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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
May. 08, 2019
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Seonghwan Kim, Seoul, KR;
Myoungjong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Manseok Lee, Seoul, KR;
Ingeon Lee, Seoul, KR;
Haeyoon Je, Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present specification relates to a clothes treatment apparatus and a control method therefor, the apparatus comprising, in order to improve an air flow mechanism for circulating air to a drum, the drum for accommodating objects to be treated, an air circulation path connected to the drum, a circulation fan, which is provided on the downstream side of a heat exchanger inside the air circulation path and generates suction force so as to suction the air of the air circulation path and supply same to the drum, a water collection part formed at the lower side of the drum so as to collect condensate water, and a trap having a bottom surface that is lower than a peripheral area in the water collection part so as to allow the condensate water to gather therein.