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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 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 cabinet to define the second rotational axis together with the third shaft and a fourth shaft receiving unit provided at the door 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; anda second switching unit provided at the door, and configured to move so as to open and close the fourth shaft receiving unit, the second switching unit being adapted for closing the fourth shaft receiving unit when the first switching unit opens the first shaft receiving unit, wherein at least one of the first and the second switching unit is configured such that, in its position to open a corresponding shaft receiving unit, one end thereof partly remains in said corresponding shaft receiving unit. |