Laundry treating apparatus and method for controlling the laundry treating apparatus

Abstract

Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus including: a cabinet having a laundry inlet and a filter insertion hole defined in a front face thereof; a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet and having a laundry storage space defined therein communicating with the laundry inlet; a duct disposed inside the cabinet, wherein the duct defines a channel for supplying air discharged from the drum back to the drum; a fan to move air along the duct; a heat exchanger including a heat-absorber to remove moisture from air introduced into the duct and a heat-emitter disposed inside the duct to heat air passing through the heat-absorber; a water collector constructed to communicate with the duct and to store therein water discharged from the water passing through the heat-absorber; a filter assembly including: a filter assembly body attachable to or detachable from the duct and constructed to be extended from or retractable into the cabinet through the filter insertion hole; a first filter disposed in the filter assembly body to filter fluid moving to the heat-absorber; and a second filter disposed in the filter assembly body to filter fluid moving to the water collector, wherein the second filter is positioned below the first filter; a water discharger detachably disposed in the cabinet and having a water storage space defined therein; a water discharger supply pipe for supplying water stored in the water collector to the water discharger; a water ejector configured to eject water into the first filter; and a water ejector supply pipe for supplying water stored in the water collector to the water ejector. Further, a method for controlling the apparatus is disclosed.