Clothes treating apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9683325-B2
Application number	US-201514884038-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 15, 2015
Priority date	Oct 28, 2014
Publication date	Jun 20, 2017
Grant date	Jun 20, 2017

Abstract

Provided is a clothes treating apparatus that includes a cabinet that defines an outer appearance of the clothes treating apparatus, a clothes receiving device provided in the cabinet and configured to receive clothes therein, a hot air supply device provided with a heat exchanger to heat air supplied into the clothes receiving device and a compressor connected to the heat exchanger to compress a refrigerant, and a bracket assembly provided in the cabinet to support the compressor. The bracket assembly may include a main bracket having a compressor accommodation region in which the compressor is accommodated and a sub-bracket that extends from the main bracket.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A clothes treating apparatus comprising:
a cabinet that defines an outer appearance of the clothes treating apparatus;
a clothes receiving unit provided in the cabinet and configured to receive clothes therein;
a hot air supply device provided with a heat exchanger to heat air supplied into the clothes receiving unit and a compressor connected to the heat exchanger to compress a refrigerant, wherein the compressor is disposed at a position higher than the clothes receiving unit; and
a bracket assembly coupled to the cabinet to support the compressor,
wherein the bracket assembly includes:
a main bracket having a compressor accommodation region through which the compressor penetrates the main bracket so that the main bracket surrounds a periphery of the compressor, wherein the main bracket is fixed to at least one of a rear panel or a side panel of the cabinet, and
a sub-bracket that extends from the main bracket, wherein the sub-bracket is fixed to a front panel of the cabinet.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the hot air supply device includes a circulation passage provided at an upper portion of the clothes receiving device unit that allows air to circulate into the clothes receiving unit,
wherein the sub-bracket is fixed to the circulation passage.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a clamp configured to fix the compressor to the main bracket.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the clamp includes:
a body that surrounds an outer surface of the compressor, and
coupling portions provided at ends of the body to couple the body to the main bracket.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the body of the clamp includes:
an upper body that surrounds an upper portion of the compressor, and
a lower body that surrounds a lower portion of the compressor.

6. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the bracket assembly includes only one clamp to fix the compressor to the main bracket, the clamp fixing one side of the compressor to the main bracket.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the bracket assembly has a three point configuration in which three fasteners fasten the compressor to the main bracket at three points, wherein two of the fasteners fasten two coupling portions of the clamp to the main bracket and one fastener fastens the compressor to a rear support rib of the main bracket.

8. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the bracket assembly includes at least two clamps to fix the compressor to the main bracket.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the bracket assembly has a four point configuration in which four fasteners fasten the compressor to the main bracket at four points, wherein the four fasteners fasten four coupling portions of the clamps to the main bracket.

10. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein at least one vibration-insulating member is provided between the clamp and the main bracket to reduce transfer of vibration from the compressor to the main bracket.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the main bracket includes a first arm and a second arm that extends parallel to the first arm and toward the rear panel, the second arm being spaced a prescribed distance from the first arm to form the compressor accommodation region.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the prescribed distance between the first arm and the second arm is greater than a width of the compressor to accommodate the compressor between the first arm and the second arm.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the compressor is positioned in the accommodation region of the main bracket between the first arm and the second arm such that a portion of the compressor is positioned above the main bracket and a portion of the compressor is positioned below the main bracket.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first arm and the second arm extend parallel to lateral sides of the compressor.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the sub-bracket extends parallel to the first and second arms of the main bracket, the sub-bracket extending toward the front panel of the cabinet and the first and second arms of the main bracket extending toward the rear panel of the cabinet.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the main bracket includes a rear support rib provided on the first arm and a side support rib provided on the second arm to attach the bracket assembly to the cabinet, wherein the rear support rib and the side support rib extend upward perpendicular to the first and second arms.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the rear support rib is fixed to the rear panel or a top panel of the cabinet and the side support rib is fixed to a side panel of the cabinet.

18. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the bracket assembly is positioned between a top panel of the cabinet and the clothes receiving unit such that the bracket assembly vertically overlaps the clothes receiving unit.

19. A clothes treating apparatus comprising:
a cabinet having a front panel, a rear panel and at least one side panel;
a clothes receiving unit provided at the cabinet, the clothes receiving unit to receive clothes;
a heat exchanger to heat air supplied to the clothes receiving unit;
a compressor coupled to the heat exchanger to compress a refrigerant, wherein the compressor is disposed at a position higher than the clothes receiving unit; and
a bracket assembly coupled to the cabinet to support the compressor, wherein the bracket assembly includes:
a first bracket having a compressor accommodation region to support the compressor such that the first bracket is provided at a portion of the compressor, wherein the first bracket is attached to at least one of the rear panel or the side panel of the cabinet, and
a second bracket that extends from the first bracket toward the front panel, wherein the first bracket is attached to the front panel of the cabinet.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the main bracket includes a first arm and a second arm that extends parallel to the first arm and toward the rear panel, the second arm being spaced a prescribed distance from the first arm to fotin the compressor accommodation region, and
wherein the prescribed distance between the first arm and the second arm is greater than a width of the compressor to accommodate the compressor between the first arm and the second arm.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Youngsuk
• Hong Sangwook
• Kim Hyojun

Classifications

• D06F58/24 Primary

  Condensing arrangements · CPC title

• D06F58/02

  having dryer drums rotating about a horizontal axis · CPC title

• D06F58/206

  Heat pump arrangements · CPC title

• F16L3/00

  Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets (anchors for holding pipes on or under the ground F16L1/06; noise absorbers in the form of specially adapted hangers or supports F16L55/035; arrangements specially adapted for supporting insulated bodies F16L59/12) · CPC title

• D06F39/12

  Casings; Tubs · CPC title