Washstand furniture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10648732-B2
Application number	US-201815915332-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2018
Priority date	Mar 8, 2017
Publication date	May 12, 2020
Grant date	May 12, 2020

Abstract

Washstand furniture is disclosed. The washstand furniture includes: a wash device including a wash bowl, a water supply assembly for supplying water to the wash bowl, and a drainage assembly for draining the water supplied to the wash bowl; an inner cabinet provided under the wash bowl, the inner cabinet having a space defined therein; an electrically operated module provided in the inner cabinet; an outer cabinet provided outside the inner cabinet for maintaining the rigidity of the washstand furniture; and a storage module provided in a space defined by the wash bowl, the inner cabinet, and the outer cabinet, the storage module having therein a storage space for storing a printed circuit board for controlling the operation of the inner module.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. Washstand furniture comprising:
a wash bowl;
a faucet that supplies water to the wash bowl;
a drain that removes the water supplied to the wash bowl;
an inner cabinet provided under the wash bowl, the inner cabinet having a first space defined therein;
an electrically operated inner module provided in the first space of the inner cabinet;
an outer cabinet provided outside the inner cabinet; and
a storage module provided in a second space defined by the wash bowl, the inner cabinet, and the outer cabinet, the storage module having therein a storage space to receive a printed circuit board that controls an operation of the inner module,
wherein the inner module includes a front cover over a front surface of the storage module.

2. The washstand furniture according to claim 1 , wherein
the second space is defined between a lower surface of the wash bowl and an upper surface of the inner cabinet, and
the outer cabinet covers side surfaces and a rear surface of the storage module.

3. The washstand furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the inner cabinet includes an upper opening having an entrance through which the storage module is inserted.

4. The washstand furniture according to claim 1 , further comprising an upper cover provided under the wash bowl, the upper cover protruding forward from an upper surface of the storage module.

5. The washstand furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the storage module includes:
a drawer that is movably provided between the inner cabinet and the wash bowl, the drawer having therein a plurality of storage spaces; and
a front wall provided in front of the drawer and that covers a front surface of the drawer.

6. The washstand furniture according to claim 5 , wherein the drawer further includes a receiving space having therein a plurality of storage spaces and an extension extending rearward from the receiving space.

7. The washstand furniture according to claim 6 , wherein the extension extends rearward from the receiving space without interfering with the wash bowl or the drain.

8. The washstand furniture according to claim 5 , wherein
the inner cabinet includes an upper surface having a protrusion that extends upward, and
the drawer includes a downward protrusion configured to selectively contact the protrusion such that a forward withdrawal of the storage module is limited.

9. The washstand furniture according to claim 5 , wherein the drawer has therein a first storage space to receive the printed circuit board, and a second storage space to receive a converter that converts alternating current (AC) electric power to direct current (DC) electric power.

10. The washstand furniture according to claim 9 , wherein
the second storage space is provided in front of the first storage space, and
a cover is hingedly connected to an upper side of the first storage space.

11. The washstand furniture according to claim 9 , wherein
a wire hole is provided between the first storage space and the second storage space, and
a wire that connects the printed circuit board and the converter extends through the wire hole.

12. The washstand furniture according to claim 5 , wherein
the inner cabinet includes rails that guide movement of the storage module above the inner cabinet, in forward and rearward directions, and
each of the rails includes a vertical projection that spaces the storage module from an upper surface of the inner cabinet by a predetermined distance and a horizontal projection that guides the movement of the storage module in the forward and rearward directions.

13. The washstand furniture according to claim 12 , wherein
the storage module further includes, at lower sides of opposite side surfaces of the drawer, rail protrusions formed so as to protrude toward the rails of the inner cabinet, and
the rail protrusions extend outward from the drawer so as to be parallel to the horizontal projections of the rails.

14. The washstand furniture according to claim 13 , wherein
the inner cabinet includes, at the upper surface thereof, a protrusion that extends upward,
the drawer includes a downward extension configured to contact the protrusion and to limit forward withdrawal of the storage module, and
a distance between each of the rail protrusions and a corresponding one of the horizontal projections corresponds to a protruding length of the downward extension from a lower side of the drawer.

15. The washstand furniture according to claim 1 , further comprising a user interface, wherein the printed circuit board controls the operation of the inner module based on an input received via the user interface.

16. The washstand furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the inner module is configured to receive and dry components of a residual water suction device using one or more fans included in the inner module.

17. The washstand furniture according to claim 10 , wherein the inner cabinet is further configured to receive another module to accommodate items, and
wherein washstand furniture further includes:
a dryer provided outside the inner cabinet, the dryer including a fan to generate an air flow and a heater to heat the air flow, and
one or more communication holes that direct the heated air flow from the dryer and to the other module.

18. The washstand furniture according to claim 17 , wherein the dryer further includes a vane to selectively direct the heated air flow to the other module via the one or more communication holes or to a floor surface under the washstand furniture.

19. The washstand furniture according to claim 17 , wherein the printed circuit board is further configured to control the dryer.

20. A washstand comprising:
a first cabinet having a first space defined therein and provided under sink that receives water from a faucet and has a drain to remove water;
an electrically operated device provided in the first space of the first cabinet;
a second cabinet provided outside the first cabinet; and
a storage module provided in a second space defined by the sink, the first cabinet, and the second cabinet, the storage module defining a storage space, and a printed circuit board that controls an operation of the electrically operated device being positioned in the storage space,
wherein the first cabinet further includes an upper opening through which the storage module is inserted.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Yang Inhyung
• Kim Seongho
• Jo Ungje

Classifications

• E03C1/14

  Wash-basins connected to the waste-pipe · CPC title

• E03C1/04

  Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths (valves, faucets, mixing valves, taps F16K) · CPC title

• E03C1/32

  Holders or supports for basins · CPC title

• F26B9/066 Primary

  the products to be dried being disposed on one or more containers, which may have at least partly gas-previous walls, e.g. trays or shelves in a stack (F26B9/003 takes precedence; in combination with duct systems F26B21/00) · CPC title

• E03C1/23

  with mechanical closure mechanisms · CPC title