KR20110048344A - Fabric treating apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A clothing managing device is provided to process the clothing by spraying hot air or steam about the clothing. CONSTITUTION: A clothing processing device(100) includes a cabinet(110), a door(140), and a board unit(161). The cabinet forms an outer tube. The door opens and closes the cabinet. The broad unit is combined to be rotatable with the door. The broad unit inhales the air to absorb hung clothing. A blower is installed in door. The blower performs suction and discharge of the air.

Description

Clothing treating apparatus {Fabric treating apparatus}

The present invention relates to a clothes treating apparatus, and more particularly, to a clothes treating apparatus for treating in a state where clothes are adsorbed.

The clothes treating apparatus refers to all devices for managing or treating clothes such as washing, drying, or removing wrinkles of clothes in a home or a laundry. For example, a clothing processing device may include a washing machine for washing clothes, a dryer for drying clothes, a washing machine and a dryer for both washing and drying functions, a refresher for refreshing clothes, and a steamer for removing unnecessary wrinkles of clothes. (Steamer).

More specifically, the refresher is a device for making clothes more comfortable and fresh, and performs functions such as drying clothes, supplying fragrance to clothes, preventing static electricity from clothes, or removing wrinkles from clothes. A steamer is a device that removes wrinkles of clothing by simply supplying steam to the clothing. Unlike a general iron, the steamer does not touch the clothing and delicately removes wrinkles of the clothing.

The clothes treating apparatus having the functions of such a refresher and a steamer may perform functions such as wrinkles and odor removal of clothes stored therein by using steam and hot air. By this function, the clothes stored in the clothes reproducing apparatus can remove the odor particles contaminating the clothes, or wrinkles can be removed to achieve the ironing effect.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a clothes processing apparatus for processing clothes in a state where the clothes are adsorbed.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects that are not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

In order to achieve the above object, the laundry treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the cabinet forming the appearance; A door for opening and closing the cabinet; And a board unit which is rotatably coupled to the door and sucks air so that the mounted clothes can be adsorbed.

In order to achieve the above object, a clothes processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the cabinet for receiving the clothes; A machine room for supplying at least one of hot air and steam into the cabinet; A door for opening and closing the cabinet; And a board unit provided in the door to allow heat or steam to be applied to the garment.

Specific details of other embodiments are included in the detailed description and the drawings.

According to the clothes treating apparatus of the present invention, there are one or more of the following effects.

First, there is an advantage that the efficiency of the treatment of the garment is improved by treating the garment in a taut unfolded state by adsorption on clothing.

Second, there is also an advantage that can process the clothing by spraying steam or hot air on clothing.

Third, there is also an advantage to remove the contamination by spraying detergent, washing water to the clothing.

Fourth, there are also advantages that can conveniently and efficiently handle the bottoms of clothing.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description of the claims.

Advantages and features of the present invention and methods for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but can be implemented in various different forms, and only the embodiments make the disclosure of the present invention complete, and the general knowledge in the art to which the present invention belongs. It is provided to fully inform the person having the scope of the invention, which is defined only by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings for describing a clothes treating apparatus according to embodiments of the present invention.

1 and 2 are perspective views of the clothes processing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 3 shows the configuration of the upper machine room 120 of the clothes processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 4 shows the configuration of the lower machine room 130 of the clothes processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Clothing processing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a cabinet 110 to form an appearance, the door 140 to open and close the cabinet, and the door is coupled to be rotatably coupled so that the mounted clothes can be adsorbed It includes a board unit 161 for sucking air.

The cabinet 110 may include an outer cabinet 111 forming the exterior of the clothes treating apparatus and an inner cabinet 112 provided inside the outer cabinet 111 to form a space. The inner cabinet 110 is provided with a hanger rod 180 to hang clothes. The cabinet 110 is provided with a driving unit (not shown) for reciprocating the hanger rod 180 to move the clothes caught on the hanger rod 180. The door 140 for opening and closing the inner cabinet 112 is rotatably connected to the outer cabinet 111.

The cabinet 110 may form a separate upper machine room 120 on the upper side to accommodate various devices for generating electrical components or hot air and steam applied to the processing chamber, and form a separate lower machine room 130 on the lower side. It is also possible to accommodate the water supply / drainage device.

The upper machine room 120 may include a heating unit 122, a steam generating unit 126, and a detergent supply unit 128. The heating unit 122 generates hot air by heating the air. The heating unit 122 may be easily implemented by those skilled in the art, including a heater (not shown) for heating air and a blowing fan (not shown) for blowing the heated air.

A cooling water supply device (not shown) may be further provided to supply cooling water to condense moisture contained in the hot air discharged by the heating unit 122. The cooling water supply device includes a condensation duct forming a hot air flow path and a water supply means for supplying cooling water to the condensation duct to remove moisture contained in the hot air. At this time, the condensed water is preferably discharged to the outside of the clothes treatment apparatus.

On the other hand, the heating unit 122 is also possible to blow the cold air by driving only the blowing fan in a state that the heater is not operated.

The steam generator 126 heats water to generate steam. The steam generator 126 may be easily implemented by those skilled in the art, including a storage unit (not shown) in which the supplied water is stored, and a heating unit (not shown) that generates steam by heating the water stored in the storage unit. There will be.

The detergent supply unit 128 supplies detergent used to wash clothes, and may be implemented to supply a liquid detergent and / or a solid detergent as applied to a conventional washing machine, but in order to supply a solid detergent Since a flow path structure for supplying water for dissolving water is required, and solid detergent and water must be sufficiently mixed, it is preferable to implement the liquid detergent for simplicity of construction and easy mixing with water. . Hereinafter, the detergent supply unit 128 will be described as supplying a liquid detergent.

The detergent supply unit 128 may supply various kinds of laundry solvents to dry clean the clothes. Examples of the washing solvent include silicone oil or petroleum solvent.

On the other hand, depending on the characteristics of the clothes it is possible to supply the detergent to the detergent supply unit 128 to process the garment, in this case, a detergent recovery unit for recovering the dedicated detergent sprayed into the processing chamber for reuse of the dedicated detergent (Not shown) may be provided.

The lower machine room 130 drains the water storage unit 134 temporarily containing the washing water supplied from the outside, the water supply unit 190 for controlling the temperature of the water introduced from the water storage unit 134, and the contaminated washing water to the outside. Drain 132 may be provided. The drain 132 may include a drain pump.

Steam, hot air, detergent or washing water supplied from the upper machine room 120 and the lower machine room 130 is sprayed into the inner cabinet 110 to be used to process the clothes caught in the hanger rod 180, or the board unit 161. Alternatively, it may be sprayed through other nozzles and used to process the clothes mounted on the board unit 161.

The door 140 opens and closes the cabinet 110. The door 140 is rotatably coupled with the outer cabinet 110 so that the inner cabinet 110 is exposed to the outside when opened. The door 140 may be provided with a blower (not shown) that sucks and discharges the air so that the board unit 161 may suck the air. The blowing device may be implemented with a blowing fan or other suction device. At this time, the blowing fan is preferably a cross flow fan.

The door 140 preferably has a discharge port 169 through which air sucked from the board 161 is discharged. Preferably, the door 140 has a flow path through which air sucked from the board unit 161 flows and is discharged to the discharge port 169.

It is preferable that a flow path is formed in the door 140 so that hot air, steam, or detergent supplied from the upper machine room 120 can flow. It is preferable that a flow path is formed in the door 140 to allow the washing water supplied from the lower machine room 130 to flow.

The board 161 is rotatably coupled to the door 140 and clothes are mounted in a horizontal state. Board portion 161 and the door 140 is preferably coupled by a hinge (not shown). The board part 161 is provided with a support part 163 for supporting the board part 161 to be horizontal.

Board portion 161 is formed with a suction port (161a) for sucking the air so that the mounted clothes can be adsorbed. The board unit 161 may be provided with a blower (not shown) for sucking and discharging the air to suck the air. The blowing device may be implemented with a blowing fan or other suction device. A flow path is formed in the board so that air sucked from the board 161 may flow to the door 140. The hinge that rotates the board unit 161 and the door 140 is preferably formed of a hollow hinge so that air sucked from the board unit 161 can flow to the door 140.

The board unit 161 may be sprayed with steam, hot air, detergent or washing water supplied from the upper machine room 120 and the lower machine room 130 so that the mounted clothes can be processed.

In this embodiment, the flow paths of steam, hot air, cold air, detergent or washing water flowing between the upper machine room 120 or the lower machine room 130 and the board unit 161 are not shown in detail, but those having ordinary knowledge in the art. The chair may be provided with a separate pipe or may form a flow path using the structure of the door 140.

Referring to the operation of the clothes processing apparatus 100 according to the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

After opening the door 140, the user hangs the clothes on the hanger, hangs the hanger rod 180, and closes the door. Steam, hot air, detergent or washing water supplied from the upper machine room 120 and the lower machine room 130 is sprayed into the inner cabinet 110 to process the clothes.

After opening the door 140, the user rotates the board unit 161 and spreads it horizontally to support the support unit 163. The user mounts clothes or other clothes processed in the inner cabinet 110 to the board unit 161. The suction port 161a of the board unit 161 sucks air and adsorbs the mounted clothing onto the board unit 161.

The user can iron the clothes adsorbed on the board 161 using an iron or apply steam using a steamer. In the board unit 161, steam, hot air, detergent or washing water supplied from the upper machine room 120 and the lower machine room 130 may be sprayed, and the clothes may be treated.

When the user wants to refresh the clothes adsorbed on the board 161, the user may spray steam or hot air onto the clothes, and when the user wants to remove the contamination of the clothes, the user may spray the clothes or washing water onto the clothes.

5 is a view showing a clothing processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Clothing processing system (S) according to an embodiment of the present invention, the clothes processing apparatus 100, a washing machine 20 and a dryer 30.

The washing machine 20 is a device for washing an object to be washed, such as clothing, and is generally called a washing machine, and the like (hereinafter, 'washing water' is defined as a concept that may include both water or detergent water). Means a device for removing contaminants on the clothes through a series of processes such as washing stroke / rinse stroke / dehydration stroke by using a mechanical friction between the clothes or chemical action of the detergent.

The dryer 30 is usually called a dryer or the like, and means a device that applies hot air or cold air to a dry object such as clothes to dry the clothes.

In the present embodiment, the clothes processing apparatus 100 is provided between the washing machine 20 and the dryer 30, as shown in FIG. 5, but is not limited thereto. The clothes processing apparatus 100 may include the washing machine 20. And it is also possible to be disposed on one side of the washing machine 20 or the dryer 30 in a state in which the dryer 30 is disposed adjacent.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the clothes processing system S includes the washing machine 20, the dryer 30, and the clothes processing apparatus 100, but the clothes processing system of the present invention is not limited to the above configuration. It is possible to include only the clothes processing apparatus 100 and the washing machine 20, or to include only the clothes processing apparatus 100 and the dryer 30, and the clothes processing apparatus 100, washing and drying It is also possible to include a dry combined washing machine (not shown).

The clothes treating apparatus 100 is formed at approximately the same height as the washing machine 20 and / or the dryer 30 to give uniformity to the product when it is sold at home. In addition, in a typical residential residential environment, an installation space is provided in a veranda, a kitchen, a laundry room, etc. in order to install a washing machine, and the installation space is set in consideration of the size of a general household washing machine. In order to facilitate installation in the installation space, it is preferable to be formed in consideration of the height of an ordinary washing machine or dryer.

At this time, the method of installing the clothing processing system (S) can be installed in the housing, the clothing processing system (S) provided independently, of course, can also be installed in a built-in manner.

Clothing processing apparatus 100 is the above-described upper machine room 120 or lower machine room 130 is omitted, and after processing the clothes by receiving steam, hot air, cold air, detergent or washing water from the washing machine 20 or dryer 30 The washing machine 20 or the dryer 30 may be recovered.

6 and 7 are perspective views of the clothes processing apparatus 200 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Clothes processing apparatus 200 according to another embodiment of the present invention is a stopper 266 to prevent the board portion 261 is unfolded more than a predetermined, steam nozzle 264 for injecting steam, hot air nozzle for injecting hot air 265.

Clothing processing apparatus 200 according to another embodiment of the present invention is a clothes is mounted between the board portion 261 and the door inner surface 262 in a folded state of the board portion 261. Board portion 261 is preferably a garment that is mounted between the board portion 261 and the door inner surface 262 is the bottom.

The board part 261 adsorbs the clothes placed between the board part 261 and the door inner surface 262. The steam nozzle 264 or the hot air nozzle 265 injects steam or hot products supplied from the upper machine room 220 to the clothes mounted between the board part 261 and the door inner surface 262. Steam or hot air injected from the steam nozzle 264 or the hot air nozzle 265 may be sucked into the suction port 261a and discharged to the discharge port 269.

Detergent or wash water supplied from the upper machine room 220 and the lower machine room 230 may be injected through the steam nozzle 264 or the hot air nozzle 265, and other nozzles. The sprayed detergent or wash water is preferably recovered to the lower machine room 230 through the door 240.

In the present embodiment, the flow path of steam, hot air, cold air, detergent, or washing water flowing between the upper machine room 220 or the lower machine room 230 and the steam nozzle 264 or the hot air nozzle 265 is not shown in detail. Those skilled in the art may have a separate pipe or may form a flow path using the structure of the door 240.

Referring to the operation of the clothes processing apparatus 200 according to the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

After opening the door 240, the user rotates the board part 261 to be caught by the stopper 266, and then the clothes or other clothes processed by the inner cabinet 210 are processed by the board part 261 and the door inner surface 262. Mount in between. The board part 261 is rotated again so that the board part 261 abuts on the door inner surface 262 with the clothes interposed therebetween. The suction port 261a of the board part 261 sucks air and sucks the mounted clothing onto the board part 261.

The user may spray the steam, hot air, detergent or washing water supplied from the upper machine room 220 or the lower machine room 230 with the steam nozzle 264 or the hot air nozzle 265 to process the clothes adsorbed on the board unit 261. Can be.

When the user wants to refresh the clothes adsorbed on the board 261, it is preferable to spray steam or hot air to the clothes, and to clean the clothes, the detergent or washing water is sprayed on the clothes.

8 and 9 are perspective views of the clothes processing apparatus 300 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Clothes processing apparatus 300 according to another embodiment of the present invention is equipped with the functions of the clothes processing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention and the clothes processing apparatus 200 according to another embodiment of the present invention. will be.

Board portion 361 of the clothes processing apparatus 300 according to another embodiment of the present invention is supported by the support portion 363 to mount the clothes in a horizontal state, or abuts the door inner surface 362 and the clothes in between Can mount clothing from

When the user processes the upper garment using an external leg or steamer, the user unfolds the board unit 361 horizontally and adsorbs the clothing. When the user processes the bottom using the steam nozzle 364 or the hot air nozzle 365, the board unit 361 is vertically folded to adsorb clothes.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is indicated by the scope of the following claims rather than the above description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are included in the scope of the present invention. Should be interpreted.

1 and 2 are a perspective view of a clothes processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 shows the configuration of the upper machine room of the clothes processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 shows the configuration of the lower machine room of the clothes processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a view showing a clothing processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 and 7 are perspective views of the clothes treating apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

8 and 9 are perspective views of the clothes treating apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (11)

A cabinet forming an appearance; A door for opening and closing the cabinet; And And a board unit which is rotatably coupled to the door and sucks air to suck the mounted clothes. The method of claim 1, And a blower apparatus for sucking and discharging air to suck the air from the board unit. The method of claim 1, Clothing processing apparatus for injecting steam to the clothes mounted on the board portion. The method of claim 1, Clothing processing apparatus for spraying hot air to the clothes mounted on the board. The method of claim 1, And a hinge having a hollow to rotate the door and the board and to allow a fluid to flow between the door and the board. The method of claim 1, Further comprising a support for supporting the board portion to rotate horizontally, The board unit is a clothes processing apparatus that the clothes is mounted on the upper surface in the horizontal state. The method of claim 1, The board is mounted between the clothes and the door in the folded state with the door, Clothing processing apparatus further comprises a stopper to prevent the board portion from being unfolded more than a predetermined. A cabinet containing clothing; A machine room for supplying at least one of hot air and steam into the cabinet; A door for opening and closing the cabinet; And Garment processing apparatus comprising a board portion provided in the door so that the heat or steam is applied to the garment. The method of claim 8, And a blower apparatus for sucking and discharging air to suck the air so as to suck the clothes. The method of claim 8, Further comprising a support for supporting the board portion to rotate horizontally, The board unit is a clothes processing apparatus that the clothes is mounted on the upper surface in the horizontal state. The method of claim 8, The board is mounted between the clothes and the door in the folded state with the door, Clothing processing apparatus further comprises a stopper to prevent the board portion from being unfolded more than a predetermined.

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