Patent ID: 11859340
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 that defines an exterior of the laundry treating apparatus, the cabinet defining a laundry opening configured to receive laundry therethrough;
a tub located within the cabinet, the tub defining a tub opening that is in communication with the laundry opening;
a water supply part connected to a water supply source and configured to supply water to the tub;
a drum rotatably located in the tub, the drum defining a drum opening that is in communication with the tub opening and faces a drum floor surface located at an opposite side of the drum opening;
a rotator rotatably located within the drum, the rotator comprising:
a bottom portion located at the drum floor surface,
a pillar that protrudes from the bottom portion toward the drum opening, and
a blade located at an outer circumferential surface of the pillar; and

a spray device connected to the water supply part and configured to spray the water supplied from the water supply part into the drum through the drum opening in a direction avoiding the pillar and the blade,
wherein the spray device comprises:
a nozzle supply pipe connected to the water supply part and configured to receive the water from the water supply part,
a nozzle branch part disposed at one end portion of the nozzle supply pipe,
a first nozzle branched from the nozzle branch part and configured to spray the water supplied through the nozzle supply pipe in a first direction, and
a second nozzle branched from the nozzle branch part and configured to spray the water supplied through the nozzle supply pipe in a second direction different from the first direction.