CLOTH TREATING APPARATUS

• US 20110030428A1
• Filed: 04/04/2008
• Published: 02/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Son, Young Bok, Han, Dong Joo, Choi, Chul Jin
• Granted Patent: US 9,562,310 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 68/5.R
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 29/00 Combinations of a washing machine with other separate apparatus in a common frame or the like, e.g. with rinsing apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 29/005 the other separate apparatus being a drying appliance
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 58/10 Drying cabinets or drying chambers having heating or ventilating means

Abstract

A cloth treating apparatus is disclosed. The cloth treating apparatus comprises a main body washing or drying clothes, and an auxiliary treating apparatus including a cabinet provided at one side of the main body; and a drawer slidably provided in the cabinet to form a accommodating space, having a hot air supply device, wherein the hot air supply device supplies a hot air to the accommodating space and is provided on an external rear surface of the drawer.

Claims

1. A cloth treating apparatus comprising:

a main body washing or drying clothes; and

an auxiliary treating apparatus including a cabinet provided at one side of the main body; and

a drawer slidably provided in the cabinet to form a accommodating space, having a hot air supply device,

wherein the hot air supply device supplies a hot air to the accommodating space and is provided on an external rear surface of the drawer.

2. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the drawer is slidably provided at an upper part or a lower part of the main body.

3. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the hot air supply device includes:

a housing provided with an inlet into which external air flows;

a heater heating the flown air; and

a ventilating fan ventilating the air to supply the air to the accommodating space of the drawer.

4. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the hot air supply device further includes a filter provided at the inlet.

5. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the ventilating fan is provided to enable its speed control so that it has a variable speed.

6. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the ventilating fan is comprised of an intake fan which forcibly supplies the external air into the drawer through the inlet.

7. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the heater is provided at the front of the intake fan and heats the air flown through the intake fan.

8. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the ventilating fan is comprised of an exhaust fan which forcibly supplies the air inside the drawer to the outside.

9. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a cover which is provided above the drawer and is selectively opened and closed.

10. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 9, wherein an outlet is provided with the housing or the cover, and exhausts the air inside the drawer to the outside.

11. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the auxiliary treating apparatus further includes a filter provided at the outlet.

12. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary treating apparatus further includes an air guide provided at the drawer to guide the air which flows into the accommodating space.

13. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an input unit provided at the drawer to allow a user to input a manipulation command, a display unit provided at the drawer to display an operation state of the auxiliary treating apparatus, and a main control unit controlling the hot air supply device in accordance with the command input from the input unit.

14. The cloth treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the main body further includes an input unit allowing a user to input a manipulation command, a display unit displaying an operation state of the main body or the auxiliary treating apparatus, and a controller controlling the main body or the auxiliary treating apparatus in accordance with the command input from the input unit.