Washstand furniture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10677526-B2
Application number	US-201815915267-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2018
Priority date	Mar 8, 2017
Publication date	Jun 9, 2020
Grant date	Jun 9, 2020

Abstract

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 outer cabinet for covering the outside of the inner cabinet; and a residual-water-suction-device-drying module provided inside the inner cabinet, the residual-water-suction-device-drying module including a plurality of receiving units for receiving and drying separate components of a residual water suction device for suctioning liquid, wherein an external connection channel communicating with the outside is defined between the inner cabinet and the outer cabinet, and the residual-water-suction-device-drying module further includes a plurality of fans for moving air that flows in the external connection channel to the receiving units of the residual-water-suction-device-drying module.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. Washstand furniture comprising:
a wash device having 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 defined therein;
an outer cabinet provided outside the inner cabinet; and
a drying module provided in the space defined in the inner cabinet, the drying module including a plurality of receiving recesses to accommodate separate components of a residual water suction device that suctions liquid, wherein
an external connection channel that provides air communications to an exterior of the washstand furniture is defined between the inner cabinet and the outer cabinet, and
the drying module further includes a fan that causes air to flow between the external connection channel and the receiving recesses of the drying module.

2. The washstand furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the drying module further includes a drawer that is movably provided in the inner cabinet and defines the plurality of receiving recesses to receive the separate components of the residual water suction device, and
wherein that fan includes a plurality of fans that move air to, respectively, the receiving recesses.

3. The washstand furniture according to claim 2 , wherein
an internal channel, into which air flowing in the external connection channel is introduced, is defined in the drawer, and
the internal channel is connected to the receiving recesses.

4. The washstand furniture according to claim 3 , wherein a suction port is provided at one side of the drawer, and the external connection channel and the internal channel to communicate with each other via the suction port.

5. The washstand furniture according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a discharge channel that guides air into the receiving recesses back to the external connection channel, wherein the discharge channel is defined between an upper side of the drawer and an upper interior surface of the inner cabinet.

6. The washstand furniture according to claim 5 , wherein the inner cabinet includes a communication hole, and the discharge channel and the external connection channel communicate with each other via the communication hole.

7. The washstand furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the drying module further includes:
an upper cover, a portion of which is recessed downward to define the plurality of receiving recesses to accommodate the separate components of the residual water suction device; and
a lower cover provided under the upper cover, the lower cover being coupled to the upper cover to define, therebetween, an internal channel that guides air between the external connection channel and the receiving recesses.

8. The washstand furniture according to claim 7 , wherein a discharge channel that guides air discharged into the receiving recesses back to the external connection channel is defined between the upper cover and an upper inner surface of the inner cabinet.

9. The washstand furniture according to claim 7 , wherein
the fan includes a plurality of fans for moving air to the respective reception units, and
the fans are provided in the internal channel.

10. The washstand furniture according to claim 9 , wherein
the upper cover includes a plurality of holes through which the internal channel and the respective receiving recesses communicate with each other, and
the fans are provided at positions adjacent to the respective holes in the upper cover.

11. The washstand furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the outer cabinet includes:
a side-outer cabinet walls that cover corresponding 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 opened toward a floor of a bathroom.

12. The washstand furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the drying module further includes an ultraviolet (UV) light source that sterilizes one or more of the components of the residual water suction device accommodated in the receiving recesses.

13. The washstand furniture according to claim 1 , wherein:
the drying module further includes a drawer that is movably provided in the inner cabinet, and
the drying module further includes a wire connection that connects an electric power supply wire to an interior of the drawer.

14. The washstand furniture according to claim 13 , wherein the fan is driven by power received via the wire connection.

15. The washstand furniture according to claim 13 , wherein one or more of the components of the residual water suction device are charged by power received via the wire connection when the components of the residual water suction device are accommodated in the receiving recesses.

16. The washstand furniture according to claim 1 , further comprising a user interface, wherein the drying module is selectively activated based on an input received via the user interface.

17. The washstand furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the inner cabinet is further configured to receive another module in the space, the other module being positioned under the drying module.

18. The washstand furniture according to claim 17 , further comprising a dryer that includes a fan to generate an air flow and heater to heat the air flow, the drying providing the heated air flow to the other module.

19. The washstand furniture according to claim 18 , further comprising one or more communication holes that direct air output from the other module and to the fan of the drying module.

20. The washstand furniture according to claim 18 , wherein the dryer further includes a vane to selectively direct the heated air flow to the other module or to a floor surface under the washstand furniture.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Jongseok
• Kim Seongho
• Jo Ungje

Classifications

• E03C2201/40

  Arrangement of water treatment devices in domestic plumbing installations · CPC title

• A47K1/00 Primary

  Wash-stands; Appurtenances therefor · 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

• E03C2201/90

  Basins movable between several positions · CPC title