Clothes treatment apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11795609-B2
Application number	US-202017634813-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 13, 2020
Priority date	Aug 13, 2019
Publication date	Oct 24, 2023
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023

Abstract

A clothes treatment apparatus includes a cabinet, a door having clothes fixing parts, and a press device disposed below the clothes fixing parts on an inner surface of the door. The press device includes a base plate which is disposed on the inner surface of the door, and which supports one side of the clothes hung on the clothes fixing parts, a press plate which is hinge-fixed to one side of the door, and which brings the clothes hung on the clothes fixing parts into close contact with the base plate, and a film which is fixedly disposed at the end portion of the base plate, which is extended to the center of the base plate, and which is disposed between the press plate and the base plate when the press plate is in close contact with the base plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for treating laundry, the apparatus comprising:
a cabinet that defines a treatment space configured to receive the laundry therein, the cabinet having an open front side;
a door configured to open and close the open front side of the cabinet, the door comprising a laundry fixing part configured to have the laundry hung up thereon; and
a press device disposed on an inner surface of the door facing the treatment space under the laundry fixing part, the press device being configured to pressurize the laundry hung up on the laundry fixing part,
wherein the press device comprises:
a base plate that is disposed on the inner surface of the door and that supports one side of the laundry hung up on the laundry fixing part,
a press plate hinged to one side of the door and configured to enable the laundry hung up on the laundry fixing part to adhere to the base plate, and
a film that is stationarily disposed at an end portion of the base plate, that extends toward a center of the base plate, and that is configured to be disposed between the press plate and the base plate based on the press plate adhering to the base plate, and

wherein the film is made of a flexible material.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the film is disposed between a pair of sleeves of the laundry.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the press device further comprises a bracket connected to the film and rotatably mounted on an end portion of the base plate.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the press device further comprises a shaft disposed rotatably to the base plate to rotate the bracket.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the base plate comprises:
a first surface facing the press plate; and
a second surface disposed in a direction opposite to the first surface,
wherein the film and the bracket are disposed on the first surface by being connected together and
wherein the bracket and the shaft are disposed on the second surface by being connected together.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein a shaft fixing member rotatably fixing the shaft is disposed on the second surface.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein a movement restricting rib restricting a height-directional movement of the shaft is disposed at each of a top end and a bottom end of the shaft on the second surface.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the base plate comprises:
a base fixing plate fixed to the door; and
a base elastic plate extended from the base fixing plate in left and right directions and disposed to be spaced apart from the inner surface of the door, and
wherein the film is disposed on the base elastic plate.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein a hinge rotatably disposing the press plate to the door is disposed on one side of the press plate,
wherein a switch part is disposed on the other side of the press plate, the switch part being configured to fasten the press plate to the door and to unfasten the press plate from the door, and
wherein when the switch part fastens the press plate to the door, the laundry disposed between the base plate and the press plate is pressurized.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the press plate includes pressurizing plates pressurizing the base elastic plate when the switch part fastens the press plate to the door and wherein an opening for air flowing in the treatment space to flow into the laundry disposed in the press device is formed between the pressurizing plates.

11. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the base plate comprises a first surface facing the press plate and a second surface disposed in a direction opposite to the first surface and wherein the bracket comprises an inner bracket disposed in a direction faced by the second surface to be connected to the shaft, an outer bracket disposed in a direction faced by the first surface to be connected to the film, and a connecting bracket vertically connecting the inner bracket and the outer bracket together.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein an end portion of one side of the inner bracket is bonded to the shaft to restrict a rotation range of the shaft.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the film is bonded to one side of the outer bracket via an adhesive member.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the film comprises:
a first film rotatably disposed to a left end portion of the base plate; and
a second film rotatably disposed to a right end portion of the base plate.

15. An apparatus for treating laundry, the apparatus comprising:
a cabinet that defines a treatment space configured to receive the laundry therein, the cabinet having an open front side;
a door configured to open and close the open front side of the cabinet, the door comprising a laundry fixing part configured to have the laundry hung up thereon; and
a press device disposed on an inner surface of the door facing the treatment space under the laundry fixing part, the press device being configured to pressurize the laundry hung up on the laundry fixing part,
wherein the press device comprises:
a base plate that is disposed on the inner surface of the door and that supports one side of the laundry hung up on the laundry fixing part,
a press plate hinged to one side of the door and configured to enable the laundry hung up on the laundry fixing part to adhere to the base plate,
a film made of a flexible material and disposed between the press plate and the base plate, and
a bracket that fixes the film to the base plate.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the bracket is stationarily disposed to an end portion of one side of the base plate and connected to the film by being bonded thereto.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein a fixing rib fixing the bracket to a rear side having the film disposed thereon is formed on the base plate.

18. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the bracket comprises:
an inner bracket disposed on one side of the base plate facing the door to be fixed to the base plate;
an outer bracket disposed on the other side of the base plate facing the press plate to be connected to the film; and
a connecting bracket vertically connecting the inner bracket and the outer bracket together.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein a fixing rib fixing the inner bracket is formed on one side of the base plate and wherein a bracket hole having the fixing rib inserted therein is formed in the inner bracket.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the fixing rib is coupled to the inner bracket by a hook mechanism.

21. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the fixing rib comprises:
a vertical rib extended from one side of the base plate toward the door to pass though the bracket hole;
a horizontal rib extended parallel to a surface formed by the inner bracket in a manner of being bent at an end portion of the vertical rib; and
a horizontal rib projection that projects from one side of the horizontal rib in a direction facing the bracket, and
wherein the horizontal rib projection comes in contact with the inner bracket.

22. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the inner bracket includes a rib fixing projection projected in a direction of the horizontal rib to be caught on the horizontal rib projection.

23. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the bracket is connected to the film on one side of the base plate facing the treatment space and rotatably fixed to the base plate on the other side of the base plate facing the door.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Park Sunghoo
• Nam Wansik
• Park Jaehyoung
• KIM Chaewon

Classifications

• D06F71/40 Primary

  Holders or stretchers for the article to be pressed · CPC title

• D06F71/36

  Pressing elements (for use in pressing particular garments or parts thereof D06F71/18; coverings or pads therefor D06F83/00) · CPC title

• D06F71/29

  Trousers · CPC title

• D06F58/10 Primary

  Drying cabinets or drying chambers having heating or ventilating means · CPC title

• D06F71/285

  for pressing sleeves · CPC title