Patent ID: 11967473
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  F  G | IPC F  G  H

Claim 14:
15. A home appliance, comprising:
a support-align member that includes a bracket, a shaft support coupled to the bracket, and a joint support coupled to the shaft support;
the bracket configured to be disposed outside of the home appliance, configured to cover a through hole in the home appliance, and configured to be fixed to a front surface of the home appliance,
the shaft support provided on the bracket, extending in a frontward-rearward direction, and formed in the shape of a tube, and
the joint support contacts a rear end of the shaft support;

a knob disposed outside of the home appliance at a front of the through hole and the bracket;
a knob ring connected to the bracket and surrounding a circumference of the knob;
a universal joint rotatably supported by the joint support disposed at the rear end of the shaft support;
a valve assembly disposed at a rear of the universal joint;
a first shaft inserted into and supposed by the shaft support, wherein a front end of the first shaft is connected to the knob and a rear end of the first shaft is connected to a first end of the universal joint, and wherein the first shaft rotates within the shaft support and slides in an axial direction, the first shaft rotating together with the knob and the universal joint; and
a second shaft having a front end connected to a second end of the universal joint and a rear end connected to the valve assembly,
wherein the support-align member is configured to support the knob, to support the universal joint, and to support the first shaft.