Washstand furniture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10215428-B2
Application number	US-201815915236-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2018
Priority date	Mar 8, 2017
Publication date	Feb 26, 2019
Grant date	Feb 26, 2019

Abstract

A washstand furniture includes a wash bowl, a water supply assembly that supplies water to the wash bowl, a drainage assembly that drains the water, and a cabinet. An inner cabinet is provided under the wash bowl. An outer cabinet covers an outside of the inner cabinet. A dryer discharges air heated by a heater into the space defined in the cabinet. A first module is provided in the space defined in the inner cabinet, and an interior of the first module is dried using the air discharged from the dryer. A second module is provided in the space defined in the inner cabinet, and an interior of the second module is dried using air discharged from the first module. An external connection channel is defined between the inner cabinet and the outer cabinet to guide the air discharged from the first module to the second module.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. Washstand comprising:
a wash device including a wash bowl, a water supply assembly that supplies water to the wash bowl, and a drainage assembly that drains the water supplied to the wash bowl;
an inner cabinet provided under the wash bowl, the inner cabinet having a space;
an outer cabinet that covers an outside of the inner cabinet;
a dryer that discharges air heated by a heater into the space defined in the inner cabinet;
a first module provided in the space defined in the inner cabinet, an interior of the first module being dried using the air discharged from the dryer; and
a second module provided in the space defined in the inner cabinet, an interior of the second module being dried using air discharged from the first module,
wherein an external connection channel is defined between the inner cabinet and the outer cabinet to guide the air discharged from the first module to the second module.

2. The washstand of claim 1 , wherein the second module is provided above the first module.

3. The washstand of claim 2 , wherein the external connection channel is provided to extend vertically from the first module toward the second module.

4. The washstand of claim 1 , wherein the first module includes
a first module suction member provided at a lower side, the first module suction member having therein a suction channel for guiding the air discharged from the dryer into the first module, and
a discharge member having therein a discharge port, through which the interior of the first module and the external connection channel communicate with each other.

5. The washstand of claim 4 , wherein the discharge member is provided at an upper side of the first module.

6. The washstand of claim 1 , wherein the second module includes
a second module drawer having a plurality of reception recesses; and
a plurality of fans for moving air to the respective reception recesses.

7. The washstand of claim 6 , wherein the second module drawer is provided with an internal channel that guides air flowing in the external connection channel to the respective reception recesses.

8. The washstand of claim 6 , wherein an upper side of the second module drawer is provided so as to be spaced apart from an upper surface of the inner cabinet to define a discharge channel that guides air discharged into the reception recesses to the external connection channel.

9. The washstand of claim 1 , wherein the inner cabinet is provided with a communication hole, through which the interior of the first module or the interior of the second module communicates with the external connection channel.

10. The washstand of claim 1 , wherein the outer cabinet includes
a side-outer cabinet wall that covers opposite side surfaces of the inner cabinet;
a rear-outer cabinet wall that covers a rear surface of the inner cabinet; and
a base-outer cabinet wall that covers a lower surface of the inner cabinet, and
wherein the external connection channel is defined between the rear-outer cabinet wall and the rear surface of the inner cabinet so as to be open toward a floor of a bathroom.

11. The washstand of claim 1 , wherein the dryer suctions air through a suction port that is open toward a floor of a bathroom.

12. Washstand comprising:
a wash device including a wash bowl, a water supply assembly supplies water to the wash bowl, and a drainage assembly that drains the water supplied to the wash bowl;
an inner cabinet provided under the wash bowl, the inner cabinet having a space;
an outer cabinet that covers an outside of the inner cabinet, an external connection channel in communication with an outside being defined between the outer cabinet and the inner cabinet;
a dryer that discharges air into the space defined in the inner cabinet;
a first module provided in the space defined in the inner cabinet and configured to discharge the air discharged from the dryer to the external connection channel; and
a second module provided in the space defined in the inner cabinet, the second module being in communication with the external connection channel.

13. The washstand of claim 12 , wherein the outer cabinet includes
a side-outer cabinet wall that covers opposite side surfaces of the inner cabinet;
a rear-outer cabinet wall that covers a rear surface of the inner cabinet; and
a base-outer cabinet wall that covers a lower surface of the inner cabinet, and
wherein the external connection channel is defined between the rear-outer cabinet wall and the rear surface of the inner cabinet so as to be open toward a floor of a bathroom.

14. The washstand of claim 13 , wherein the inner cabinet is provided in the rear surface with a communication hole, through which an interior of the second module communicates with the external connection channel.

15. The washstand of claim 13 , wherein
the dryer is provided between the lower surface of the inner cabinet and the base-outer cabinet wall,
the lower surface of the inner cabinet includes an introduction hole for introducing the air discharged from the dryer into the first module, and
the rear surface of the inner cabinet includes a discharge hole for discharging air from the first module to the external connection channel.

16. The washstand of claim 13 , wherein the first module is provided over the dryer and the second module is provided over the first module.

17. The washstand of claim 13 , wherein a connection duct is provided at a bottom of the first module and coupled to an outlet of the dryer, the connection duct being provided at the bottom of the first module to discharge the air into the space at a front side of the cabinet.

18. The washstand of claim 17 , wherein first module includes an opening formed at a rear wall toward a top of the first module, wherein the air flowing into the first module through the connection duct is ejected through the opening at the rear wall.

19. The washstand of claim 18 , wherein the second module includes a first opening formed at a rear wall of the second module, and a second opening formed at the rear wall of the second module provided over the first opening,
wherein at least one fan is configured to draw in air through the first opening and eject the air through the second opening above the first opening.

20. The washstand of claim 19 , wherein the external connection channel is provided adjacent to the rear wall of the first module and the rear wall of the second module such that the opening of the first module and the first and second openings of the second module face the external connection channel formed behind the respective rear walls of the first and second modules.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Jongseok
• Park Daeyun
• Yang Inhyung

Classifications

• A47B67/02

  Cabinets for shaving tackle, medicines, or the like · CPC title

• F24F3/14 Primary

  by humidification; by dehumidification · CPC title

• A47K1/02 Primary

  Portable toilet tables; Wash cabinets or stands · CPC title

• A47K1/08

  Accessories for toilet tables, e.g. glass plates, supports therefor (towel holders A47K10/00) · CPC title

• F24H3/0411

  for domestic or space-heating systems · CPC title