Patent ID: 7586053

Claim:
A selection member coupling apparatus for a clothing handler, the apparatus comprising: a selection member that provides for selection of clothing handling options; a selection member guiding member having a front surface to which the selection member is coupled, wherein the selection member guiding member guides operation of the selection member; a plurality of light emitting devices that emit light based on a selected clothing handling option; a transparent window coupled to the selection member guiding member so as to cover the plurality of light emitting devices; and a mis-assembly preventing device provided with corresponding portions of the selection member and the selection member guiding member so as to prevent mis-assembly of the selection member and the selection member guiding member, wherein the selection member includes a supporting shaft that extends back from a central portion thereof and the selection member guiding member includes a supporting shaft penetrating hole that receives the supporting shaft therethrough, and wherein the mis-assembly device includes: a plurality of first mis-assembly preventing protrusions formed on an outer peripheral surface of the support shaft; and a corresponding plurality of first mis-assembly preventing holes formed in an outer circumferential portion of the shaft penetrating hole so as to receive the plurality of first mis-assembly preventing protrusions therein.