Clothes care device and clothes care apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12089797-B2
Application number	US-202117476871-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 16, 2021
Priority date	Oct 27, 2020
Publication date	Sep 17, 2024
Grant date	Sep 17, 2024

Abstract

A clothes care device is provided. The clothes care device includes a collection box, a suction pipe, a washing cover, and a spray nozzle disposed inside the suction pipe and provided in such a way that an end of the spray nozzle faces a washing port, and the washing cover mounted to the washing port and provided to be pressed against clothes. By operating a washing water supply in a state in which the washing cover is pressed against the clothes by an operation of a suction device, the spray nozzle sprays washing water and the suction device suctions and collects the washing water.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A clothes care device comprising:
a collection box in which an electric fan is provided;
a suction pipe comprising a washing port;
a relay pipe configured to communicate with the suction pipe;
a pressure-resistant hose with one end connected to the relay pipe and the other end connected to the collection box, the pressure-resistant hose being flexible;
a tank configured to store washing water, the tank removably fitted under the relay pipe;
a washing cover removably mounted to the washing port;
a spray nozzle provided inside the suction pipe and spaced apart from the washing cover, the spray nozzle facing the washing port; and
a pump configured to supply the washing water stored in the tank to the spray nozzle,
wherein the suction pipe is configured to allow a suction force to be generated in the washing port by the electric fan.

2. The clothes care device of claim 1 , wherein the washing cover comprises:
a mounting frame having a rectangular shape, and a linear frame extending in an inclined direction with respect to an edge of the mounting frame.

3. The clothes care device of claim 1 , wherein the spray nozzle is configured to have a spraying force for generating a vortex in the washing port together with a suction force generated by the electric fan.

4. The clothes care device of claim 1 , wherein in response to the electric fan being operated, the washing cover is configured to be in close contact with clothes to be washed.

5. The clothes care device of claim 4 , wherein the washing cover is further configured such that a washing surface in close contact with the clothes to be washed comprises a flat surface.

6. The clothes care device of claim 5 , wherein the washing cover is further configured to maintain a constant distance between the washing surface and the spray nozzle in response to the electric fan being operated.

7. The clothes care device of claim 1 , wherein the collection box comprises:
a water storage tank configured to store foreign substances suctioned through the suction pipe, and
a filtration tank comprising a filter configured to filter out foreign substances passing through the water storage tank.

8. The clothes care device of claim 7 , wherein the electric fan is disposed on a flow path between the filtration tank and an outlet port of the collection box.

9. The clothes care device of claim 1 , wherein a distance from the spray nozzle to the washing cover is set to a distance at which a vortex is generated in the washing port in response to the electric fan being operated.

10. The clothes care device of claim 1 , wherein the washing cover comprises at least one of a first washing cover configured to remove partial contamination or a second washing cover configured to remove foreign substances.

11. The clothes care device of claim 10 ,
wherein a washing surface of the first washing cover includes a plurality of linear frames crossing each other in a lattice shape, the plurality of linear frames inclined with respect to a washing direction, and
wherein an area of each opening portion of the washing surface is greater than or equal to 4 mm 2 , but less than or equal to 240 mm 2 .

12. The clothes care device of claim 10 ,
wherein a washing surface of the second washing cover includes a lattice shape composed of linear frames perpendicular to each other, and
wherein an area of each opening portion is set to be greater than 240 mm 2 .

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Matsuda Eiji
• Takita Hiroki
• Hosomi Koichi
• Hayashi Shigeki
• Ikeda Yasuo

Classifications

• D06F87/00

  Apparatus for moistening or otherwise conditioning the article to be ironed or pressed (apparatus for smoothing or removing creases from garments or other textile articles by formers, cores, stretchers or internal frames, with the application of heat or steam D06F73/00 {; devices used in combination with a laundry dryer D06F58/203}) · CPC title

• D06F43/002

  Spotting apparatus · CPC title

• D06F58/10

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

• A47L9/02

  Nozzles (suction nozzles for fluid transport B65G51/00) · CPC title

• D06F58/203

  Laundry conditioning arrangements · CPC title