Clothing treatment device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11976408-B2
Application number	US-201917041260-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 3, 2019
Priority date	Apr 3, 2018
Publication date	May 7, 2024
Grant date	May 7, 2024

Abstract

The present invention relates to a clothing treatment device. The clothing treatment device comprises a cabinet having an open part provided at the front thereof: a door assembly for opening and closing the open part; a first clothing treatment room, which is provided inside the cabinet so as to provide a space for accommodating clothing therein, and communicates with the outside of the cabinet through the open part; and a machinery room for circulating steam or air in the first clothing treatment room, wherein the door assembly comprises; an assembly housing which opens and closes the opened front surface of the cabinet and which has a space of a second clothing treatment room therein; and an assembly door for opening and closing, at the front of the cabinet, the second clothing treatment room formed in the assembly housing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
a cabinet having an opening in a front direction;
a door assembly opening or closing the opening;
a first laundry treating chamber provided inside the cabinet, providing a space for accommodating laundry, and communicated with an outside of the cabinet through the opening; and
a machine chamber that is communicated with the first laundry treating chamber and receives at least one of a steam supply unit supplying steam to the first laundry treating chamber and an air supply unit circulating air,
wherein the door assembly includes:
a support body supporting the laundry at an inner side of the door assembly,
a pressurizing body rotatably provided toward the support body to pressurize the laundry, and
an ironing partition unit rotatably provided between the support body and the pressurizing body toward the support body or the pressurizing body to pressurize the laundry at both sides, and

wherein the ironing partition unit includes:
an ironing partition body rotatably provided between the support body and the pressurizing body, wherein an area of the ironing partition body corresponds to an area of the pressurizing body or the support body.

2. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the door assembly further includes:
a coupling hook provided in the support body to fix the pressurizing body; and
a hook coupling unit provided in the pressurizing body and fixed to the coupling hook, and
wherein the door assembly is configured to prevent the support body and the pressurizing body from being spaced part from the ironing partition unit.

3. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the ironing partition unit further includes a heating unit provided in any one of both surfaces of the ironing partition body to supply heat to the laundry.

4. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the ironing partition unit is configured to communicate with the machine chamber to discharge hot air or moisture supplied from the machine chamber.

5. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the door assembly is configured to prevent the support body and the pressurizing body from being spaced part from the ironing partition unit.

6. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the area of the ironing partition body corresponds to the area of each of the pressurizing body and the support body.

7. A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
a cabinet having an opening in a front direction;
a door assembly opening or closing the opening;
a first laundry treating chamber provided inside the cabinet, providing a space for accommodating laundry, and communicated with an outside of the cabinet through the opening; and
a machine chamber that is communicated with the first laundry treating chamber and receives at least one of a steam supply unit supplying steam to the first laundry treating chamber and an air supply unit circulating air,
wherein the door assembly includes:
a support body supporting the laundry at an inner side of the door assembly,
a pressurizing body rotatably provided toward the support body to pressurize the laundry, and
an ironing partition unit rotatably provided between the support body and the pressurizing body toward the support body or the pressurizing body to pressurize the laundry at both sides, and

wherein the ironing partition unit includes:
an ironing partition body rotatably provided between the support body and the pressurizing body, and
a heating unit provided in any one of both surfaces of the ironing partition body to supply heat to the laundry.

8. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the heating unit includes:
a heating body provided to be exposed to the outside in at least any one of both surfaces of the ironing partition body; and
a hot wire provided in any one of the ironing partition body and the heating body to heat the heating body.

9. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the heating unit includes:
a heating body provided to be exposed to the outside in at least any one of both surfaces of the ironing partition body;
a supply path provided in any one of the ironing partition body and the heating body and thus supplied with steam; and
a plurality of discharge holes provided to discharge the steam to the laundry by passing through the heating body.

10. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the supply path further includes at least one spray path along a height direction of the ironing partition body, and the discharge holes are provided along a length direction of the spray path.

11. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising a hanging unit provided in at least any one of an upper portion and a lower portion of the ironing partition unit.

12. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the hanging unit includes:
a hanging body rotatably provided in at least any one of the upper portion and the lower portion of the ironing partition unit to support laundry; and
a fixing body coupled to the hanging body to fix the laundry.

13. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the hanging unit includes a first hanging unit rotatably provided at an upper portion of the pressurizing body to fix the laundry, and a second hanging unit rotatably provided at a lower portion of the pressurizing body to fix the laundry,
the first hanging unit includes a first hanging body rotatably provided at the upper portion of the pressurizing body to support the laundry, and a first fixing body rotatably provided in the first hanging body to fix the laundry, and
the second hanging unit includes a second hanging body rotatably provided at the lower portion of the pressurizing body to support the laundry, and a second fixing body rotatably provided in the second hanging body to fix the laundry.

14. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the second hanging body includes a first through silt into which a first part of the laundry is inserted to pass therethrough, and the second fixing body includes a second through slit into which a second part of the laundry is inserted to pass therethrough.

15. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first hanging body includes an accommodating groove having one curved surface to allow the laundry to be partially accommodated and supported therein.

16. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising an auxiliary steam supply unit provided in any one of the cabinet, the machine chamber and the door assembly to generate steam, wherein the supply path is provided to communicate the auxiliary steam supply unit with the discharge holes.

17. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the auxiliary steam supply unit includes:
an auxiliary water tank detachably provided in at least any one of the cabinet, the machine chamber and the door assembly to accommodate water;
an auxiliary heater heating water of the auxiliary water tank to generate steam; and
a discharge outlet discharging the steam by communicating the auxiliary water tank with the supply path.

18. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the ironing partition unit includes:
a heating body provided to be exposed to the outside in at least any one of both surfaces of the ironing partition body;
a hot wire provided in any one of the ironing partition body and the heating body to heat the heating body; and
a supply path provided in any one of the ironing partition body and the heating

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Kihyuk
• Bae Jaeil
• Chung Wookjun
• Kim Jaehyung
• Jang Semin

Classifications

• D06F58/10 Primary

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

• D06F35/00

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

• D06F39/14

  Doors or covers; Securing means therefor · CPC title

• D06F58/203

  Laundry conditioning arrangements · CPC title

• D06F58/26

  Heating arrangements, e.g. gas heating equipment (D06F58/18 takes precedence) · CPC title