CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of earlier filing date and right of priority to Korean Application No. 10-2019-0013884, filed on Feb. 1, 2019, and Korean Application No. 10-2019-0046098, filed on Apr. 19, 2019, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.

BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE

Field of the Disclosure

The present disclosure relates to a laundry treatment machine, and more particularly, to an apparatus for treating laundry.

Discussion of the Related Art

Generally, a laundry treating apparatus conceptually includes a laundry washing device, a laundry drying device and a device capable of washing or drying laundry according to a user's selection. Some of the related art laundry treating apparatuses consist of a cabinet, a tube provided within the cabinet to store water therein, a drum rotatably provided within the cabinet to store laundry therein, a detergent storage part storing a detergent therein, and a detergent flow path guiding the detergent stored in the detergent storage part to the tub.

Generally, one end of the detergent flow path provided to the related art laundry treating apparatus is fixed to the detergent storage part and the other end is fixed to a detergent supply port provided to the tub. Namely, one end of the detergent flow path is fixed to a discharge port of the detergent storage part through a fastening member such as a clamp or the like, and the other end is also fixed to the detergent supply port through a clamp. Yet, when the detergent flow path fixed to the detergent storage part and the tub through the clamp is assembled, a considerable time is required disadvantageously.

Meanwhile, the detergent flow path provided to the related art laundry treating apparatus may be provided with a trap for interrupting the connection between the tub and the detergent storage part. The trap provided to the detergent flow path has an effect of interrupting to prevent the foam in the tub from being discharged into the detergent storage part during a washing. However, when a door opens an entrance provided to the cabinet, if a pressure inside the tub is lowered, water stored in the trap of the detergent flow path may be discharged into the tub, thereby causing a problem that a user doubts whether the detergent storage part or the detergent flow path is damaged or broken.

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE

Accordingly, embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an apparatus for treating laundry that substantially obviates one or more problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art.

One object of the present disclosure is to provide an apparatus for treating laundry, by which the assembly of a detergent flow path for guiding a detergent to a tub is simple.

Another object of the present disclosure is to provide an apparatus for treating laundry, by which leakage prevention of a detergent flow path is facilitated.

Another object of the present disclosure is to provide an apparatus for treating laundry, by which discharging the water stored in a trap formed in a detergent flow path into a tub due to an internal pressure change of tub is minimized.

Another object of the present disclosure is to provide an apparatus for treating laundry, by which water moving to a tub from a trap due to an internal pressure change of the tub is guided to a cabinet entrance and a tub entrance.

Further object of the present disclosure is to provide an apparatus for treating laundry, by which a flow of water moving to an insulating part from a water trap formed between a detergent flow path and a tub is not externally confirmed when a door opens an entrance.

Technical tasks obtainable from the present disclosure are non-limited by the above-mentioned technical tasks. And, other unmentioned technical tasks can be clearly understood from the following description by those having ordinary skill in the technical field to which the present disclosure pertains.

Additional advantages, objects, and features of the disclosure will be set forth in the disclosure herein as well as the accompanying drawings. Such aspects may also be appreciated by those skilled in the art based on the disclosure herein.

The present disclosure relates to a laundry treating apparatus including a detergent flow path provided with a water trap, by which discharging water stored in a water trap to a tub due to an internal pressure change of the tub generated from opening a door by a user can be minimized, and is characterized in having walls configured to decelerate a flow speed of liquid within the detergent flow path.

To achieve these objects and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the disclosure, as embodied and broadly described herein, an apparatus for treating laundry according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include a cabinet having an entrance and a door opening/closing the entrance, a tub providing a space for storing water therein and having a tub entrance provided to a surface facing a direction having the entrance located therein, a drum rotatably provided within the tub to provide a space for storing the laundry therein and having a drum entrance provided to the surface facing the direction having the entrance located therein, an insulating part having a first fixing body in a cylindrical shape fixed to the entrance, a second fixing body in a cylindrical shape fixed to the tub entrance, a connecting body connecting the first and second fixing bodies together to form a space for storing liquid therein between the first fixing body and the second body, and an inflow pipe perforating the first fixing body, a storage part provided within the cabinet to provide a space for storing detergent therein, a storage part connecting pipe discharging the detergent of the storage part, an insulating part connecting pipe connected to the inflow pipe, a trap forming pipe forming one of a P-trap, a U-trap and an S-trap between the storage part connecting pipe and the insulating part connecting pipe, and a decelerating part provided to the insulating part connecting pipe to decelerate a flow speed of water moving from the trap forming pipe to the insulating part connecting pipe.

The trap forming pipe and the insulating part connecting pipe may be configured to form an angle between 90 and 120 degrees in a plane side by side with a floor surface of the cabinet.

The cabinet may include a front panel having the entrance and forming a front side, a rear panel forming a rear side, and first and second lateral panels connecting the front panel and the rear panel together, the insulating part connecting pipe may be parallel to a width direction of the front panel, and the trap forming pipe may be parallel to a width direction of the first lateral panel.

The insulating part connecting pipe may include a curved part connected to the trap forming part and located on an edge having the front panel and the first lateral panel coupled together thereon, a horizontal part extending from the curved part along the width direction of the front panel, and an inclined part connecting the horizontal part and the inflow pipe together and inclined from one end of the horizontal part toward a floor surface of the cabinet and the decelerating part may include a first decelerating wall and a second decelerating wall provided within the curved part to form a zigzagged flow path.

The first decelerating wall may be provided to a surface having a big curvature radius in a curved surface formed by the curved part along a height direction of the cabinet and the second decelerating wall may be provided to a surface having a small curvature radius in the curved surface formed by the curved part along the height direction of the cabinet.

The first decelerating wall may be provided to a surface having a small curvature radius in a curved surface formed by the curved part along a height direction of the cabinet and the second decelerating wall may be provided to a surface having a big curvature radius in the curved surface formed by the curved part along the height direction of the cabinet.

The first decelerating wall may be provided to a location closer to the trap forming part than the horizontal part in a space provided by the curved part and the second decelerating wall may be provided to a location closer to the horizontal part than the trap forming part in the space provided by the curved part.

The apparatus may further include a third decelerating wall projected from a floor surface of the horizontal part toward the height direction of the cabinet.

The apparatus may further include a fourth decelerating wall projected from a floor surface of the inclined part toward the height direction of the cabinet.

A top end of the first decelerating wall may be spaced apart from a top side of the curved part and a bottom end of the first decelerating wall may be spaced apart from a bottom side of the curved part.

A cut portion provided along a width direction of the first decelerating wall may be provided to at least one of a top end and a bottom end of the first decelerating wall.

The first decelerating wall may include a top wall connected to a top side of the curved part and a bottom wall fixed to a floor surface of the curved part and having a width different from that of the top wall.

The second decelerating wall may include a second top wall connected to a top side of the curved part and a second bottom wall fixed to a floor surface of the curved part and having a width different from that of the second top wall.

Accordingly, the present disclosure provides the following effects and/or advantages.

First of all, the assembly of a detergent flow path for guiding a detergent to a tub is simple.

Secondly, leakage prevention of a detergent flow path is facilitated.

Thirdly, discharging the water stored in a trap formed in a detergent flow path into a tub due to an internal pressure change of tub is minimized.

Fourthly, water moving to a tub from a trap due to an internal pressure change of the tub is guided to a cabinet entrance and a tub entrance.

Fifthly, a flow of water moving to an insulating part from a water trap formed between a detergent flow path and a tub is not externally confirmed when a door opens an entrance.

Effects obtainable from the present disclosure may be non-limited by the above mentioned effect. And, other unmentioned effects can be clearly understood from the following description by those having ordinary skill in the technical field to which the present disclosure pertains.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description of the present disclosure are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the disclosure as claimed.

