Lg Electronics Inc.

Joosik Jung

Jaehyung Kim

Semin Jang

Hyungha Kang

Minji Kim

A clothes treatment apparatus includes a first chamber for accommodating clothes, a second chamber under the first chamber, a blowing fan for suctioning air from the first chamber, a heat pump for compressing a refrigerant for heat exchange with the air suctioned by the blowing fan and discharging the heat-exchanged air to the first chamber, a steamer for generating and supplying steam, a water supply tank for supplying water to the steamer, a water drain tank for storing condensed water generated in the first chamber and the heat pump, a hanger bar positioned in the first chamber and configured to hold the clothes in the first chamber. The apparatus further includes a motor, a vibrating body for vibrating alternately in opposite rotation directions, and a motion converter for rotating together with the vibrating body and converting the vibration of the vibrating body to allow the hanger bar to reciprocate.

Clothes treatment apparatus

A clothes treatment apparatus includes: a cabinet forming a treatment space for storing clothes; a filter module having a filter portion for filtering out dust from air passing therethrough; an air flow path having a plurality of preset flow paths for directing air to be discharged into the treatment space; a fan for moving the air in the air flow path; at least one valve disposed on the air flow path; a valve actuating module for actuating the valve; and a control part for controlling the valve actuating module so as to select one of the plurality of flow paths. The plurality of flow paths include: at least one bypass flow path for directing the air to bypass the filter portion; and at least one filtering flow path for directing the air to pass through the filter portion.

A clothing treatment apparatus includes a cabinet which forms a treatment space for accommodating clothing, a duct in which an inside air channel which sucks inside air from the treatment space and guides the inside air to discharge the inside air to the treatment space, and an outside air channel which sucks outside air from an outer space of the cabinet and guides the outside air to discharge the outside air to the treatment space are preset, a fan which moves air in the duct, and (i) an opening and closing module which is operated to change whether or not a through-channel including at least one of an outside air inlet channel between the outer space and the outside air channel and (ii) an exhaust outlet channel between the treatment space and the outer space is blocked.

Clothing treatment apparatus

A clothes treatment apparatus for treating clothes in a treatment space including a frame, a hanger body movable with respect to the frame, a center axial portion fixed with respect to the frame, and disposed along a center axis extending in the vertical direction, a first eccentric portion configured to rotate in a first direction around a first rotational axis spaced apart from the center axis, a second eccentric portion configured to rotate in a second direction opposite to the first direction around the first rotational axis, a motor generating a torque for rotating the first eccentric portion and second eccentric portion, a vibrating body supporting rotatably the first eccentric portion and second eccentric portion, and a hanger driving unit connecting the vibrating body and the hanger body. The hanger driving unit transmitting excitation force of the vibrating body to the hanger body.

A clothing treatment apparatus includes a frame, a hanger body provided to hang clothing or a hanger, and a vibration module generating vibration, and configured to move the hanger body with respect to the frame. The vibration module includes a first eccentric portion rotating about a predetermined first rotation axis, a second eccentric portion rotating about a predetermined second rotation axis that is spaced apart from and parallel to the first rotation axis, and a vibrating body fixed to a predetermined central axis that is fixed to the frame and disposed between the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis. The first eccentric portion and the second eccentric portion rotate in the same direction to rotate the vibrating body about the central axis.

A clothing treatment apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a cabinet which forms a treatment space for accommodating clothing, a duct in which an inside air channel which sucks inside air from the treatment space and guides the inside air to discharge the inside air to the treatment space, and an outside air channel which sucks outside air from an outer space of the cabinet and guides the outside air to discharge the outside air to the treatment space are preset, a fan which moves air in the duct, and (i) an opening and closing module which is operated to change whether or not a through-channel including at least one of an outside air inlet channel between the outer space and the outside air channel and (ii) an exhaust outlet channel between the treatment space and the outer space is blocked.

A clothes treatment apparatus comprises: a frame; a hanger body configured to move with respect to the frame and provided to hang clothes or clothes hangers; a vibrating body configured to move with respect to the frame; a first eccentric portion that is supported by the vibrating body and rotates around a predetermined first rotational axis in such a way that the weight is off-center; a second eccentric portion that is supported by the vibrating body and rotates around a predetermined second rotational axis, which is the same as or parallel to the first rotational axis, in such a way that the weight is off-center; and a hanger driving unit that connects the vibrating body and the hanger body and transmits the vibration of the vibrating body to the hanger body, wherein the first eccentric portion and the second eccentric portion are configured to rotate at the same angular speed but in opposite directions.

A clothes treatment apparatus comprises: a cabinet forming a treatment space for storing clothes; a filter module having a filter portion for filtering out dust from air; an air flow path having a plurality of preset flow paths for directing air to be discharged into the treatment space; a fan for moving the air in the air flow path; a single valve disposed on the air flow path, that changes the air flow path by rotating around a predetermined rotational axis; a valve actuating module for rotating the valve; and a control part for controlling the angle of rotation of the valve to select one of the plurality of flow paths. The plurality of flow paths comprise: at least one bypass flow path for directing the air to bypass the filter portion; and at least one filtering flow path for directing the air to pass through the filter portion.

A clothes treatment apparatus comprises: a cabinet forming a treatment space for storing clothes; a filter module having a filter portion for filtering out dust from air passing therethrough; an air flow path having a plurality of preset flow paths for directing air to be discharged into the treatment space; a fan for moving the air in the air flow path; at least one valve disposed on the air flow path; a valve actuating module for actuating the valve; and a control part for controlling the valve actuating module so as to select one of the plurality of flow paths. The plurality of flow paths comprise: at least one bypass flow path for directing the air to bypass the filter portion; and at least one filtering flow path for directing the air to pass through the filter portion.

A clothing treatment apparatus includes a frame, a hanger body movable relative to the frame, a vibrating body including a predetermined central axis, a first eccentric portion supported by the vibrating body and capable of rotating about a first rotation axis spaced apart from the central axis, a second eccentric portion supported by the vibrating body and rotatable about a second rotation axis spaced apart from the central axis, and a hanger driving unit disposed in the vibrating body and connected to the hanger body at a position spaced apart from the central axis. Centrifugal forces of the first and second eccentric portions with respect to the first and second rotation axes, respectively, reinforce each other when the vibrating body generates a rotational force about the central axis, and oppose each other when the vibrating body does not generate the rotational force.

A clothes treating device includes a clothes accommodation part for accommodating clothes or laundry, a water supply pipe for supplying water into the clothes treating device, and a drain pipe for discharging water to the outside of the clothes treating device. A pump assembly generates a flow of water inside the water supply pipe and the drain pipe by using the rotation of a motor. The flow of water is generated only in one of the water supply pipe and the drain pipe depending on the rotating direction of the motor.

Clothes treating device

A clothes treating apparatus includes: a heat pump cycle having an evaporator, a compressor, a condenser and an expansion valve, and configured to apply heat to air which circulates a clothes accommodation unit; a water cover configured to support the evaporator and the condenser on an upper surface thereof, and having therein a condensate water collection unit; and a condensate water separating unit protruding from the water cover to a space between the evaporator and the condenser, and configured to prevent scattering of condensate water to the condenser from the evaporator due to an air flow.

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Seoul, South Korea

Joosik Jung