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Granted Patent B2
US 10,072,376 · App. 14/972,488 · Granted Sep 11, 2018

Clothes treatment apparatus

Inventors: Jeongryeol Choi (Seoul, KR); Hyungkyu Lim (Seoul, KR); Taejun Yoon (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,072,376
App. No.
14/972,488
Granted
Sep 11, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A clothes treatment apparatus includes a cabinet including a treatment chamber, a steam unit that is located in the cabinet and that is configured to generate steam, and a steam spray device that is located in the cabinet and that is configured to spray steam into the treatment chamber. The steam spray device includes a main body part that defines a main body space. The steam spray device includes an introduction part that is configured to allow steam that is generated by the steam unit to enter the main body space. The steam spray device includes a nozzle part that is connected to the main body part, that communicates with the main body space, and that is configured to discharge steam in the main body space into the treatment chamber. The steam spray device includes a condensed water discharge part and a partition wall.

Claims (38)

1. A clothes treatment apparatus comprising:

a cabinet comprising:

a treatment chamber that is configured to receive clothes;

a steam unit that is located in the cabinet and that is configured to generate steam; and

a steam spray device that is located in the cabinet and that is configured to spray steam into the treatment chamber and that comprises:

a main body part that defines a main body space;

an introduction part that is connected to a lower side of the main body part, that communicates with the main body space, and that is configured to allow steam that is generated by the steam unit to enter the main body space;

a nozzle part that is connected to an upper side of the main body part, that communicates with the main body space, and that is configured to discharge steam in the main body space into the treatment chamber;

a condensed water discharge part that is connected to the lower side the main body part and that is configured to discharge condensed water out of the main body space; and

a partition wall that extends upward and downward in the main body space, that is connected to the main body part, that is configured to partition at least a portion of the main body space into a first space on a left side of the main body space and a second space on a right side of the main body space, that is configured to define a gap that allows steam to flow from the first space to the second space, and that is configured to change a flow direction of steam flowing from the introduction part to the nozzle part based on steam colliding with the partition wall,

wherein the introduction part is located in a lower side of the first space and defines an outlet that is configured to discharge steam and that opens toward the first space, and

wherein the nozzle part is located in an upper side of the second space.

2. The clothes treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the condensed water discharge part is located in the second space.

3. The clothes treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the condensed water discharge part is located in a portion of the main body space excluding the first space.

4. The clothes treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the partition wall is configured to extend downward from an inner upper surface of the main body part and defines, along with an inner bottom surface of the main body part, the gap.

5. The clothes treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the partition wall is located above an upper side of the introduction part.

6. The clothes treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the partition wall is longer than the nozzle part.

7. The clothes treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the introduction part is located at a lower side of the partition wall, and is located in the first space and the second space.

8. The clothes treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the introduction part opens toward a side part of the steam spray device that further defines the main body space and that faces a side of the partition wall.

9. The clothes treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the outlet is configured to discharge steam away from the nozzle part.

10. The clothes treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the outlet is configured to discharge steam away from the second space.

11. The clothes treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the outlet is configured to discharge steam and that is located in the first space.

12. The clothes treatment apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the outlet is configured to open in a direction that faces the first space and that is opposite the second space.

13. The clothes treatment apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the outlet is configured to open in a direction that faces the first space and that is opposite the nozzle part.

14. The clothes treatment apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the outlet is located within the gap.

15. The clothes treatment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the main body part comprises:

an upper body that includes the nozzle part and the partition wall; and

a lower body that includes the introduction part and the condensed water discharge part and that defines the main body space by coupling to the lower body,

wherein the partition wall and the lower body define the gap.

16. The clothes treatment apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein:

the introduction part includes an outlet that is configured to discharge steam and that is configured to open in a direction that faces the first space, and

the nozzle part is located in the second space.

17. The clothes treatment apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein:

the lower body includes an inclined surface that is configured to guide condensed water to the condensed water discharge part, and

the partition wall is located at an upper side of the inclined surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2018
From: CHOI, JEONGRYEOL; LIM, HYUNGKYU; YOON, TAEJUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 046612/0068 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0184785 · Dec 19, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160177497A1 · Jun 23, 2016