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Granted Patent B2
US 9,096,969 · App. 12/733,069 · Granted Aug 4, 2015

Clothes treating apparatus with moisture supply units

Inventors: Jung Wook Moon (Changwon-si, KR); Dae Yun Park (Changwon-si, KR); Sog Kie Hong (Changwon-si, KR); Jong Seok Kim (Changwon-si, KR); Seung Gyu Ryu (Changwon-si, KR); Hye Yong Park (Changwon-si, KR); Chang Gyu Choi (Changwon-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
D06F58/10D06F58/203
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Patent No.
US 9,096,969
App. No.
12/733,069
Granted
Aug 4, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a clothes treating apparatus, which treats clothes into a more wearable condition. The clothes treating apparatus includes a cabinet; an accommodating space formed in the cabinet and accommodating clothes; a moisture supplying device generating moisture to be supplied into the accommodating space; and a supply unit discharging the moisture generated by the moisture supplying device into the accommodating space and installed on a bottom of the accommodating space.

Claims (23)

1. A clothes treating apparatus comprising:

a cabinet;

an accommodating space formed in the cabinet, and accommodating clothes;

a moisture supplying device generating moisture to be supplied into the accommodating space, wherein the moisture supplying device includes a water tank storing water, and a heater installed in the water tank to heat water;

a plurality of supply units discharging the moisture generated by the moisture supplying device into the accommodating space, and installed at a bottom of the accommodating space; and

a connection pipe to connect the supply units and the water tank to transfer the moisture from the water tank to the supply units,

wherein the supply units are disposed at an edge of the bottom of the accommodating space, and the supply units are oriented to the central portion of the bottom of the accommodating space and oriented to be inclined upwardly, and

wherein the supply units are inserted into holes formed through the bottom of the accommodating space and exposed from the bottom of the accommodating space.

2. The clothes treating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the supply units is disposed at a rear, front, or side portion of the bottom of the accommodating space.

3. The clothes treating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the supply units is provided at a rear or front corner of the bottom of the accommodating space.

4. A clothes treating apparatus comprising:

a cabinet;

an accommodating space formed in the cabinet, and accommodating clothes;

a moisture supplying device generating moisture to be supplied into the accommodating space; and

a plurality of supply units discharging the moisture generated by the moisture supplying device into the accommodating space, and installed at a bottom of the accommodating space,

wherein the supply units are disposed at the central portion of the bottom of the accommodating space, and the supply units are connected to a plurality of subsidiary pipes branching off from a connection pipe connected to the moisture supplying device, and

wherein the supply units are inserted into holes formed through the bottom of the accommodating space and exposed from the bottom of the accommodating space.

5. The clothes treating apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the supply unit is oriented to be substantially vertical to the bottom of the accommodating space.

6. The clothes treating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the supply units comprises a nozzle or a pipe, which is not protruded from the bottom of the accommodating space.

7. The clothes treating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the moisture supplying device includes a pressurizing unit applying a predetermined pressure to the supplied moisture.

8. The clothes treating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the connection pipe is made of a synthetic resin or rubber.

9. The clothes treating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the moisture supplying device is installed adjacent to the bottom of the accommodating space to be located close to the supply unit.

10. The clothes treating apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an air supplying device supplying dry air into the accommodating space.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2010
From: MOON, JUNG WOOK; PARK, DAE YUN; HONG, SOG KIE; KIM, JONG SEOK; RYU, SEUNG GYU; PARK, HYE YONG; CHOI, CHANG GYU
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 025124/0794 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2007-0078394 · Aug 6, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110016930A1 · Jan 27, 2011