Patent Application
20250075398
This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2023-0114909, filed in the Republic of Korea on Aug. 30, 2023, which is hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
The present disclosure relates to a laundry treating apparatus, which accommodates laundry therein and treats the laundry.
A laundry treating apparatus is an apparatus that may perform various treatment courses for treating laundry, such as a washing course performed on clothes, bedding, and the like (hereinafter, referred to as the laundry) after loading them into a drum and removing contaminants from the laundry or a drying course of removing moisture present in the laundry.
The laundry treating apparatus may include a cabinet that forms an outer appearance thereof, and may include an accommodating portion defined inside the cabinet to accommodate the laundry therein. Additionally, when water is used in the laundry treatment course, a tub may be disposed inside the cabinet, and the accommodating portion may be installed inside the tub.
In one example, the cabinet may include a control panel. The control panel may be defined by a portion of an outer surface of the cabinet, or may be formed separately and installed such that at least a portion thereof is exposed to the outside of the cabinet.
The control panel may provide various information to a user or receive commands from the user. For example, the control panel may output a screen to provide visual information to the user or may include a button or the like that is manipulated by the user to generate a manipulation signal of the user.
In relation thereto, Korean Patent No. KR 10-1960309 discloses a control panel that is able to output a screen and is equipped with a button or the like.
The control panel includes an output area where the screen is output, and the buttons are disposed on both sides of the output area.
However, an edge of the control panel relative to the cabinet is approximately rectangular in shape, and in this case, an unnecessary area size increase is caused around the button, which may be disadvantageous in terms of space utilization.
For example, the control panel needs to provide an efficient cross-sectional shape and arrangement structure of components, including the buttons, while securing a sufficient size of the output area for outputting the screen.
Furthermore, in addition to the area exposed to the outside, the control panel is formed in a module shape inside the cabinet and occupies a space inside the cabinet, so that an efficient arrangement between the various components, such as a door, is required.
In one example, a shape of the control panel exposed to the outside of the cabinet has the same or similar pattern in relationships with the cabinet, the door, and the like, thereby improving user satisfaction with the product.
In addition, various components may be located inside the cabinet in addition to the above-described tub or accommodating portion. In relation thereto, size relationships, such as height relationships and width relationships, and positional relationships between the components exposed to the outside of the cabinet are important in a design aspect.
Therefore, developing a control panel that improves space utilization while improving convenience of use and developing a laundry treating apparatus in which the size relationships and the positional relationships between the cabinet, the door, and the like as well as the control panel are efficiently determined to improve space utilization and use satisfaction are important tasks in the present technical field.
Embodiments of the present disclosure are to provide a laundry treating apparatus including a control panel with excellent space utilization and improved convenience of use.
In addition, embodiments of the present disclosure are to provide a laundry treating apparatus including a control panel with efficient arrangement of components.
In addition, embodiments of the present disclosure are to provide a laundry treating apparatus that effectively patterns shapes of components exposed to the outside of a cabinet.
In addition, embodiments of the present disclosure are to provide a laundry treating apparatus in which a height, a width, a location, and the like of each component exposed to the outside of a cabinet are efficiently determined to effectively improve space utilization and convenience of use.
In addition, embodiments of the present disclosure are to provide a laundry treating apparatus in which relative heights, widths, locations, and the like of components exposed to the outside of a cabinet are efficiently determined to effectively improve space utilization and convenience of use.
A laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a control panel, and the control panel includes a central portion and a side portion. The side portion may be disposed on each of two lateral ends of the central portion and may have a curved edge.
Accordingly, the control panel of the present disclosure may effectively secure an output area by increasing a width of the central portion including the output area of a screen, and at the same time, may effectively implement a control panel shape including curved edges via the side portions and may efficiently secure a space within the control panel where a button or the like may be disposed.
A laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a cabinet including a front panel having a first opening defined therein, an accommodating portion disposed inside the cabinet to accommodate therein laundry input via the first opening, a door that is disposed on the front panel and opens and closes the first opening, and a control panel disposed on the front panel and having an output area where a screen is output.
The control panel includes a central portion including the output area and having straight edges with respect to the front panel, and a side portion positioned at each of two lateral ends of the central portion and having a curved edge with respect to the front panel.
A width of the control panel defined based on a width direction of the cabinet is equal to or greater than ⅓ times and equal to or smaller than ½ times a width of the door. The width of the control panel may be equal to or greater than ⅖ times the width of the door.
A height of the control panel defined based on a height direction of the cabinet may be equal to or greater than ⅛ times and equal to or smaller than ⅙ times a height of the door. A vertical center line of the control panel, a vertical center line of the door, and a vertical center line of the front panel may be located on the same line.
A vertical quadrant line of the door may be defined to pass through a midpoint between a vertical center line of the door and an outermost end of the door based on the width direction of the cabinet, and a vertical outer line defined to pass through an outermost end of the control panel based on the width direction of the cabinet may be located between the vertical center line of the door and the vertical quadrant line of the door.
A vertical octant line of the door may be defined to pass through a midpoint between the vertical center line of the door and the vertical quadrant line of the door based on the width direction of the cabinet, and the vertical outer line of the control panel may be located between the vertical quadrant line of the door and the vertical octant line of the door.
The vertical outer line of the control panel may be located closer to the vertical quadrant line of the door than to the vertical octant line of the door. A vertical outer line of the output area may be located between the vertical quadrant line of the door and the vertical octant line of the door.
The control panel may include a button manipulated by a user, and a vertical center line of the button may be located at a midpoint between the vertical outer line of the control panel and the vertical outer line of the output area.
The side portion of the control panel may be located between the vertical quadrant line of the door and the vertical octant line of the door based on the width direction. The control panel may include a button manipulated by a user, and a vertical center line of the button may be located between the vertical quadrant line of the door and the vertical octant line of the door.
A width of the output area may be equal to or greater than ¼ times and equal to or smaller than ⅓ times the width of the door. A width of the output area may be equal to or greater than ½ times and equal to or smaller than ⅔ times the width of the control panel.
A width of the output area may be equal to or greater than ⅔ times a width of the central portion. A height of the output area defined based on a height direction of the cabinet may be equal to or smaller than ⅙ times a height of the door.
The width of the control panel may be equal to or greater than ⅓ times and equal to or smaller than ½ times a width of the front panel. The width of the control panel may be equal to or greater than a shortest distance between one of two lateral ends of the front panel and the control panel.
The width of the door may be equal to or greater than ¾ times the width of the front panel. A shortest distance between one of the two lateral ends of the front panel and the door based on the width direction of the cabinet may be equal to or smaller than ⅛ times the width of the front panel.
The height of the door defined based on the height direction of the cabinet may be equal to or greater than ½ times the height of the front panel. A center of the door may be located upward of a center of the cabinet.
The front panel may include a door seating portion where the door in a closed state of closing the first opening is seated, and the door may be seated on the door seating portion so as not to protrude forwardly of the front panel in the closed state.
In the closed state of the door, a front surface of the door may be located on the same plane as a front surface of the front panel. The front panel may be formed by molding a single panel material, and may have the first opening and a second opening where the control panel is disposed.
The embodiments of the present disclosure may provide the laundry treating apparatus including the control panel with the excellent space utilization and the improved convenience of use.
In addition, the embodiments of the present disclosure may provide the laundry treating apparatus including the control panel with the efficient arrangement of the components.
In addition, the embodiments of the present disclosure may provide the laundry treating apparatus that effectively patterns the shapes of the components exposed to the outside of the cabinet.
In addition, the embodiments of the present disclosure may provide the laundry treating apparatus in which the height, the width, the location, and the like of each component exposed to the outside of the cabinet are efficiently determined to effectively improve the space utilization and the convenience of use.
In addition, the embodiments of the present disclosure may provide the laundry treating apparatus in which the relative heights, widths, locations, and the like of the components exposed to the outside of the cabinet are efficiently determined to effectively improve the space utilization and the convenience of use.
Hereinafter, with reference to the attached drawings, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail such that those skilled in the art may easily practice them.
However, the present disclosure may be implemented in several different forms and may not be limited to the embodiments described herein. Further, to clearly illustrate the present disclosure in the drawings, parts unrelated to the description are omitted, and similar drawing numerals are assigned to similar parts throughout the present document.
In the present document, redundant descriptions of the same components are omitted.
Further, in the present document, when a component is referred to as being ‘connected’ to another component, it should be understood that the components may be directly connected to each other, but there may be another component therebetween. On the other hand, in the present document, when a component is referred to as being ‘directly connected’ to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component therebetween.
Additionally, the terms used herein are merely used to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.
Further, as used herein, singular expressions may include plural expressions, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
In addition, in the present document, it should be understood that terms such as ‘include’ or ‘have’ are only intended to indicate the presence of features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof described herein, and do not preclude the presence or addition of other features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.
Further, in the present document, the term ‘and/or’ includes a combination of a plurality of listed items or any of the plurality of listed items. As used herein, ‘A or B’ may include ‘A’, ‘B’, or ‘both A and B’.
The cabinet 10 may have an approximately hexahedral shape and may be formed by coupling a plurality of panels to each other. For example, the cabinet 10 may be formed by coupling a front panel 11, side panels, a top panel, a rear panel, and the like to each other.
A longitudinal direction X, a width direction Y, and a height direction Z mentioned in the present disclosure may be defined based on the cabinet 10, unless otherwise specified. The longitudinal direction X may be a front and rear direction, the width direction Y may be a left and right direction, and the height direction Z may be a vertical direction.
In addition, unless otherwise specified, a height of each component to be described below refers to a length of the corresponding component itself in the height direction Z. For example, a height of one component may refer to a vertical distance between virtual horizontal lines respectively defined at an uppermost end and a lowermost end of the corresponding component, and the vertical distance may be defined parallel to the height direction Z. The height of the corresponding component may refer to a length thereof along the height direction Z.
In addition, unless otherwise specified, a width of each component to be described below refers to a length of the corresponding component itself in the width direction Y. For example, a width of one component may refer to a horizontal distance between virtual vertical lines respectively defined at an end at one side and an end at the other side in the width direction Y of the corresponding component, and the horizontal distance may be defined parallel to the width direction Y. The width of the corresponding component may refer to a length thereof along the width direction Y.
In one example, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cabinet 10 may include the front panel 11 forming a front surface of the cabinet 10, and the front panel 11 may have a first opening 17 defined therein. The first opening 17 may allow an exterior and an interior of the cabinet 10 to be in communication with each other.
The first opening 17 may be in communication with an accommodating portion 20, which will be described later, so that laundry input via the first opening 17 may be accommodated in the accommodating portion 20. Additionally, the front panel 11 may include a door 16 for opening and closing the first opening 17. In other words, an embodiment of the present disclosure may be a front loader type in which the first opening 17 and the door 16 are disposed at the front panel 11.
The door 16 may open and close the first opening 17 in various ways. For example, the door 16 may be hinge-coupled to the front panel 11 to pivot in a closed state to close the front panel 11 while being in close contact with the front panel 11 or pivot in an opening state to open the front panel 17 while being spaced apart from the front panel 11.
In addition, the cabinet 10 may include a control panel 100. The control panel 100 may be disposed on the front panel 11, and may have an output area 220 for outputting a screen. A detailed description of the control panel 100 will be made later.
In one example, the laundry treating apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may be used by being disposed adjacent to an additional treating apparatus 2 disposed outside the cabinet 10. For example, the laundry treating apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may be seated on top of the additional treating apparatus 2 and used in a form of being stacked with the additional treating apparatus 2.
The additional treating apparatus 2 may accommodate laundry therein separately from the laundry treating apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and may perform a treatment course for the laundry separately.
Specifically, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the laundry may be introduced from the outside of the cabinet 10 into the cabinet 10 via the first opening 17 defined in the cabinet 10, and may be accommodated inside the accommodating portion 20 defined inside the cabinet 10.
That is, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first opening 17 in communication with the accommodating portion 20 may be defined in the front panel 11 of the cabinet 10. The accommodating portion 20 may accommodate therein the laundry input via the first opening 17.
The door 16 for opening and closing the first opening 17 may be disposed on the front panel 11. In addition, the door seating portion 15 on which the door 16 in the closed state to close the first opening 17 is seated may be defined in the front panel 11.
The door seating portion 15 may have a recessed surface recessed rearwardly of the front surface defined in the front panel 11. That is, the door seating portion 15 may be defined in a form of a groove recessed rearwardly from the front panel 11, and the first opening 17 described above may be positioned at a center of the door seating portion 15.
In other words, the door seating portion 15 may extend along a circumference of the first opening 17 and surround the first opening 17. The door 16, which is pivoted to be in close contact with the front panel 11 to close the first opening 17, may be at least partially seated on the door seating portion 15.
Accordingly, an amount by which the door 16 in the closed state protrudes forwardly of the front panel 11 may be reduced, and a close contact structure between the door 16 and the front panel 11 may be effectively implemented, so that the inside of the cabinet 10 may be effectively closed.
The laundry treating apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may perform laundry washing treatment and/or laundry drying treatment.
To perform the washing treatment, the laundry treating apparatus 1 may include a tub 30. The tub 30 may include a space for accommodating water therein. The laundry treating apparatus 1 may include a water supply that receives water from the outside, and the water supply may supply water into the tub 30.
The accommodating portion 20 of the laundry described above may be disposed inside the tub 30. The accommodating portion 20 may be named as a drum having a space defined therein. The accommodating portion 20 may be disposed inside the tub 30 and may be rotated by a driver. The accommodating portion 20 may be rotatable by a rotation shaft defined by the driver.
The accommodating portion 20 may accommodate the laundry therein, and a plurality of holes allowing the outside and the inside to be in communication with each other may be defined in a circumferential surface of the accommodating portion 20. Accordingly, water stored in the tub 30 may be provided into the accommodating portion 20, and the washing treatment of the laundry may be performed via the rotation of the accommodating portion 20.
In one example, an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a detergent supply 50, and the detergent supply 50 may store detergent for the washing treatment of the laundry. The detergent in the detergent supply 50 may be supplied into the tub 30 or into the accommodating portion 20.
The water supply may supply water to the detergent supply 50. The water supply may supply water to the tub 30 via the detergent supply 50, or may supply water directly to the tub 30.
The tub 30 and the accommodating portion 20 may be formed in an approximately cylindrical shape and may be opened toward the first opening 17 defined in the cabinet 10. For example, the tub 30 may have a tub inlet 31 that opens toward the first opening 17 of the front panel 11, and the accommodating portion 20 may have an accommodating portion inlet 21 that opens toward the tub inlet 31 and the first opening 17.
An embodiment of the present disclosure may include a drainage, and the drainage may be connected to the tub 30 to discharge water inside the tub 30 to the outside of the cabinet 10.
In one example, the laundry treating apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include an air regulator 40 for the drying treatment. The air regulator 40 may be disposed at various locations inside the cabinet 10.
For example, when the laundry treating apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure enables the aforementioned washing treatment, the laundry treating apparatus 1 may include the tub 30, and the air regulator 40 may be disposed on the tub 30 and in communication with the tub 30.
In one example, when the laundry treating apparatus 1 enables only the drying treatment, excluding the washing treatment, the tub 30 may be omitted, so that the air regulator 40 may be disposed under or on the accommodating portion 20 and in communication with the inside of the accommodating portion 20.
Hereinafter, for a purpose of describing the present disclosure, the description will be made based on the laundry treating apparatus 1 that enables both the washing treatment and the drying treatment of the laundry. However, when necessary, a case in which only one of the washing treatment and the drying treatment is enabled may also be applied.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in the laundry treating apparatus 1 that enables both the washing treatment and the drying treatment of the laundry, the air regulator 40 may allow air to be introduced thereinto from a rear side of the tub 30 and allow air to be introduced into a front side of the tub 30 or the accommodating portion 20. However, an inlet and an outlet of air in the air regulator 40 may be set in reverse, when necessary.
The air regulator 40 may dehumidify and heat air delivered from the tub 30 and supply air back to the tub 30. Accordingly, air inside the tub 30 whose humidity has increased because of moisture in the laundry may be dried at a high temperature again while passing through the air regulator 40, and moisture present in the laundry inside the accommodating portion 20 may be vaporized into air to perform the drying treatment.
In one example, the laundry treating apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may be positioned on top of the additional treating apparatus 2 by being seated on a top surface of the aforementioned additional treating apparatus 2. The additional treating apparatus 2 may accommodate the laundry therein separately from the laundry treating apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and perform the treatment of the laundry.
For example, the additional treating apparatus 2 may include an additional accommodating portion 3 for accommodating the laundry therein separately from the aforementioned accommodating portion 20, and may perform treatment of the laundry accommodated in the additional accommodating portion 3. The additional treating apparatus 2 may perform the washing treatment and/or the drying treatment of the laundry in the additional accommodating portion 3.
The additional treating apparatus 2 may receive water, detergent, and high-temperature dry air from the laundry treating apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and may include at least one of the components for treating the laundry, such as the water supply, the drainage, the detergent supply 50, and the air regulator 40 described above, separately with respect to the laundry treating apparatus 1.
In one example, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, a height H1 of the cabinet 10 may be defined to be equal to a height of the side panel of the cabinet 10. For example, even when some of the plurality of panels, for example, the front panel 11, are smaller in height than the side panel as shown in
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a center of the door 16 may be located at a higher vertical level than a center of the cabinet 10. In this regard, the center L9 (sec
Accordingly, a location of the first opening 17 as well as a location of the tub 30 or the accommodating portion 20 may be changed upward, which makes it easier for a user to access the first opening 17 and additionally secures a lower space inside the cabinet 10.
The first opening 17 may be surrounded by the door seating portion 15, and a center of the door seating portion 15 may also be positioned at a higher vertical level than the center of the cabinet 10. The door 16 may be seated on the door seating portion 15 so as not to protrude forwardly of the front panel 11 in the closed state for the first opening 17.
In addition, the center of the door 16 may be positioned at a higher vertical level than the center of the door seating portion 15 in the closed state. During use, the location of the center of the door 16 may be gradually lowered because of a self-weight of the door 16. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the door 16 is installed such that the center thereof is located at the higher vertical level than the center of the door seating portion 15, thereby compensating for the phenomenon of the center sagging downward during use.
In the closed state of the door 16, a front surface of the door 16 may be located on the same plane S as a front surface of the front panel 11. That is, the door seating portion 15 may have a recession depth that allows the door 16 to form the same plane S as the front panel 11.
However, the door seating portion 15 does not necessarily need to be formed such that the door 16 forms the same plane as the front panel 11. When necessary, the door seating portion 15 may not be present, or even when the door 16 is seated on the door seating portion 15, the door 16 may protrude forwardly of the front panel 11.
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In one example, the front panel 11 may be formed by molding a single panel material. For example, the front panel 11 may be made of a single material in a shape of a plate, and may be composed of a front area forming the front surface of the cabinet and multiple flanges formed by bending an outer portion of the front area. In this case, the flanges may be welded to each other to eliminate a gap defined therebetween.
In one example, in an area corresponding to the front surface of the front panel 11, the first opening 17 described above and a second opening 18, which will be described in detail, in which the control panel 100 is disposed may be defined in a scheme such as cutting or punching.
The first opening 17 may be defined larger than the second opening 18. The second opening 18 may be located between the first opening 17 and an upper end of the front panel 11.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the first opening 17 and the door 16 may be formed in a circular shape. The first opening 17 may be formed in the circular shape and may be opened and closed by the door 16, and the door 16 may be formed to have a circular edge with respect to the front panel 11.
In the present disclosure, the circular shape may be understood to include not only a circle but also a shape that may be understood as a circle by those skilled in the art, such as an ellipse. The door 16 may be formed to have an area size greater than that of the first opening 17 and may close the first opening 17.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the control panel 100 may be positioned between the upper end of the front panel 11 and an upper end of the door 16 depending on the location of the second opening 18. The control panel 100 may be coupled to the front panel 11 such that at least a portion thereof is disposed in the second opening 18.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the control panel 100 may have a track shape as will be described below, and the second opening 18 may have a track shape having both a straight edge and a curved edge to correspond to the control panel 100.
In one example, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the control panel 100 may be understood as a portion, an area, and a shape exposed to the outside of the cabinet 10 via the second opening 18 or the like. For example, the control panel 100 may be formed as a module occupying an area size greater than that of the second opening 18, but an area of the module that is exposed to the outside via the second opening 18 and recognized from the outside may be defined as the control panel 100.
Accordingly, the second opening 18 may be formed in a track shape having a straight edge and a curved edge, and the control panel 100 may be installed inside the cabinet 10, but may be defined in the track shape by the shape of the second opening 18 and may be exposed to the outside of the cabinet 10.
Hereinafter, unless otherwise stated, the control panel 100 will be described as having the track shape as the area or the portion that is disposed in the second opening 18 and exposed to the outside of the cabinet 10.
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In this case, the lower end of the front surface of the cabinet 10 may be covered by the front panel 11 described above, or may be shielded from the outside via a separate lower panel positioned beneath the front panel 11.
In this case, the upper end of the front surface of the additional treating apparatus 2 may be positioned at a lower vertical level than the side panel of the cabinet 10, and may be positioned under the front panel 11. Such difference may occur from a change in a size of the laundry treating apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure or a difference in a model of the additional treating apparatus 2.
The lower end of the cabinet 10 shielded by the lower panel may be equipped with the above-described detergent supply 50 and/or a hose connection portion, and the like. In addition, the door 16 disposed on the front panel 11 may protrude forwardly of the front panel 11.
However, the characteristics of the first opening 17, the second opening 18, and the like described in
For convenience of description, a following description will be made based on the structure in which the upper end of the front surface of the additional treating apparatus 2 is located at the lower end of the front surface of the cabinet 10 of the laundry treating apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, as described in
As described above, the control panel 100 defined in an embodiment of the present disclosure may be a portion of the module structure that is disposed inside the cabinet 10 and occupies a cross-sectional area equal to or greater than that of the second opening 18 described above. Unless otherwise stated, a description will be made by defining the control panel 100 as the component that is disposed in the second opening 18 and has the track shape.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the control panel 100 may be disposed in the cabinet 10 and may include the output area 220 where the screen is output and a button 140 manipulated by the user.
The control panel 100 may be disposed in a top surface of the cabinet 10 or may be disposed in the front panel 11 as shown in
The control panel 100 may be disposed between the upper end of the front panel 11 and the upper end of the door 16. In other words, the second opening 18 may also be located between the upper end of the front panel 11 and the upper end of the door 16.
The control panel 100 may include the output area 220 on which the screen is output. A shape of the output area 220 may vary. For example, as shown in
In one example, the control panel 100 may include a display for outputting the screen via the output area 220, and the display may have an area size equal to or greater than that of the output area 220. In
The output area 220 may be defined as a portion of the display that is exposed to the outside of the cabinet 10 and recognized by the user. The periphery of the display may be covered by an outer surface of the control panel 100 and may be hidden from the outside, and the output area 220 may be exposed to the outside of the cabinet 10 to output the screen.
In one example, the control panel 100 may include a central portion 200 and a side portion 300. The central portion 200 may include the output area 220 and may have a straight edge 210 with respect to the cabinet 10. For example, the central portion 200 may have the straight edges 210 respectively positioned at upper and lower sides to be parallel to the width direction Y of the cabinet 10.
The side portions 300 may be positioned at two lateral ends of the central portion 200, respectively. The side portion 300 may have a curved edge 310 with respect to the cabinet 10. The curved edge 310 may have an arc shape. A curvature of the curved edge 310 may vary. The side portion 300 may include only the curved edge 310 with respect to the front panel 11.
The straight edges 210 of the central portion 200 and the curved edge 310 of the side portion 300 may be connected to each other via a pair of connecting points 110. For example, one of both ends of the curved edge 310 of the side portion 300 may be connected to one end of the straight edge 210 located at the upper side of the central portion 200, and the other of both ends of the curved edge 310 may be connected to one end of the straight edge 210 located at the lower side of the central portion 200.
The control panel 100 in which the side portions 300 are located on both sides of the central portion 200 may have the track-shaped edges as a whole with respect to the cabinet 10. The track-shaped edge may be composed of the straight edges 210 and the curved edges 310.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the control panel 100 is formed to have the track-shaped edges, so that a width W3 of the output area 220 may be adjusted by adjusting in terms of design only a width W2 of the central portion 200, and a size of the output area 220 may be adjusted while minimizing design changes by maintaining the shape of the side portion 300.
A boundary line L1 of the central portion 200 and the side portion 300 may be defined to pass through the pair of connecting points 110. That is, the boundary line L1 of the central portion 200 and the side portion 300 may be a virtual line connecting the pair of connecting points 110 where the straight edges 210 of the central portion 200 and the curved edge 310 of the side portion 300 meet each other.
The boundary line L1 of the central portion 200 and the side portion 300 may be a straight line and may be defined parallel to the height direction Z of the cabinet 10. The central portion 200 may be defined in a square shape via the straight edge 210 and the boundary line L1, and the side portion 300 may be defined in a semicircular shape via the curved edge 310 and the boundary line L1.
In this regard, the semicircular shape may be defined as a shape in which one of two lines forming edges is an arc-shaped curved line and the other is a straight line.
In one example, the control panel 100 may include the button 140 manipulated by the user between the output area 220 and an outermost end of the side portion 300 based on the width direction Y.
The button 140 may generate a manipulation signal by being manipulated by the user. The manipulation signal generated from the button 140 may be transmitted to a control module, which will be described later, as a command signal of the user.
The button 140 may be of various types. For example, the button 140 may be a mechanical button 140 operated by a physical pressure or may be a touch button 140 that senses a touch signal of the user with respect to a touch area 145 determined by design as will be described later.
At least a portion of the button 140 may be located on the side portion 300. An entirety of the button 140 may be located on the side portion 300, or a portion of the button 140 may be located on the side portion 300 and the remaining portion may be located on the central portion 200.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, at least a portion of the button 140 is positioned on the side portion 300 having the curved edge 310, thereby minimizing an unnecessary area other than the area for the button 140 to be positioned in the control panel 100.
For example, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, when considering the shape of the side portion 300, an area of the control panel 100 positioned upward or downward of the button 140 may be effectively reduced, and efficient use of the space of the control panel as well as completion of the shape of the control panel 100 may be achieved.
In one example, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the boundary line L1 of the central portion 200 and the side portion 300 may cross the button 140. As described above, the button 140 may be of the touch type and located outside the output area 220 in the control panel 100. In this case, the boundary line L1 of the central portion 200 and the side portion 300 may cross the touch area 145 of the button 140.
Various components for implementing the button 140 may occupy a space larger than a space occupied by an outer appearance of the button 140 exposed from the inside of the cabinet 10 to the outside of the cabinet 10. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, an efficient separation distance from the display may be secured as a portion of the button 140 is disposed on the side portion 300, and the components implementing the button 140 in the control panel 100 may be efficiently disposed as the remainder of the button 140 is disposed on the central portion 200.
In one example, an icon 146 indicating a function of the button 140 may be indicated on the button 140. For example, the button 140 may include a plurality of buttons, and cach button 140 may be indicated with the icon 146 indicating a corresponding function.
For example, an icon 146 related to power may be indicated on a power button 141 to be described below, and an icon 146 related to start or pause of the laundry treatment may be indicated on an execution button 142 to be described below.
At least a portion of the icon 146 of the button 140 may be located on the side portion 300. An entirety of the icon 146 indicated on the button 140 may be located on the side portion 300, or only a portion of the icon 146 may be located on the side portion 300 and the rest may be located on the central portion 200.
In the control panel 100, the side portions 300 may be located on both sides of the central portion 200 based on the width direction Y, respectively. The side portion 300 may include a first side portion 301 located on one of the two lateral ends of the central portion 200 and a second side portion 302 located on the other thereof.
The button 140 may include a first button 141 having at least a portion positioned on the first side portion 301, and a second button 142 having at least a portion positioned on the second side portion 302. The first button 141 and the second button 142 may include a plurality of first buttons and a plurality of second buttons, respectively.
The first button may correspond to the power button 141 for supplying or cutting off power to the control panel 100, and the second button may correspond to the execution button 142 for performing or pausing a course for treating the laundry.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the output area 220 may sense a touch input of the user onto the screen. The output area 220 may output the screen for setting various courses for the laundry treatment or providing information, and the user may set the laundry treatment process by touching the screen.
In the process of using the laundry treating apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the user may apply the power to the laundry treating apparatus 1 by manipulating the power button 141 located at one side in the width direction Y of the control panel 100, may set the laundry treatment process via the output area 220 located at the central area of the control panel 100, and command execution of the above-mentioned treatment process by manipulating the execution button 142 located at the other side in the width direction Y of the control panel 100.
That is, the user may command the laundry treatment process by sequentially manipulating the plurality of buttons 140 and the output area 220 from one side in the width direction Y in one direction during the process of using the laundry treating apparatus 1, so that convenience of use may be improved.
In the control panel 100, the output area 220 may be positioned to be spaced apart from the boundary line L1 along the width direction Y of the cabinet 10. That is, the output area 220 may be positioned entirely on the central portion 200.
In addition, the central portion 200 may include an outer area 230 positioned outward of the output area 220. The outer area 230 may extend along a perimeter of the output area 220 and surround the output area 220.
A portion of the button 140 may be positioned on the side portion 300 and the remaining portion thereof may be positioned on the outer area 230.
A width of a portion in the outer area 230 located in a horizontal direction of the output area 220 may be greater than a width of a portion in the outer area 230 located in a vertical direction of the output area 220. The control panel 100 may be formed to have a width greater than a height.
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In addition, the horizontal center line of the output area 220 and a horizontal center line L7 of the control panel 100 may be defined on the same line.
That is, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the horizontal center line L3 of the button 140, the horizontal center line of the output area 220, and the horizontal center line L7 of the control panel 100 may form the same line. That is, distances thereof to the lower end of the control panel 100 may all be equal to each other.
In one example, a height H3 of the output area 220 may be equal to or greater than 8/10 times the height H2 of the control panel 100. An area size of the output area 220 on which the screen is displayed needs to be effectively increased, and accordingly, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the height H3 of the output area 220 may be equal to or greater than 8/10 times the height H2 of the control panel 100. A height of the touch area 145 of the button 140 may be equal to or smaller than half the height H2 or H3 of the output area 220 or the control panel 100.
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The vertical center line L2 of the button 140 may pass through a midpoint of the shortest distance W5 between an outermost end of the side portion 300 and the output area 220, based on the width direction Y of the cabinet 10.
In this regard, the outermost end of the side portion 300 may refer to a point in the side portion 300 located farthest from the central portion 200 based on the width direction Y. The outermost end may refer to a point in the curved edge 310 of the side portion 300 located at an outermost side along the width direction Y. The outermost end may be located on the horizontal center line L7 of the control panel 100.
The shortest distance W5 between the outermost end of the side portion 300 and the output area 220 may refer to a distance between one side of the output area 220 facing the side portion 300 and the outermost end of the side portion 300.
For example, a distance between one end facing the side portion 300 along the width direction Y among the edges of the output area 220 and the outermost end of the side portion 300 may be the shortest distance W5. The shortest distance W5 may be parallel to the width direction Y and the horizontal center line of the cabinet 10.
The shortest distance W5 between the outermost end of the side portion 300 and the output area 220 may be a horizontal distance between a virtual vertical outer line L4 that passes through the outermost end of the side portion 300 and is parallel to the height direction Z of the cabinet 10 and a vertical outer line L5 in the output area 220 that faces the vertical outer line and is parallel to the vertical outer line.
That is, the vertical center line L2 of the button 140 may be located at a midpoint between the vertical outer line L4 of the control panel 100 and the vertical outer line L5 of the output area 220.
Accordingly, the components for implementing the button 140 may be effectively disposed to be spaced apart from the edge of the control panel 100 and the display within the control panel 100 or within the cabinet 10.
In one example, a width W4 of the side portion 300, which may be defined as a distance between the vertical outer line L4 or the outermost end of the side portion 300 and the boundary line L1 of the side portion 300 and the central portion 200, may be equal to or greater than 1/10 times the width W2 of the central portion 200.
Because a minimum value of the width W4 of the side portion 300 is determined based on the central portion 200, the control panel 100 may effectively maintain the aforementioned track shape even when the width W2 of the central portion 200 is changed.
However, to prevent an excessive increase in the width W4 of the side portion 300, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the width W4 of the side portion 300 may be equal to or smaller than ½ times the width W2 of the central portion 200.
In addition, a width W3 of the output area 220 may be equal to or greater than ½ times and equal to or smaller than ⅔ times the width W1 of the control panel 100. Accordingly, an area size for placing the buttons 140 that may be disposed on both sides of the output area 220, respectively, in the control panel 100 may be effectively secured.
In addition, to maximize an area size of the central portion 200 while securing the installation locations of the buttons 140 or the like, the width W3 of the output area 220 defined based on the width direction Y of the cabinet 10 may be equal to or greater than ⅔ times the width W2 of the central portion 200.
The width W3 of the output area 220 defined based on the width direction Y of the cabinet 10 may be equal to or greater than 2 times the shortest distance W5 between the outermost end of the side portion 300 and the output area 220. The width of the output area 220 may be determined not only as a ratio to an entirety of the control panel 100, but may also be determined based on the shortest distance W5 between the outermost end of the side portion 300 and the output area 220. Such determination may be utilized not only for the determination of the width W3 of the output area 220 but also for the determination of the width W2 of the central portion 200.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the width W3 of the output area 220 may be equal to or greater than 2 times the height H3 of the output area 220. An embodiment of the present disclosure may effectively increase the width W3 of the output area 220 by utilizing the central portion 200.
The control panel 100 and the door 16 disposed on the front panel 11 need to secure sufficient area sizes while minimizing interference with other components such as the tub 30, the accommodating portion 20, and the like disposed inside the cabinet 10. Further, determination of locations and sizes of the control panel 100 and the door 16 may be important to improve completeness of an outer appearance of the product and user's satisfaction via visual unity or patterning.
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The vertical quadrant lines L11 of the door 16 may be defined on both sides of the vertical center line L8 of the door 16, respectively, based on the width direction Y of the cabinet 10, but only the vertical quadrant line L11 defined on one side in a lateral direction is shown in
The vertical outer line L4 defined to pass through the outermost end of the control panel 100 may be located between the vertical center line L8 of the door 16 and the vertical quadrant line L11 of the door 16 based on the width direction Y of the cabinet 10.
In addition, a vertical octant line L12 of the door 16 may be defined to pass through a midpoint between the vertical center line L8 of the door 16 and the vertical quadrant line L11 of the door 16 based on the width direction Y of the cabinet 10.
The vertical outer line LA of the control panel 100 may be positioned between the vertical quadrant line L11 of the door 16 and the vertical octant line L12 of the door 16. However, the vertical outer line L4 of the control panel 100 may be positioned closer to the vertical quadrant line L11 of the door 16 than to the vertical octant line L12 of the door 16.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the vertical outer line L5 of the output area 220 may be positioned between the vertical quadrant line L11 of the door 16 and the vertical octant line L12 of the door 16. That is, the output area 220 may be formed to have a sufficient width even in size comparison with the door 16.
In one example, the side portion 300 of the control panel 100 may be positioned between the vertical quadrant line L11 of the door 16 and the vertical octant line L12 of the door 16 based on the width direction Y. That is, the vertical outer line L4 of the side portion 300 and the boundary line L1 of the side portion 300 and the central portion 200 may all be positioned between the vertical quadrant line L11 and the vertical octant line L12 of the door 16. In relation thereto, the vertical center line L2 of the button 140 may be located between the vertical quadrant line L11 of the door 16 and the vertical octant line L12 of the door 16.
As described above, the control panel 100 and the door 16 disposed on the front panel 11 need to secure the sufficient area sizes while minimizing the interference with other components such as the tub 30, the accommodating portion 20, and the like disposed inside the cabinet 10. Furthermore, the determination of the locations and the sizes of the control panel 100 and the door 16 may be important to improve the completeness of the outer appearance of the product and the user's satisfaction via the visual unity or patterning.
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In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the distance H6 between the upper end of the front panel 11 and the upper end of the door 16 may be equal to or greater than ⅕ times the height H5 of the door 16 defined based on the height direction Z of the cabinet 10, thereby securing an area size for increasing the heights H2 and H3 of the control panel 100 and the output area 220.
The distance H6 between the upper end of the front panel 11 and the upper end of the door 16 may be equal to or smaller than ⅙ times the height H1 of the cabinet 10. In this regard, the height H1 of the cabinet 10 may be greater than a height H4 of the front panel 11, and may be, for example, equal to the height of the side panel of the cabinet 10.
Accordingly, the positions of the door 16 and the first opening 17 may be adjusted upward, and convenience of the user in inserting the laundry via the first opening 17 may be improved.
The control panel 100 may be positioned between the upper end of the front panel 11 and the upper end of the door 16. The height H2 of the control panel 100, defined based on the height direction Z of the cabinet 10, may be equal to or greater than ⅓ times and equal to or smaller than ⅔ times the distance H6 between the upper end of the front panel 11 and the upper end of the door 16.
Increasing the height H2 of the control panel 100 may ultimately lead to an increase in the height H3 of the output area 220, which may be important. Accordingly, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the height H2 of the control panel 100 may be equal to or greater than ⅓ times the distance H6 between the upper end of the front panel 11 and the upper end of the door 16, but may be determined to be equal to or smaller than ⅔ times in consideration of a structural interference or the like between the control panel 100, the tub 30, and the like inside the cabinet 10.
The horizontal center line L7 of the control panel 100 may be defined to be parallel to the width direction Y of the cabinet 10 and pass through the center of the control panel 100, and may be positioned upward of a midpoint between the upper end of the door 16 and the upper end of the front panel 11.
As the center of the control panel 100 is positioned upward of the midpoint between the upper end of the front panel 11 and the upper end of the door 16, accessibility of the user in using the control panel 100 may be improved, and the structural interference between the control panel 100, the tub 30, the accommodating portion 20, and the like may be minimized.
In this regard, because reducing the distance H6 between the upper end of the front panel 11 and the upper end of the door 16 in an entirety of the front panel 11 may increase the user's accessibility, a distance between the upper end of the front panel 11 and the horizontal center line L7 of the control panel 100 may be equal to or smaller than 1/10 times the height of the front panel 11 (or equal to or smaller than 1/10 times the height of the cabinet).
In one example, between the upper end of the front panel 11 and the upper end of the door 16, a first distance H8 between the upper end of the front panel 11 and the upper end of the control panel 100 may be equal to or smaller than a second distance H7 between the lower end of the control panel 100 and the upper end of the door 16.
Each of the first distance H8 and the second distance H7 may be equal to or smaller than 1/20 times the height H1 of the cabinet 10 to minimize unnecessary waste areas.
In this regard, the first distance H8 smaller than the second distance H7 may be equal to or smaller than 1/25 times the height H1 of the cabinet 10. The second distance H7 may be equal to or greater than the first distance H8 and equal to or smaller than 4/3 times the first distance H8.
In addition, to eliminate structural interference with the top surface of the cabinet 10, the tub 30, and the like, each of the first distance H8 and the second distance H7 may be equal to or greater than ⅓ times the height H2 of the control panel 100.
Furthermore, to secure the heights H2 and H3 of the control panel 100 and the output arca 220, the height H2 of the control panel 100 defined based on the height direction Z of the cabinet 10 may be equal to or greater than 2 times the first distance H8 between the upper end of the front panel 11 and the upper end of the control panel 100.
In other words, the first distance H8 may be equal to or smaller than half the height H2 of the control panel 100 defined based on the height direction Z of the cabinet 10. In one example, the height H2 of the control panel 100 defined based on the height direction Z of the cabinet 10 may be equal to or smaller than 3 times the first distance H8.
In one example, characteristics of the height H2 of the control panel 100 defined in the front panel 11 may be understood as those of the height H3 of the output area 220 similar to the height H2 of the control panel 100. For example, the height H3 of the output area 220 defined based on the height direction Z of the cabinet 10 may be equal to or greater than 2 times the first distance H8.
In one example, the height H2 of the control panel 100 may also be defined in a relationship with the door 16. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the height H2 of the control panel 100 defined based on the height direction Z of the cabinet 10 may be equal to or greater than ⅛ times and equal to or smaller than ⅙ times the height H5 of the door 16.
This is a ratio determined by considering the relative sizes of the door 16 and the control panel 100, which may be determined by considering not only the completeness of the outer appearance but also an efficiency in arrangement of the components in various ratio relationships.
From a similar perspective to the control panel 100, the height H3 of the output area 220 defined based on the height direction Z of the cabinet 10 may be equal to or smaller than ⅙ times the height H5 of the door 16. The height H3 of the output area 220 defined based on the height direction Z of the cabinet 10 may be equal to or greater than 1/10 times the height H5 of the door 16.
In one example, the height H5 of the door 16 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may also be defined in the relationship with the front panel 11. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the height H5 of the door 16 defined based on the height direction Z of the cabinet 10 may be equal to or greater than half the height H4 of the front panel 11.
Accordingly, the size of the first opening 17 may also be effectively increased, and outer appearance characteristics of the door 16 including glass or the like on the front surface of the cabinet 10 may act importantly to the user.
In one example, a distance H10 between an upper end of the door seating portion 15 of the front panel 11 and the upper end of the door 16 may be equal to or smaller than a distance H9 between a lower end of the door seating portion 15 and the lower end of the door 16.
Specifically, the door seating portion 15 may have a greater area size than the door 16 for case of accommodation and seating of the door 16. However, the door 16, which is coupled to the front panel 11 via a hinge, may be subject to fatigue deformation as the use process is repeated, so that a center of the door 16 may gradually move downward slightly because of the self-weight of the door 16.
Considering the above-mentioned deformation during use, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the distance H10 between the upper end of the door seating portion 15 and the upper end of the door 16 may be designed to be equal to or smaller than the distance H9 between the lower end of the door seating portion 15 and the lower end of the door 16, thereby suppressing a situation in which the center of the door 16 is positioned downward of the center of the door seating portion 15 or the front panel 11 and the door 16 interfere with each other and the door 16 is not able to be accommodated in the door seating portion 15 even when the use process is repeated.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a vertical center line L6 of the control panel 100, the vertical center line L8 of the door 16, and a vertical center line L10 of the front panel 11 may be positioned on the same line. That is, the door 16 and the control panel 100 may be positioned at the center of the front panel 11 based on the width direction Y. The output area 220 positioned at the center of the control panel 100 may also have the vertical center line thereof positioned on the same line as the control panel 100 or the door 16.
A shortest distance W11 between one of two lateral ends of the front panel 11 and the control panel 100 may be equal to or smaller than ⅓ times the width W6 of the front panel 11. In other words, the width W1 of the control panel 100 defined based on the width direction Y of the cabinet 10 may be equal to or greater than ⅓ times the width W6 of the front panel 11.
In this regard, one of the two lateral ends of the front panel 11 defined based on the width direction Y may be one of both sides of the front panel 11. The shortest distance W11 from the control panel 100 may refer to a horizontal distance between the outermost end of the side portion 300 facing said one of said both sides of the control panel 100 and said one of said both sides of the front panel 11.
A shortest distance W11 between one end in the lateral direction of the front panel 11 and the control panel 100 may be equal to or smaller than ⅓ times the width of the front panel 11, and a shortest distance between the other end in the lateral direction of the front panel 11 and the control panel 100 may also be equal to or smaller than ⅓ times the width of the front panel 11. Accordingly, the width W1 of the control panel 100 may be equal to or greater than ⅓ times the width W6 of the front panel 11.
In other words, the width W1 of the control panel 100 defined based on the width direction Y of the cabinet 10 may be equal to or greater than the shortest distance W11 between one of the two lateral ends of the front panel 11 and the control panel 100.
By determining the width W1 of the control panel 100 for the front panel 11, the width W1 of the control panel 100 disposed between the upper end of the front panel 11 and the upper end of the door 16 may be sufficiently secured, and the width W3 of the output area 220 may also be expanded to provide a screen that displays more information.
However, considering outer appearance unity with the door 16 and relationships with other components inside the cabinet 10, the width W1 of the control panel 100 may be limited to be equal to or smaller than ½ times of the width W6 of the front panel 11.
That is, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the width W1 of the control panel 100 may be equal to or greater than the shortest distance W11 between one of the two lateral ends of the front panel 11 and the control panel 100 and equal to or smaller than ½ times the width W6 of the front panel 11.
In one example, the width W1 of the control panel 100 may also be defined in a relationship with the door 16. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the width W1 of the control panel 100 defined based on the width direction Y of the cabinet 10 may be equal to or greater than ⅓ times and equal to or smaller than ½ times the width W7 of the door 16.
Furthermore, the width W1 of the control panel 100 may be equal to or greater than ⅖ times the width W7 of the door 16. By setting the width W1 of the control panel 100 in the relationship with the door 16 as described above, the outer appearance completeness by the door 16 and the control panel 100 and the patterning of the shapes of the components may be implemented.
In one example, a distance W5 between the outermost end of the output area 220 and the outermost end of the side portion 300 based on the width direction Y may be equal to or smaller than 1/10 times the width W6 of the front panel 11.
In other words, a horizontal distance W5 between the vertical outer line L4 of one of the pair of side portions 300 disposed in the control panel 100 and the vertical outer line L5 defined at one side of the output area 220 facing said one of the pair of side portions 300 may be equal to or smaller than 1/10 times the width W6 of the front panel 11.
The width W3 of the output area 220 defined based on the width direction Y of the cabinet 10 may be equal to or greater than 2 times the height H3 of the output area 220, and the width W3 of the output area 220 may be equal to or greater than ⅔ times the width W2 of the central portion 200.
In addition, the width W3 of the output area 220 may be equal to or greater than ¼ times and equal to or smaller than ⅓ times the width W7 of the door 16. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, not only the width W1 of the control panel 100, but also the width W3 of the output area 220 may be defined in the relationship with the door 16.
In one example, the width W7 of the door 16 may also be defined in the relationship with the front panel 11. For example, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the width W7 of the door 16 defined based on the width direction Y of the cabinet 10 may be equal to or greater than ¾ times the width W6 of the front panel 11.
In addition, a shortest distance W10 between one of the two lateral ends of the front panel 11 and the door 16 based on the width direction Y of the cabinet 10 may be equal to or smaller than ⅛ times the width W6 of the front panel 11.
In one example, a distance W8 between one end in the width direction Y of the door seating portion 15 and one end in the width direction Y of the door 16 may be equal to or smaller than a distance W9 between the other end in the width direction Y of the door seating portion 15 and the other end in the width direction Y of the door 16.
In this regard, the hinge that connects the door 16 with the front panel 11 may be disposed at one end in the width direction Y of the door seating portion 15 and one end in the width direction Y of the door 16.
Specifically, the door seating portion 15 may have an area size greater than that of the door 16 for the case of accommodation and seating of the door 16. However, the door 16, which is coupled to the front panel 11 via the hinge, may be subject to the fatigue deformation as the use process is repeated, so that the center of the door 16 may move away from the hinge by gradually moving downward slightly because of the self-weight of the door 16.
Considering the above-mentioned deformation during the use, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the distance W8 between one end in the width direction Y of the door seating portion 15 and one end in the width direction Y of the door 16 adjacent to the hinge may be designed to be equal to or smaller than the distance W9 between the other end in the width direction Y of the door seating portion 15 and the other end in the width direction Y of the door 16, thereby suppressing a situation in which the center of the door 16 moves toward the other side in the width direction Y beyond the center of the door seating portion 15 and the door 16 is not able to be accommodated in the door seating portion 15 because of interference between the front panel 11 and the door 16 even when the use process is repeated.
Although the present disclosure is shown and described in relation to the specific embodiment, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that the present disclosure may be improved and changed in various ways without departing from the technical spirit of the present disclosure provided by the following patent claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-2023-0114909 | Aug 2023 | KR | national |
