Patent ID: 11873601
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 17:
18. A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
a drum including:
a drum body defining a space to store laundry therein,
a front cover defining a front surface of the drum body,
a rear cover defining a rear surface of the drum body, and
a drum introduction opening defined at the front cover and configured to communicate with an inside of the drum body;

a drying unit configured to supply heated air to the drum body;
a fixing panel disposed at a position spaced apart from the rear cover;
a power transmission unit including:
a housing coupled to the fixing panel,
an input shaft having one end disposed at an outside of the housing and an opposite end disposed in the housing,
an output shaft having one end coupled to the rear cover and an opposite end disposed in the housing, and
a gear unit disposed in the housing and configured to transmit rotational motion of the input shaft to the output shaft;

a motor including:
a stator coupled to the fixing panel or the housing and configured to form a rotating magnetic field, and
a rotor configured to be rotated by the rotating magnetic field and to allow the one end of the input shaft to be coupled thereto; and

a heat insulation part made of a material having heat conductivity lower than heat conductivity of the fixing panel and heat conductivity of the housing, the heat insulation part being disposed at a position between the housing and the fixing panel or a position between the fixing panel and the rear cover.