Clothes management apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020370236-A1
Application number	US-201816764650-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 6, 2018
Priority date	Jan 8, 2018
Publication date	Nov 26, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a clothes management apparatus including a main body including a clothes management room, and an upper garment hanger disposed in the clothes management room to hang an upper garment. The upper garment hanger includes an inward discharge port to discharge air to the inside of the upper garment and the main body includes an outward discharge port to discharge air to the outside of the upper garment, so that the outside and inside of the upper garment may be managed simultaneously.

First claim

1 . A clothes management apparatus comprising:
a main body including a clothes management compartment and at least one interior air discharge pipe configured to discharge air from the main body; and an upper garment hanger attachable to the main body in the clothes management compartment and configured to support an upper garment hung on the upper garment hanger while the upper garment hanger is attached to the main body, wherein
the upper garment hanger includes a connection hole connectable to the at least one interior air discharge pipe of the main body to receive air from the at least one interior air discharge pipe of the main body into an interior of the upper garment hanger through the connection hole, and at least one upper garment hanger air discharge port to discharge air from the interior of the upper garment hanger to an inside of the upper garment while the upper garment hanger is attached to the main body and the upper garment is hung on the upper garment hanger, and
the main body further includes at least one exterior air discharge port configured to discharge air from the main body to an outside of the upper garment while the upper garment hanger is attached to the main body and the upper garment is hung on the upper garment hanger.

2 . The clothes management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one upper garment hanger air discharge port includes a body air discharge port and a pair of sleeve air discharge ports, and the upper garment hanger further includes a first flow passage to guide air from the connection hole to an inside of a body of the upper garment through the body air discharge port, and a pair of second flow passages provided to be inclined downward on opposite sides of the first flow passage to guide air from the connection hole to an inside of respective sleeves of the upper garment through the respective pair of sleeve air discharge ports.

3 . The clothes management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one interior air discharge pipe includes a plurality of interior air discharge pipes formed in a rectangular shape and disposed to be spaced apart in parallel from each other, and the at least one exterior air discharge port includes a plurality of exterior air discharge ports respectively alternately provided between the plurality of interior air discharge pipes.

4 . The clothes management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the upper garment hanger is detachably installed on the main body in the clothes management compartment.

5 . The clothes management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the upper garment hanger is movably installed on the at least one interior air discharge pipe to be installed on or separated from the at least one interior air discharge pipe by movement.

6 . The clothes management apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein:
the upper garment hanger includes a first guide rail provided at an upper end of the upper garment hanger, and the at least one interior air discharge pipe includes a second guide rail provided at a lower end of the at least one interior air discharge pipe to be movably installed in the first guide rail.

7 . The clothes management apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a lower garment hanger connected to a lower side of the upper garment hanger, wherein the lower garment hanger includes a lower garment hanging portion extending horizontally and configured to support a lower garment hung on the lower garment hanger.

8 . The clothes management apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein:
the lower garment hanging portion includes four wires.

9 . The clothes management apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein:
the lower garment hanger further includes a filter accommodation portion connected to the lower garment hanging portion to accommodate a filter.

10 . A clothes management apparatus comprising:
a main body including a clothes management compartment and an interior air discharge pipe configured to discharge air from the main body; and an upper garment hanger attachable to the main body in the clothes management compartment and configured to support an upper garment hung on the upper garment hanger while the upper garment hanger is attached to the main body, wherein the upper garment hanger includes
a connection hole connectable to the interior air discharge pipe of the main body to receive air from the interior air discharge pipe of the main body into an interior of the upper garment hanger through the connection hole,
an upper garment hanger air discharge port to discharge air from the interior of the upper garment hanger to an inside of the upper garment while the upper garment hanger is attached to the main body and the upper garment is hung on the upper garment hanger,
a first flow passage to guide air from the connection hole to an inside of a body of the upper garment through the body air discharge port, and
a pair of second flow passages provided to be inclined downward on opposite sides of the first flow passage to guide air from the connection hole to an inside of respective sleeves of the upper garment through the respective pair of sleeve air discharge ports.

11 . The clothes management apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein:
the main body further includes an exterior air discharge port configured to discharge air from the main body to an outside of the upper garment while the upper garment hanger is attached to the main body and the upper garment is hung on the upper garment hanger.

12 . A clothes management apparatus comprising:
a main body including a clothes management compartment; and a clothes hanger detachably installed on the main body in the clothes management compartment, wherein the clothes hanger includes an upper garment hanger configured to support an upper garment hung on the upper garment hanger while the clothes hanger is attached to the main body, and a lower garment hanger connected to a lower side of the upper garment hanger and configured to support a lower garment hung on the lower garment hanger while the clothes hanger is attached to the main body, and the main body further includes an air discharge pipe configured to discharge air from the main body into the clothes hanger when the clothes hanger is installed on the main body.

13 . The clothes management apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein:
the clothes hanger is detachably installed on the air discharge pipe.

14 . The clothes management apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein:
the clothes hanger includes a first guide rail provided at an upper end of the clothes hanger, and the air discharge pipe includes a second guide rail provided at a lower end of the air discharge pipe to be movably installed in the first guide rail.

15 . The clothes management apparatus according to claim 12 , further comprising:
a steam generator configured to provide steam to the main body, wherein the air discharge pipe is further configured to discharge the generated steam with the air from the main body into the clothes hanger.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chae Gyeong Ryeol
• Park Jung Ha
• Pyo Sang Yeon
• Kim Dong Wook
• Park Joo Yeon
• Seo Ja Yeon

Classifications

• D06F73/00

  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  (combined with external pressure means D06F71/00) · CPC title

• Y02B40/00

  Technologies aiming at improving the efficiency of home appliances, e.g. induction cooking or efficient technologies for refrigerators, freezers or dish washers · 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

• D06F39/008

  Textiles & Paper · mapped topic