Cloth treating apparatus having a hot air supply device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9562310-B2
Application number	US-59414408-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 4, 2008
Priority date	Apr 4, 2007
Publication date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017

Abstract

A cloth treating apparatus is disclosed. The cloth treating apparatus comprises a main body washing or drying clothes, and an auxiliary treating apparatus including a cabinet provided at one side of the main body; and a drawer slidably provided in the cabinet to form a accommodating space, having a hot air supply device, wherein the hot air supply device supplies a hot air to the accommodating space and is provided on an external rear surface of the drawer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cloth treating apparatus comprising:
a main body washing or drying clothes;
an auxiliary treating apparatus provided at one side of the main body, the auxiliary treating apparatus comprising:
a cabinet configured to form an appearance of the auxiliary treating apparatus;
a drawer slidably provided in the cabinet to form an accommodating space; and
a hot air supply device provided on an external rear surface of the drawer to supply hot air to the accommodating space, the hot air device comprising:
a housing connected with a rear wall of the drawer;
an inlet provided in a rear wall of the housing;
an outlet in the rear wall of the housing and closely positioned to the inlet; and
a partition wall for separating the inlet and the outlet at the rear wall of the housing, the partition wall provided between the inlet and the outlet to prevent air flowing through the inlet from being directly exhausted to the outlet,
wherein the inlet introduces external air to the drawer from a rear side of the drawer and the outlet discharges air inside the drawer to the rear side of the drawer,

an air guide provided in the drawer and extending from the partition wall, wherein the air guide supplies air to the front of the accommodation space and partitions the path of inflow air from the path of exhausted air,
wherein the housing is exposed to outside of the cabinet for the external air flowing through the inlet and the air inside the drawer exhausting through the outlet.

2. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the drawer is slidably provided at an upper part or a lower part of the main body.

3. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hot air supply device further comprises:
a heater heating air; and
a ventilating fan supplying air to the accommodating space of the drawer.

4. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the hot air supply device further includes a filter provided at the outlet.

5. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the ventilating fan has variable speed.

6. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the ventilating fan comprises an intake fan which forcibly supplies air into the drawer through the inlet.

7. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the heater is provided at t the intake fan and heats air passing through the intake fan.

8. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the ventilating fan is comprised of an exhaust fan which forcibly supplies the air inside the drawer to outside the drawer.

9. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising a cover above the drawer, the drawer being selectively opened and closed.

10. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary treating apparatus further includes a filter provided at the outlet.

11. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an input unit provided at the drawer to allow a user to input a manipulation command; and
a display unit provided at the drawer to display an operation state of the auxiliary treating apparatus.

12. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the main body further comprises:
an input unit allowing a user to input a manipulation command;
a display unit displaying an operation state of the main body or the auxiliary treating apparatus; and
a controller controlling the main body or the auxiliary treating apparatus in accordance with the command input from the input unit.

Assignees

• Han Dong Joo
• Choi Chul Jin
• Son Young Bok
• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Han Dong Joo
• Choi Chul Jin
• Son Young Bok

Classifications

• D06F29/00 Primary

  Combinations of a washing machine with other separate apparatus in a common frame or the like, e.g. with rinsing apparatus · CPC title

• D06F39/125

  Supporting arrangements for the casing, e.g. rollers or legs · CPC title

• D06F58/10

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

• D06F29/005

  the other separate apparatus being a drying appliance · CPC title

• D06F58/20

  General details of domestic laundry dryers  (D06F59/00 takes precedence) · CPC title