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US 12,203,207 · App. 17/250,706 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Clothes care apparatus

Inventors: Dong-Pil Seo (Suwon-si, KR); Ki Sun Park (Suwon-si, KR); Jae Ryong Park (Suwon-si, KR); Hyeong Joon Park (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
D06F58/10D06F58/24D06F73/02
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Patent No.
US 12,203,207
App. No.
17/250,706
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a clothes care apparatus with a plate improved to prevent water leakage. The clothes care apparatus includes: a main body including a care room accommodating clothes; a base module provided inside the main body, and positioned below the care room; a base plate on which the base module mounted, the base plate including a guide portion guiding moisture inside the main body to prevent the moisture inside the main body from leaking out of the main body; and a bottom plate positioned below the base plate, and including a receiving portion collecting the moisture guided by the guide portion.

Claims (18)

1. A clothes care apparatus comprising:

a main body including a care room accommodating clothes;

a base module provided inside the main body, and positioned below the care room;

a base plate on which the base module is mounted, the base plate including a guide portion guiding moisture inside the main body to prevent the moisture inside the main body from leaking out of the main body; and

a bottom plate positioned below the base plate, including a receiving portion collecting the moisture guided by the guide portion, and a coupling portion with which the base plate is coupled, and the receiving portion forms a step with the coupling portion, and

wherein the receiving portion comprises a groove formed downward from the coupling portion to collect moisture generated from the base module.

2. The clothes care apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the base plate further comprises an installation portion supporting the base module, and the guide portion forms a step with the installation portion.

3. The clothes care apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the guide portion comprises a groove formed downward from the installation portion to collect moisture generated from the base module.

4. The clothes care apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the guide portion is positioned in the base plate to correspond to a location at which the base module is mounted on the base plate.

5. The clothes care apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving portion is positioned in the bottom plate to correspond to a location at which the guide portion is positioned in the base plate.

6. The clothes care apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving portion is spaced from edges of the bottom plate.

7. The clothes care apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the base plate further comprises a guide hole guiding the moisture inside the main body from the guide portion to the receiving portion.

8. The clothes care apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the guide hole is formed around a center of the base plate.

9. The clothes care apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein a plurality of guide holes are provided.

10. The clothes care apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the guide portion comprises a first guide portion forming a step downward from the installation portion, and a second guide portion forming a step downward from the first guide portion.

11. The clothes care apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the guide hole is formed in the second guide portion.

12. The clothes care apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the base plate on which the base module is mounted slides to be coupled with the bottom plate forming a bottom of a machine room positioned below the care room.

13. The clothes care apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the base module comprises a heat exchanger configured to heat-exchange air of the care room, the clothes care apparatus further comprising a drain container positioned inside the main body to collect condensed water generated from the heat exchanger.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2021
From: SEO, DONG-PIL; PARK, KI SUN; PARK, JAE RYONG; PARK, HYEONG JOON
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 055362/0086 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0097003 · Aug 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210310179A1 · Oct 7, 2021
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