APPARATUS FOR TREATING LAUNDRY

摘要

Provided is a laundry treating apparatus including a drum, a circular guide, and a panel. The drum holds laundry, has a front side and a rear side opened, and has a cross-section of a noncircular looped curve in which a distance from a rotation center is not uniform. The circular guide rotatably supports a portion of the drum in which a section curvature is uniform. The panel is provided on a front side or a rear side of the drum and supports the circular guide such that the circular guide is rotatable.

主权项

1. A laundry treating apparatus, comprising:
a drum to hold laundry, the drum having an opened front axial end and an opened rear axial end, and the drum having a noncircular closed curve cross section; a panel provided at a front or a rear of the drum to seal the front axial end or the rear axial end of the drum; a circular guide coupled between the panel and the corresponding axial end of the drum to support the drum; and a panel seal provided between the drum and the panel.