LG Patents Apparatus for Treating Laundry

US Patent 12,139,838 B2
Hyeonjoong Kim, Hongjun Cho, Hyojun Kim, Oshin Kwon, Yangguk Hwang, Hyuksoo Lee and Yeonju Lee; LG Electronics
LG Electronics patented an apparatus for treating laundry, comprising a drum including a drum body configured to receive the laundry, a front cover that defines a front side of the drum body, the front cover defining a drum entrance that passes through the front cover and is in communication with an inside of the drum body, and rear cover that defines a rear side of the drum body.
The patent includes a fixed panel spaced apart from the rear cover of the drum; housing that has a hollow cylindrical shape and is fixed to the fixed panel; motor comprising a stator fixed to at least one of the fixed panel or the housing and a rotor configured to rotate relative to the stator; ring gear fixed to an inside of the housing; base located within the housing; first shaft having a first end fixed to the rotor and a second end located within the housing; driver gear located within the housing and fixed to the first shaft; second shaft that is concentric with the first shaft, the second shaft having (i) a first end that is fixed to the rear cover of the drum and that passes through the fixed panel and (ii) a second end that is located within the housing and fixed to the base; and driven gear comprising first body rotatably fixed to the base, first gear defined at a circumferential surface of the first body and engaged with the driver gear, second body fixed to the first body, a diameter of the second body being less than a diameter of the first body, and second gear defined at a circumferential surface of the second body and engaged with the ring gear.