/12 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 39/028 (2013.01) [D06F 23/025 (2013.01); D06F 39/06 (2013.01); D06F 39/088 (2013.01); D06F 39/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
a cabinet that defines a detergent opening at a front surface thereof;
a tub disposed inside the cabinet;
a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub and configured to receive laundry; and
a detergent feeder disposed inside the cabinet and configured to supply detergent into the tub,
wherein the detergent feeder comprises:
a detergent storage that defines a storage space configured to store the detergent, the detergent storage being configured to be inserted into and withdrawn from the cabinet through the detergent opening,
a supply casing that accommodates the detergent storage, and
a water supply configured to supply water to at least one of the detergent storage or the supply casing,
wherein the water supply comprises:
a water supply portion configured to supply water to the detergent storage,
a shower portion configured to supply water into an area of the supply casing outside the detergent storage, and
a shower flow channel that extends from the water supply portion and connects to the shower portion, the shower flow channel being configured to deliver water from the water supply portion to the shower portion, and
wherein the shower portion protrudes outward from an exterior surface of the water supply in a lateral direction relative to a sidewall of the detergent storage and defines a portion of the exterior surface of the water supply.