Patent ID: 11879197
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 0:
1. A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
a cabinet having a front face with a front opening;
a drawer retractable from the cabinet through the front opening of the cabinet;
a tub disposed in the drawer;
a drum rotatably disposed in the tub;
a laundry inlet defined at a top face of the tub;
a door pivotably mounted at a top face of the drawer or the top face of the tub for opening and closing the laundry inlet,
a housing positioned between a top face of the cabinet and the top face of the drawer, wherein the housing includes a base, a first base through-hole, and a second base through-hole;
a lever having a fixed end pivotably coupled to the base, a free end positioned at the second base through-hole, and a body pressing portion positioned at the first base through-hole;
a magnetic field generator disposed at one of the free end of the lever or the top face of the drawer and configured to generate a magnetic field;
a magnetic field sensor disposed at an other of the free end of the lever or the top face of the drawer which does not include the magnetic field generator and configured to sense the magnetic field;
a contact body having a first end exposed to the top face of the cabinet and a second end disposed in the housing, wherein the contact body is configured to move up and down;
a slide having a front face configured to contact the second end of the contact body, wherein a rear face of the slide is elastically supported in the housing, and wherein the slide is configured to move back and forth when the contact body moves up and down; and
a conversion portion configured to convert back and forth motion of the slide into a pivoting motion of the lever.