KR101635882B1 - Laundry treating apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a garment having a garment accommodating portion having a lamp hole passing through a side wall for forming a space for accommodating clothes, a supply device for selectively supplying steam or hot air to the garment accommodating portion, A lamp supporter for supporting the lamp so that the lamp is positioned in the lamp hole, and a lamp assembly including a light transmission preventing part provided on the lamp supporter.

Clothing processing equipment, drying, deodorization, wrinkle removal, lamp

Description

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The present invention relates to a clothes processing apparatus. In more detail,

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BACKGROUND ART [0002] Generally, a garment processing apparatus is a device for processing various kinds of work related to clothes, such as a washing machine for washing clothes, a drying device for drying wet clothes, a refresher for removing odor or wrinkles It is a concept to include.

Background Art [0002] Recent clothing processing apparatuses have been developed to solve the problems of washing, drying, deodorization and wrinkle removal of clothes with a single apparatus. However, recent garment disposal apparatuses use a drum for accommodating clothes and a driving apparatus for rotating the drum, so that there is a problem in deodorizing clothes and removing wrinkles.

That is, in the conventional clothes processing apparatus, deodorization or wrinkle removal progresses while the drum rotates, and since the garment put into the drum is not in a straight spread state but in a wrinkled state, there is a limitation in wrinkle removal and deodorization.

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a clothes processing apparatus which is easy to dry, deodorize, wrinkle and sterilize clothes.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a garment processing apparatus having a lamp assembly with improved assemblability and durability.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a garment processing apparatus including a lamp assembly capable of providing a sense of beauty to a user.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a garment comprising: a garment receiving portion having a lamp hole formed in a space for accommodating clothes; A supply unit for selectively supplying steam or hot air to the clothes receiving unit; And a lamp assembly including a lamp, a lamp supporter for supporting the lamp so as to be positioned in the lamp hole, and a light transmission preventing part provided on the lamp supporter.

In this case, the light transmission preventing portion may be realized by providing a lamp supporter made of an opaque material.

The lamp supporter may further include a lamp through hole for receiving the lamp and a lamp hook extending from the outer circumferential surface of the lamp through hole to fix the lamp.

Further, the lamp hook may further include a cutout portion cut in a height direction, and the lamp may further include a rib inserted into the cutout portion to fix the position of the lamp.

The lamp cover may further include a lamp cover disposed under the lamp supporter to enclose the lamp.

The lamp cover may further include a cover supporting rib extending radially outward of the lamp hole.

The garment receiving portion may further include a coupling boss corresponding to the cover supporting rib.

The lamp cover may further include a hole cover having a through hole through which the lamp cover passes, the hole cover being seated on an outer circumferential surface of the lamp hole.

In addition, the hole cover may further include a seating portion that is seated on an upper end of the outer circumference of the lamp hole, and the cover supporting rib may be supported at an upper end of the seating portion.

Further, the lamp supporter may further include a supporter hook coupled to the seat portion on an outer circumferential surface thereof.

The supporter hook may extend downward from the outer circumferential surface of the lamp supporter, and may receive the seating portion.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an effect of providing a clothes processing apparatus which is easy to dry, deodorize, wrinkle removal and sterilization of clothes.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a clothes processing apparatus having a lamp assembly with improved assemblability and durability.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a clothes processing apparatus including a lamp assembly capable of providing a sense of beauty to a user.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms herein are the same as the general meaning of the term as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, and if the terms used herein conflict with the general meaning of the term Are as defined herein.

It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the details of the embodiments described below, .

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a front view showing a state where a door is opened in a clothes processing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In the present specification, a refresher for refreshing clothes and supplying hot air is described as a clothes processing apparatus, but the present invention is not limited to this and other devices capable of having a heat pump described later may be applied .

Refresh refers to a process of removing wrinkles of clothing by providing air, heated air, water, mist, steam and the like toward the clothes, Deodorizing, sanitizing, preventing static electricity, or warming may be performed.

In addition, the garments referred to in this specification include not only clothes, apparel, but also objects that can be worn by humans such as shoes, socks, gloves, hats, shawls, etc., Includes all objects that can be used for washing, including objects to be used.

1, a clothes processing apparatus 100 according to the present invention includes a garment accommodating portion 1 for providing a space for accommodating clothes, a door 3 for opening and closing the garment accommodating portion 1, A steam generator for supplying moisture, mist, or steam to the clothes storage unit; and an air supply unit for supplying air or hot air to the clothes storage unit, And a lamp assembly 9 for illuminating the interior of the garment accommodating portion.

The garment accommodating portion 1 is provided with an air inflow portion 13 and a filter portion (not shown) communicating with the air supply device 71 (see FIG. 4). The steam generating device 73 (see FIG. 4) A steam inlet 11 communicating with the steam inlet 11 is preferably provided.

The support may be fixed to the garment accommodating part so that the garment is refreshed by hot air or steam supplied from the air supply device or the steam generator in a state in which the garment is not moving.

That is, the support base may be provided with a shelf 4 fixed to the inner circumferential surface of the garment receiving portion and a hanger bar 51 fixed to the upper portion of the garment receiving portion.

In this case, it is preferable that the shelf 4 is provided in the form of an opened frame having an upper surface and a lower surface so that hot air or steam supplied from the supply unit 7 can pass through the shelf. This is to allow hot air and heated steam to be easily supplied to the clothes placed on the shelf.

Meanwhile, the hanger bar 51 for supporting the clothes mounted on the hanger 200 may be provided on the upper portion of the clothes receiving portion 1 by the supporting portion 53. [

Therefore, since the clothes put into the clothes processing apparatus of the present invention are not entangled like the clothes put into the conventional drum type clothes processing apparatus, it is possible to expect not only deodorization and wrinkle removal but also superior effects in drying clothes.

However, the hanger bar 51 provided at the upper portion of the garment accommodating portion 1 may be provided in the form of a moving hanger capable of swinging the clothes in a horizontal direction (right and left or forward and backward direction in the drawing). In this case, the moving hanger shakes the clothes while the hot air or the increase is supplied to the clothes receiving portion 1, but the clothes are not tangled, so that the drying, deodorization, wrinkle removal and sterilization efficiency of the clothes can be further improved .

That is, it is possible to expect that the refresh performance of the garment is increased.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the construction of the moving hanger, and Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the moving hanger. Hereinafter, the moving hanger will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG.

The moving hanger 5 includes a hanger bar 51 for supporting the clothes held on the hanger 200 and a supporting portion 53 for supporting both ends of the hanger bar 51. [ The support portion 53 may be provided on the upper portion of the garment receiving portion 1. The hanger bar 51 may be connected to the support portion 53 at both ends thereof.

Further, the moving hanger 5 includes a motor 55, a power converting unit 59 for converting the rotational motion provided by the motor into a horizontal linear motion of the hanger bar 51, A power transmitting portion 57 for transmitting the power to the power converting portion 59 and a frame 52 provided on the outer circumferential surface of the upper end of the garment accommodating portion to support the above-described components.

The power transmitting portion 57 includes a main pulley 571 provided in the motor 55, a driven pulley 573 connected to the driven pulley by a belt 575, and a rotating shaft 577 coupled to the center of the driven pulley . It is preferable that the hanger bar 51 further includes a slot 511 perpendicular to the longitudinal direction thereof. The power converting portion 59 includes a slot inserting portion 595 inserted into the slot 511, an axial engaging portion 591 engaged with the rotary shaft 577, a rotary arm 593 connecting the slot inserting portion and the axial coupling portion, As shown in FIG.

In this case, a bearing housing (58) for supporting the rotation of the rotary shaft may be further provided between the shaft coupling portion and the driven pulley, and a conversion cover (not shown) for preventing the power conversion portion from being exposed to the outside 513).

When the motor 55 rotates in this manner, the driven pulley 573 rotates, so that the rotating shaft 577 coupled to the driven pulley also rotates. The slot inserting portion 595 rotates in a circular motion having a predetermined diameter, .

The slot 511 provided in the hanger bar 51 is provided so as to be orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the hanger bar, and further, the length thereof is longer than the radius of rotation of the slot insert 595. Accordingly, the slot 511 will be linearly moved in the horizontal direction even if the slot inserting unit 595 performs circular motion.

Therefore, the hanger bar 51 coupled to the slot 511 performs a horizontal linear motion.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view schematically showing a configuration inside the supply unit 7. Fig. In FIG. 4, only the main components including the air supply device 71 and the steam generating device 73 are shown for convenience of explanation, and the piping connecting the components is not shown.

The supply unit 7 includes an air supply unit 71 for supplying air or hot air to the clothes storage unit 1, a steam generator for supplying moisture, mist, or steam to the clothes storage unit 73) and is provided at a lower portion of the garment receiving portion.

The reason why the feeder unit 7 is positioned below the garment accommodating unit 1 is that the hot air and the heated steam supplied to the garment accommodating unit have a property of ascending.

That is, as long as the supply unit 7 is provided to supply hot air or steam from the lower portion of the clothes receiving unit 1, steam or hot air can be uniformly supplied into the clothes accommodating unit without a separate circulating device.

Referring to FIG. 4, an air supply device 71 for supplying air or hot air to the clothes accommodating portion 1 is disposed in the supply unit 7.

The air supply apparatus of the present invention is provided with a suction unit 711 connected to a filter unit (not shown) provided in the clothes receiving unit 1, a discharge unit 711 connected to the air inlet unit 13 of the clothes receiving unit 1 715), and a heat exchange unit 713 provided between the suction unit and the discharge unit.

The heat exchanger 713 may be provided with a heat pump and the heat pump may include an evaporator 7131, a compressor 7133, a condenser 7135 and an expansion valve (not shown) Thereby dehumidifying and heating the air.

That is, the refrigerant evaporates in the evaporator 7131 to absorb the latent heat of the ambient air, and the air is cooled to condense and remove moisture in the air. Further, when the refrigerant is condensed in the condenser 7135 via the compressor 7133, the ambient air is heated by releasing latent heat toward the surrounding air. Accordingly, the evaporator and the condenser function as a heat exchanger, and the air introduced into the air supply device 71 is dehumidified and heated through the evaporator 7131 and the condenser 7135, and is supplied to the clothes accommodating portion 1.

The air heated by the heat pump can be dehumidified without using a separate dehumidifier although the temperature may be somewhat lower than air heated using a conventional electric heater or the like. Therefore, the air supplied back to the accommodation space by the heat pump is relatively 'low-temperature dry air' (Here, 'low temperature' does not mean that the temperature is absolutely low, Is used to mean that the temperature is relatively lower than that of the heated air of the heating device. The clothes processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention can prevent the clothes from being deformed or damaged due to high temperature when performing processes such as refreshing or drying clothes by supplying low temperature dry air. As a result, in the clothes processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, the air supplied by the heat pump is lower in temperature than the hot air of the conventional clothes processing apparatus, but the dehumidified air is supplied without a separate dehumidifying device. Can be easily dried and refreshed.

The suction unit 711 is provided so as to correspond to a filter unit (not shown) of the garment accommodating unit. This filters foreign matter contained in the air introduced into the air supply unit 71 from the garment accommodating unit 1, To the garment receiving portion.

In this case, the garment receiving portion may include a through hole provided to penetrate the bottom surface, and the filter portion may be mounted on the through hole, which is advantageous for cleaning the filter portion.

The discharge unit 715 may further include a discharge fan 717 connected to the air inlet 13 of the clothes receiving unit to allow air to flow through the heat exchanger to the clothes receiving unit.

The supply unit 7 may further include a steam generator 73 for selectively supplying steam to the clothes storage unit 1. [

The steam generator 73 generates steam when a heater (not shown) for heating water is provided therein, and generates mist when vibrating means (not shown) for supplying vibration energy to the water is provided.

An external faucet or the like may be used as the water supply source for supplying the water to the steam generator 73 or a container type water supply provided to one side of the supply unit 2 may be used.

The water supply source of the container type may be provided in a device door 75, which is detachably installed on one side of the supply unit 2, and the water supply source is detachably installed in the device unit door 75 . Therefore, it becomes possible for the user to separate the water supply source from the supply unit 7 to fill and reinstall the water.

The steam generated in the steam generator 73 is supplied to the inside of the garment accommodating portion through an injection nozzle (not shown) provided in the steam inlet portion 11. The steam generator 73 and the injection nozzle Not shown) is connected through a pipe (not shown).

A cooling fan 77 may be provided on the back surface of the supply unit 7. The cooling fan 77 causes the air outside the supply unit 7 to flow into the inside so that the temperature inside the supply unit 7 is excessively increased by the air supply unit 71 and the steam generator 73 .

5 is a perspective view of the lamp assembly and the garment receiving portion.

The upper portion of the garment accommodating portion 1 is provided with a support portion receiving hole 17 into which the support portion 53 is inserted at a position where the frame 52 of the moving hanger is seated, And a lamp hole 19 for accommodating the lamp assembly 9. The lamp assembly 19 may be a lamp, In addition, a coupling boss 16 for fixing the lamp cover 93 of the lamp assembly may be provided around the lamp hole 19.

6 is an exploded perspective view of the lamp assembly.

Hereinafter, the structure of the lamp assembly will be described with reference to FIG.

The lamp assembly 9 includes a hole cover 91 inserted into the lamp hole 19 and a lamp cover 93 provided on the hole cover 91 to protect the lamp 97, And a lamp supporter 95 provided on the lamp cover for fixing the lamp.

The hole cover 91 includes a seating part 911 having a larger diameter than the diameter of the lamp hole 19 and seated at the upper end of the outer circumference of the lamp hole 19, Hole insertion portion 913 having a diameter substantially equal to that of the lamp cover 93 and a cover through hole 915 into which a lamp cover 93 to be described later can be inserted.

 One end of the hole inserting portion 913 protrudes into the inside of the garment accommodating portion 1 through the lamp hole 19. This is because steam or hot air supplied to the inside of the garment accommodating portion 1 It is possible not only to prevent leakage through the lamp hole 19 but also to provide a sense of aesthetics to the user.

A lamp cover 93 for protecting the lamp 97 is inserted into the cover through-hole 915. The lamp cover 93 is preferably made of a transparent material so that light emitted from the light emitting portion 971 of the lamp to be described later can be supplied to the clothes receiving portion.

However, as long as the light emitted from the light emitting portion 971 can be supplied to the clothes receiving portion, it may be formed of a material having a color.

The lamp cover 93 includes a cover supporting rib 933 supported by the seating portion 911 of the hole cover 91 and a supporter accommodating portion 931 supporting the lamp supporter 95, . ≪ / RTI >

Preferably, the cover supporting rib 933 extends outward in the radial direction of the lamp cover 93 and has a coupling hole 9331 corresponding to the coupling boss 16 of the garment receiving portion. Further, the cover supporting rib 933 may include a supporter coupling rib 9333 for facilitating the assembly of the lamp supporter 95, which will be described later.

The supporter accommodating portion 931 extends downwardly from the cover supporting rib 933 and has a bottom surface closed.

Accordingly, the lamp cover 93 can prevent the lamp 97, which will be described later, from being exposed to steam or hot air supplied to the clothes receiving portion, thereby improving the durability of the lamp.

The lamp supporter 95 coupled to the supporter receiving portion 931 fixes the lamp 97 to the lamp hole 19. [ The lamp supporter 95 has a lamp penetration hole 951 at the center thereof for inserting the lamp 97 and includes a lamp hook 953 extending upward from the outer circumferential surface of the lamp penetrating hole, A rib receiving groove 957 in which the supporter engaging rib 9333 is received and a supporter hook 959 engaging with the seating portion 911 of the hole cover, .

The lamp 97 includes a light emitting portion 971 that is inserted into the lamp through hole 951 and emits light, a housing 973 that supports the light emitting portion 971, And a rib 975 provided at the outer side of the cutout 955 and inserted into the cutout 955.

Although not shown in the drawing, the lamp assembly further includes a switch and a control unit connected to the light emitting unit to supply current to the light emitting unit 971 when the door 3 is opened and stop supplying current when the door 3 is closed It is possible.

The lamp 97 is fixed to the lamp supporter 95 since the rib 975 is inserted into the cutout 955 and the lamp hook 953 is supported on the rear surface of the housing 973. [

The lamp supporter 95 to which the lamp 97 is fixed is seated in the supporter receiving portion 931 of the lamp cover 93. At this time, the supporter engaging rib 953 of the lamp cover inserted into the rib receiving recess 957 9333 guide the coupling position, so that it is easy to assemble the lamp supporter and the lamp cover.

Further, a supporter hook 959 extending downward is provided on the outer circumferential surface of the lamp supporter. The supporter hook 959 accommodates the seating portion 911 of the hole cover, thereby facilitating assembly of the lamp assembly. (See FIG. 4).

Since the wire for controlling the light emitting part 971 is located at the upper part of the lamp supporter 95, if the user can see the wire in the garment accommodating part, the user can lower the esthetics It can be a factor to make.

Therefore, the lamp assembly of the present invention may further include a light transmission preventing unit for preventing a configuration for controlling the light emitting unit, such as the wire, from being exposed to a user.

The light transmission preventing part may be implemented as a light transmission preventing film provided on the upper surface or the lower surface of the lamp supporter 95, and may be realized by fabricating a lamp supporter 95 of an opaque material. However, if the opaque lamp supporter 95 is used, the assembly process of the lamp assembly may be simplified.

The present invention may be embodied in various forms without departing from the scope of the invention. Accordingly, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.

1 is a front view of a clothes processing apparatus.

2 is an assembled perspective view of a moving hanger;

3 is an exploded perspective view of the moving hanger.

4 is a conceptual view of the supply unit.

5 is a perspective view of the lamp assembly and the garment receiving portion.

6 is an exploded perspective view of the lamp assembly.

Claims (11)

A garment receiving portion having a lamp hole formed in one side wall to form a space for accommodating the garment; A supply unit for selectively supplying steam or hot air to the clothes receiving unit; And a lamp assembly including a lamp, a lamp supporter for supporting the lamp so as to be positioned in the lamp hole, and a light transmission preventing part provided on the lamp supporter, Wherein the lamp supporter includes a lamp through hole in which the lamp is accommodated and a lamp hook extending from an outer circumferential surface of the lamp through hole to fix the lamp, Wherein the lamp hook includes a cutout portion cut in a height direction, Wherein the lamp includes a rib inserted into the incision to fix a position of the lamp. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the light transmission preventing portion is implemented by providing a lamp supporter made of an opaque material. delete delete The method according to claim 1, Further comprising a lamp cover provided at a lower portion of the lamp supporter to enclose the lamp. 6. The method of claim 5, Wherein the lamp cover further includes a cover supporting rib extending radially outward of the lamp hole. The method according to claim 6, Wherein the garment receiving portion further includes an engaging boss corresponding to the cover supporting rib. 8. The method of claim 7, Further comprising a hole cover having a through hole through which the lamp cover passes, the hole cover being seated on an outer circumferential surface of the lamp hole. 9. The method of claim 8, Wherein the hole cover further includes a seat portion that is seated on an upper end of an outer circumference of the lamp hole, and the cover support rib is supported at an upper end of the seat portion. 10. The method of claim 9, Wherein the lamp supporter further comprises a supporter hook coupled to the seating portion on an outer circumferential surface of the lamp supporter. 11. The method of claim 10, The supporter hook Wherein the lamp supporter is provided to extend downward from an outer circumferential surface of the lamp supporter, and accommodates the seat portion.

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