Patent ID: 9695543
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: D06F

Claim:
1. A laundry treating apparatus comprising: a cabinet including a front panel with an introduction port; a chamber positioned in the cabinet to receive laundry introduced through the introduction port; a door configured to open and close the introduction port; a first hinge including a first shaft provided at the cabinet to define a first rotational axis of the door and a first shaft receiving unit provided at the door to receive the first shaft, a second hinge including a second shaft coupled to the door to define the first rotational axis together with the first shaft and a third shaft adapted to rotatably fix the second shaft to the cabinet, the third shaft defining a second rotational axis of the door; a third hinge including a fourth shaft provided at the door to define the second rotational axis together with the third shaft and a fourth shaft receiving unit provided at the cabinet to receive the fourth shaft; a first switching unit provided at the door and configured to move so as to open and close the first shaft receiving unit; a second switching unit provided at the door, and configured to move so as to open and close the fourth shaft receiving unit, wherein the second switching unit closes the fourth shaft receiving unit when the first switching unit opens the first shaft receiving unit, wherein the first switching unit is configured such that a first end of the first switching unit partly remains in the first shaft receiving unit when the first switching unit opens the first shaft receiving unit and the second switching unit closes the fourth shaft receiving unit; a handle to move the first switching unit in a direction to open the first shaft receiving unit; and a lock to fix a position of at least one of the handle, the first switching unit, or the second switching unit when the door is open, wherein the first end of the first switching unit provides a resistive force to the first shaft when the first shaft passes the first end of the first switching unit and enters the first shaft receiving unit; and wherein the first switching unit further includes a first fastening unit and a second fastening unit spaced apart from each other by a predetermine distance in a width direction of the door such that the lock can be selectively and detachably coupled thereto, and a distance from the one end of the first switching unit to the first fastening unit is less than a distance from the one end of the first switching unit to the second fastening unit, and the first switching unit is configured to close the first shaft receiving unit when the lock is coupled to the second fastening unit and to have at least part of the one end thereof remain in the first shaft receiving unit when the lock is coupled to the first fastening unit, wherein the lock further includes a fixing unit adapted to move in a thickness direction of the door so that the fixing unit can be detachably coupled to one of the first fastening unit and the second fastening unit, and a width of the first fastening unit along the movement direction of the first switching unit is greater than a width of the fixing unit, and wherein the first fastening unit and the second fastening unit are holes formed through the first switching unit, and the fixing unit comprises a first fixing protrusion configured to be inserted into the first fastening unit and the second fastening unit and a second fixing protrusion protruding from the first fixing protrusion, the second fixing protrusion having a smaller width than the first fixing protrusion.