Patent ID: 9624616
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: D06F

Claim:
1. A laundry treatment apparatus comprising: a cabinet including an introduction opening through which laundry is introduced into the apparatus; a drum rotatably disposed in the cabinet and including a drum inlet provided at a front side thereof, the drum inlet communicating with the introduction opening; at least three balancers fixed to the drum such that they are spaced apart from one another by regular angular intervals around a rotational center of the drum, each of the at least three balancers being divided into a front chamber close to the front side of the drum and a rear chamber close to a rear side of the drum for accommodation of liquid and including a guide channel member for guiding liquid to the rear chamber, the guide channel member having a pipe-shape; a channel unit comprising a first channel member for supplying liquid to the front chambers of the balancers and a second channel member for supplying liquid to the guide channel members of the balancers; and a supply unit capable of concurrently supplying liquid to both the first and second channel members or selectively supplying liquid to one of the first and second channel members, wherein each of the at least three balancers comprises: a storage body fixed to the drum and having a space for accommodating liquid; a first supply hole provided at a front side of the storage body and communicating with the first channel member; and a second supply hole provided at the front side of the storage body so as to be positioned farther than the first supply hole from the rotational center of the drum and connecting the second channel member with the guide channel member, and wherein the guide channel member is bent toward the rotational center of the drum away from the second supply hole and then extends into the rear chamber of the balancer.