Clothing treatment apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10704190-B2
Application number	US-201515502831-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 11, 2015
Priority date	Aug 12, 2014
Publication date	Jul 7, 2020
Grant date	Jul 7, 2020

Abstract

A clothing treatment apparatus is disclosed. The clothing treatment apparatus includes a first body detachably mounted on a wall, a second body rotatably or extendably provided at the first body to define a space for accommodating clothes, a rack provided at the first body or the second body, on which clothes are hung, and a hot air supply provided in the first body to supply hot air to clothes hung on the rack. The clothing treatment apparatus, mountable on a wall, enables efficient use of the clothing treatment space.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A clothing treatment apparatus comprising:
a first body detachably mounted on a wall;
a second body extending from the first body in a direction away from the wall;
a rack provided at the first body or the second body, on which clothes are able to be hung; and
a hot air supply provided inside the first body to supply hot air to clothes hung on the rack,
wherein the hot air supply includes:
an air outflow hole provided to exhaust the hot air from the first body,
an air inflow hole provided to suck the exhausted hot air into the first body,
a fan provided inside the first body, and
a heater assembly provided inside the first body to generate the hot air that refreshes the clothes,

wherein the air outflow hole and the air inflow hole are both located on a same surface of the first body, facing a direction in which the clothes are hung on the rack, and
wherein the air outflow hole and the air inflow hole are spaced apart from each other to circulate the hot air;
wherein the air outflow hole includes a first air outflow hole and a second air outflow hole, and the air inflow hole includes a first air inflow hole and a second air inflow hole, and
wherein the first air outflow hole and the first air inflow hole are positioned above a horizontal center axis of the first body, and the second air outflow hole and the second air inflow hole are positioned below the horizontal center axis of the first body.

2. The clothing treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second body is rotatable or extendable.

3. The clothing treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second body is integrally formed with the first body.

4. The clothing treatment apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the second body includes first and second doors provided at respective opposite ends of the first body.

5. The clothing treatment apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the first door is rotatably provided at an upper portion of the first body, and the second door is rotatably provided at a lower portion of the second body,
wherein the first door is rotatably coupled at a stationary end thereof to the upper portion of the first body, and the first door includes a first door extension provided at a free end thereof,
wherein the second door is rotatably coupled at a stationary end thereof to the lower portion of the first body, and the second door includes a second door extension provided at a free end thereof.

6. The clothing treatment apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the first door extension and the second door extension are retractable into the first door and the second door, respectively.

7. The clothing treatment apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the first door extension and the second door extension are rotatably coupled to the first door and the second door, respectively.

8. The clothing treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first air outflow hole is positioned above the first air inflow hole, and the second air outflow hole is positioned below the second air inflow hole.

9. The clothing treatment apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first body includes a first guide provided at a first lateral side thereof, and a second guide provided at a second lateral side thereof.

10. The clothing treatment apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising a hot air jet bar rotatably provided at the first body.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Eun Yousook
• Choi Hyejin
• Min Jiyeon
• Son Jungkyu

Classifications

• D06F58/14

  Collapsible drying cabinets; Wall mounted collapsible hoods · CPC title

• D06F35/00 Primary

  Washing machines, apparatus, or methods not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• D06F73/02 Primary

  having one or more treatment chambers · CPC title

• D06F2105/30

  Blowers · CPC title

• D06F2105/28

  Electric heating · CPC title