Patent ID: 11873603
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 12:
13. A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
a tub configured to receive water;
a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub, the drum having an open surface 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 positioned at the bottom surface of the drum,
a pillar that protrudes from the bottom portion toward the open surface of the drum,
a cap that is coupled to an end of the pillar and faces the open surface of the drum, and
a plurality of blades comprising:
a first blade disposed at an outer circumferential surface of the pillar, the first blade having a first end facing the bottom portion and a second end facing the open surface of the drum, and
a second blade disposed at an outer circumferential surface of the cap, the second blade having a first end facing the bottom portion and a second end facing the open surface of the drum, wherein the second end of the first blade faces the first end of the second blade,

wherein the first blade is one of a plurality of pillar blades that protrude from the outer circumferential surface of the pillar and are spaced apart from one another in a circumferential direction of the pillar, each of the plurality of pillar blades extending obliquely with respect to a longitudinal direction of the pillar along the outer circumferential surface of the pillar, and
wherein the second blade is one of a plurality of cap blades that protrude from outer circumferential surface of the cap and are spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction, each of the plurality of cap blades extending obliquely with respect to the longitudinal direction along the outer circumferential surface of the cap.