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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015

Filed:

May. 04, 2011
Applicants:

Hyojin Ko, Seoul, KR;

Sangik Lee, Seoul, KR;

Donghyun Kim, Seoul, KR;

Seungphyo Ahn, Seoul, KR;

Jeongyun Kim, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Hyojin Ko, Seoul, KR;

Sangik Lee, Seoul, KR;

Donghyun Kim, Seoul, KR;

Seungphyo Ahn, Seoul, KR;

Jeongyun Kim, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/22 (2006.01); D06F 58/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/22 (2013.01); D06F 58/28 (2013.01); D06F 2058/2854 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for treating clothes includes an accommodating space, an air supply unit, a duct unit, a filter unit, a substance removal unit and a collection unit that is separate from the filter unit and the substance removal unit. The accommodating space is configured to receive one or more clothing articles. The air supply unit is configured to supply air to the accommodating space. The duct unit is configured to guide discharge of air from the accommodating space. The filter unit is positioned to filter substances from air discharged from the accommodating space through the duct unit. The substance removal unit is configured to move substances remaining on a portion of the filter unit. The collection unit is configured to collect substances moved from the filter unit by the substance removal unit.


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