Patent ID: 9702625
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: D06F,F26B

Claim:
1. A laundry treatment apparatus comprising: a cabinet defining an external appearance of the laundry treatment apparatus; a drum rotatably supported within the cabinet and configured to receive laundry; a connection duct that is configured to receive air discharged from the drum; a discharge duct that is configured to extend in a longitudinal direction of the drum and that is connected to the connection duct; a filter assembly comprising: a drive unit secured to the impurity remover unit, the drive unit being configured to cause the impurity remover unit to reciprocate over a predetermined area of the filter unit, wherein the drive unit comprises a motor with a rotating shaft that is inserted into the slit and that is configured to be rotatably coupled to the impurity remover unit, the motor being located at the exterior of the housing and configured to reciprocate in a longitudinal direction of the filter unit along with the impurity remover unit.