Patent ID: 10240273

Abstract:
Disclosed is a laundry treatment apparatus including a balancer capable of active control. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet 1 with a laundry feeding hole formed therein, a tub 10 provided within the cabinet and for holding washing water, a drum 20 rotatably installed around a rotation axis which may be forward inclined within the tub for holding laundry, a driving unit 30 to rotate the drum, a balancer 110 disposed in the drum and having an internal space therein, wherein water is selectively introduced into the internal space of the balancer when the drum is rotated, a centrifugal channel device 140a disposed on the backside of the drum, rotated along with the drum, and having an opening portion formed toward a back direction so that water is supplied to the opening portion and guided into the internal space of the balancer, and a nozzle 180 disposed at the back of the drum, spaced apart from the drum, to spray water toward the opening portion.