Patent ID: 11873602
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 0:
1. A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
a tub configured to receive water;
a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub, the drum having an open surface that is configured to receive laundry therethrough and a bottom surface located at an opposite side of the open surface; and
a rotator rotatably disposed inside the drum, the rotator comprising:
a bottom portion disposed at the bottom surface of the drum,
a pillar that protrudes from the bottom portion toward the open surface of the drum,
a blade that protrudes from an outer circumferential surface of the pillar and has a first end facing the bottom surface of the drum and a second end facing the open surface of the drum, the blade extending from the first end to the second end, and
a protrusion portion that protrudes from the bottom portion toward the open surface and extends along a radial direction of the bottom portion,

wherein the protrusion portion comprises a main protrusion that has (i) an inner end facing a center of the bottom portion in the radial direction and (ii) an outer end facing a circumference of the bottom portion in the radial direction, the main protrusion extending from the inner end to the outer end, and
wherein the first end of the blade is spaced apart from the inner end of the main protrusion by a circumferential distance in a circumferential direction of the pillar.