IP Library › Granted Patent US 8,925,357
Granted Patent B2
US 8,925,357 · App. 12/309,885 · Granted Jan 6, 2015

Clothes treating apparatus

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); Dong Won Kim (Changwon-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
D06F58/10D06F58/20D06F58/203D06F73/02
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Patent No.
US 8,925,357
App. No.
12/309,885
Granted
Jan 6, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to clothes treating apparatus. The clothes treating apparatus includes a housing having a holding space for holding clothes, an air supply unit for generating dry air and supplying the dry air to the holding space, a moisture supply unit for supplying moisture to the holding space, and a water supply unit for supplying water to the moisture supply unit, and a drain unit for collecting condensed water from the air supply unit, wherein the water supply unit and the drain unit are provided separate from each other.

Claims (33)

1. A clothes treating apparatus comprising:

a housing having a holding space for clothes;

an air supply unit for generating dry air and supplying the dry air to the holding space;

a moisture supply unit for supplying moisture to the holding space;

a water supply unit adapted to supply water to the moisture supply unit;

a drain unit adapted to collect condensed water from the air supply unit; and

at least one storage module provided to the housing, wherein the water supply unit and the drain unit are detachably mounted to the storage module.

2. The clothes treating apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the water supply unit and the drain unit are independently removable from within the storage module.

3. The clothes treating apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the drain unit comprises a drain pipe or hose adapted to drain condensed water from the drain unit.

4. The clothes treating apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the storage module includes a drawer which can be pushed in/pulled out of one side of the housing.

5. The clothes treating apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the drawer can be pushed in/pulled out of one side of the housing in a horizontal direction.

6. The clothes treating apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the drawer can be pushed in/pulled out of one side of the housing in a vertical direction.

7. The clothes treating apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the drawer is rotatably mounted to one side of the housing.

8. The clothes treating apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the drawer includes guide means for guiding movement of the water supply unit and the drain unit when the water supply unit and the drain unit are mounted to the drawer.

9. The clothes treating apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the water supply unit and the drain unit include flow passages formed through the drawer, respectively.

10. The clothes treating apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the storage module includes a drawer which can be pushed in/pulled out of one side of the housing.

11. The clothes treating apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the water supply unit and the drain unit are removable together as a single, integrated unit.

12. A clothes treating apparatus comprising:

a housing having a holding space for holding clothes;

an air supply unit for generating dry air and supplying the dry air to the holding space;

a moisture supply unit for supplying moisture to the holding space; and

a storage module having a plurality of chambers each for holding either a water supply unit for supplying water to the moisture supply unit, or a drain unit for collecting condensed water from the air supply unit.

13. The clothes treating apparatus as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the storage module includes a drawer which can be pushed in/pulled out of one side of the housing.

14. A clothes treating apparatus comprising:

a housing having a holding space for holding clothes;

an air supply unit for generating dry air and supplying the dry air to the holding space;

a moisture supply unit for supplying moisture to the holding space; and

at least one storage module for holding a water supply unit for supplying water to the moisture supply unit, and a drain unit for collecting condensed water from the air supply unit, wherein flow passages of the water supply unit and the drain unit are formed through the storage module, respectively.

15. The clothes treating apparatus as claimed in claim 14 , wherein each of the at least one storage module includes a drawer which can be pushed in and pulled out of one side of the housing.

16. The clothes treating apparatus as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the water supply unit and the drain unit are detachably mounted to the storage module.

17. The clothes treating apparatus as claimed in claim 14 further comprising:

a first storage module for housing the water supply unit; and

a second storage module for housing the drain unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2010
From: MOON, JUNG WOOK; PARK, DAE YUN; HONG, SOG KIE; KIM, JONG SEOK; RYU, SEUNG GYU; PARK, HYE YONG; CHOI, CHANG GYU; KIM, DONG WON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2007-0078119 · Aug 3, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110005276A1 · Jan 13, 2011