Clothes treatment apparatus and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9617679-B2
Application number	US-201414564892-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2014
Priority date	Dec 15, 2009
Publication date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017

Abstract

A clothes treatment apparatus includes a cabinet configured to define an accommodating space where clothes are accommodated, an air supply device configured to supply air to the accommodating space of the cabinet, an aroma treating part configured to perform aroma treatment toward the accommodating space, and a control part configured to control the air supply device and the aroma treating part. An aroma effect may be given to clothes treated in the clothes treatment apparatus.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A clothes treatment apparatus comprising:
a cabinet to define an accommodating space where clothes are accommodated;
an air supply device to supply air to the accommodating space of the cabinet;
an aroma treating part to perform aroma treatment in the accommodating space; and
a control part to control the air supply device and the aroma treating part,
wherein the aroma treating part is provided on an inner surface of the cabinet toward the accommodating space and comprises:
a mounting part formed in the inner surface of the cabinet, the mounting part comprising:
a recessed portion recessed away from a surface of the mounting part facing the accommodating space;
a motor having a rotational shaft penetrating the recessed portion; and
a driving cam coupled to the rotational shaft of the motor,

an aroma module mounted on the mounting part to exhaust aromatic fragrance based on the rotation of the driving cam, the aroma module comprising:
a body portion detachably inserted in the recessed portion of the mounting part;
a rotational cover rotatably coupled to the body portion by a hinge, the rotational cover being opened and closed based on the rotation of the driving cam;
an aroma inserting grill detachably mounted on the rotational cover to be exposed and closed based on the rotation of the rotational cover, and
restraining means to limit a rotational range of the rotational cover, the restraining means comprising:
a projection receiving groove provided in the driving cam; and
a projection provided in the mounting part to be insertedly received in the projection receiving groove, and

wherein when the driving cam rotates the rotational cover also rotates, and the rotational cover stops rotating when the projection receiving groove contacts with an end of the projection.

2. The clothes treatment apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a driving cam receiving groove provided in the recessed portion of the mounting part, to receive the driving cam therein, wherein the projection is provided in the driving cam receiving groove.

3. The clothes treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the projection receiving groove is configured to contact with one end of the projection when the rotational cover is closed and with the other end of the projection when the rotational cover is open.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Park Hye Yong
• Lee Kwang Hee

Classifications

• D06F58/20

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

• D06F58/203 Primary

  Laundry conditioning arrangements · CPC title

• D06F58/10

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

• D06F2103/36

  Flow or velocity · CPC title

• D06F58/50

  Responding to irregular working conditions, e.g. malfunctioning of blowers · CPC title