KR20090004064A - Apparatus for treating cloth - Google Patents

Abstract

A cloth treating device is provided to remove crease and bacteria from clothes by providing high temperature environment to clothes. A cloth treating device capable of preventing clothes from being creased and exposed to bacteria comprises a housing having accommodation space for clothes, a steam supplying device selectively supplying steam or super-heated steam to the accommodation space, a heated air supplying device supplying hot air to the accommodation space, a drum and a tub. The tub has the drum rotate in the housing.

Description

Apparel for Treating Cloth

The present invention relates to a laundry treatment apparatus, and more particularly, to a cloth treatment apparatus capable of removing wrinkles and the like of cloth, and further removing germs and the like that may remain on the cloth.

In general, a laundry treatment apparatus includes a washing machine, a dryer, a combined washing machine, and recently, a refresher for keeping clothes in a comfortable state has been developed.

By the way, all of the clothes processing apparatus as described above has a configuration suitable for each function, and thus, even if the clothes are processed by each device, there was an inconvenience of performing separate ironing to remove wrinkles and the like.

That is, in the case of the washing machine, wrinkles are generated in the laundry in which water washing is completed, and when such laundry is put into a dryer and dried, the wrinkles generated once are not completely removed in the drying process. In addition, when storing the clothes after washing and drying, wrinkles, wrinkles, folds, etc. are generated, and in order to remove such wrinkles, a separate ironing process was required.

In addition, even if the clothes are processed by the clothes treating apparatus as described above, it was difficult to completely remove bacteria such as fungi that may remain in the clothes or athlete's foot fungi that may remain in the socks. This requires an environment of a high temperature of about 125 ℃ or more in order to remove such germs, etc., it was difficult to make the space in which the clothing is accommodated to a high temperature as described above in the conventional clothing treatment apparatus.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a clothes treating apparatus capable of preventing and / or removing wrinkles generated on clothes.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a clothes treatment apparatus capable of removing germs and the like that may remain in clothes by providing a high temperature environment in a space in which clothes are accommodated.

An object of the present invention as described above, the housing is formed with a receiving space for receiving clothes; And a steam supply device for selectively supplying steam or superheated steam to the accommodation space.

Here, the clothes treating apparatus is a drum rotatably installed in the housing to form the receiving space; And a hot air supply device for supplying hot air to the accommodation space, or further comprising a tub in which the drum is rotatably installed in the housing.

On the other hand, the steam supply device according to the present invention comprises a steam generator for generating steam; And a reheater for selectively heating the steam generated by the steam generator to supply an overheat steam to the accommodation space.

Here, the reheating device may be made of a heating unit for heating the steam generated in the steam generator along the flow path to make the superheated steam, preferably the heating unit is located adjacent to the flow path.

In addition, the reheating device includes a case having a storage space for receiving the steam generated by the steam generator; And a heater for heating the steam inside the case to generate an overheated steam.

Here, it is preferable that the case is selectively sealed.

In addition, the reheating device may further include a fan in the front or rear of the heater in the flow direction of the steam inside the case.

On the other hand, the reheater further comprises a temperature sensing unit, it is preferable that the driving of the reheater is controlled in accordance with the temperature of the temperature sensing unit.

In addition, in the steam supply device according to the present invention, the reheating device is preferably located adjacent to the accommodation space in comparison with the steam generator along the flow path of steam, and than the middle of the flow path connecting the steam generator and the accommodation space. It is preferable to be located adjacent to the accommodation space.

On the other hand, the reheater is preferably in the flow of steam is arranged above the steam generator.

The steam supply device according to the present invention may further include an injection unit for injecting steam or superheated steam into the accommodation space, in which case the reheater is preferably located adjacent to the injection unit.

As described above, the clothes treating apparatus according to the present invention can effectively prevent or remove the occurrence of wrinkles or wrinkles by spraying steam on the clothes are dried.

In addition, according to the present invention, by reheating the generated steam and spraying the superheated steam to the clothes, it becomes possible to completely eradicate the equivalents of athlete's foot, mold and the like which do not die at the temperature of general steam.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention. On the other hand, the embodiment of the present invention described below will be described by taking a washing machine as an example of the laundry treatment apparatus, the laundry treatment apparatus of the present invention is not limited to this may be appropriately applied to the apparatus for processing clothes. That is, it can be applied to a washing machine, a dryer, a combined-use washing machine, and a refresher for comfortably maintaining the state of clothes.

1 is a side cross-sectional view showing an internal configuration of a washing machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the washing machine according to the present embodiment includes a housing 100 forming an exterior, a tub 300 installed inside the housing 100, and a drum rotatably installed inside the tub 300. 400.

One side of the housing 100 is connected to an external water pipe (not shown) is provided with a water supply valve 200 for supplying water into the washing machine. Some of the water supplied through the water supply valve 200 is supplied to the detergent box 700 is supplied into the tub 300 together with the detergent, and the other part is filtered through the softening device 900 to steam supply device 600. Is supplied.

The steam supply device 600 of the present invention heats the supplied water to generate steam to supply the inside of the drum 400, or selectively reheats the generated steam to superheated steam into the drum 400. Will be supplied. Here, the reason for reheating the steam generated once to make the superheated steam is to remove various germs that may remain in the laundry object. This steam supply device 600 will be described in detail later.

On the other hand, the hot air inlet 310 for supplying the air heated in the drying heater 510 into the tub 300 is formed on one side of the tub 300, the hot air outlet for discharging the air inside the tub 300 on the other side 320 is formed. The air heated in the drying heater 510 flows along the drying duct 500 forming a flow path connecting the hot air outlet 320 and the hot air inlet 301, and blows air provided in the drying duct 500. The fan 520 is supplied into the tub 300 and the drum 400 to circulate.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings looks at in detail with respect to the steam supply device of the present invention.

The steam supply device 600 of the present invention heats water to generate steam by reheating the steam generated by the steam generator 610 and the steam generator 610 to make an overheated steam inside the tub 300 and the drum 400. It is provided with a reheater 650 for supplying.

First, look at the steam generator 610, and then look at the reheater 650.

Figure 2 is a side cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the steam generator 610 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the steam generator 610 may measure the water level of the water tank 612, the heater 630 mounted in the water tank 612, and the steam generator 610. It is configured to include a water level sensor 620, and a temperature sensor 614 for measuring the temperature of the steam generator 610. The water level sensor 620 is generally composed of a common electrode 622, a low water level electrode 624 and a high water level electrode 626, the energization of the common electrode 622 and the high water level electrode 626 or the common electrode 622 and the low water level electrode The high water level and the low water level are detected based on whether or not the power of 624 is applied.

One side of the steam generator 610 is connected to the water supply hose 220 for supplying water, the other side is connected to the steam hose 225 for discharging steam, the steam hose 225 is a reheater 650 to be described later It is preferable that the steam injection unit 250 of a predetermined shape is provided at the tip thereof. In general, one end of the water supply hose 220 is connected to an external water supply source such as a faucet, and the steam injection unit 250, that is, the steam discharge port is located at a predetermined position of the drum (see FIG. 1, 400). Steam is injected into the interior.

Therefore, when water is supplied through the water supply hose 220, the water level sensor 620 determines whether the water is low or high, and supplies water to the high water level. When water is supplied to a high water level, water is heated by the heater 630 to generate steam. The steam generated in this way is injected into the drum 400 through the steam hose 225 and the steam injection unit 250. On the other hand, when the water is heated as described above by measuring the temperature inside the steam generator 610 by the temperature sensor 614, when the temperature inside the steam generator 610 rises above a predetermined temperature heater 630 Will stop driving. In addition, when the water in the water tank 612 is reduced by the generation of steam, the water level is lowered, it is detected by the water level sensor 620 to supply water through the water supply hose 220 again.

On the other hand, the steam generated by heating the water as described above generally corresponds to the boiling point temperature of the water 100 ℃. Typically, when sprayed into the drum 400 using the steam as described above, in the step before watering can sterilize clothes, etc., and when sprayed with watering, can be expected to improve the effect of siege with sterilization. have. In addition, the effect of the sterilization can be expected even when spraying during washing, can be expected in the process of rinsing, dehydration, drying after washing is finished. Further, spraying a small amount of steam before or after drying has the effect of removing the wrinkles remaining in the laundry with sterilization.

By the way, when steam is sprayed as described above, the general sterilization effect can be expected, but the effect of complete sterilization cannot be expected for a bacterium that does not die even at a temperature of 100 ° C. For example, it is known that athlete's foot fungus that can inhabit human socks and the like or fungus that inhabit clothing in a humid environment does not die at a temperature of 100 ° C., but dies at a temperature of 120 ° C. or more. Therefore, even if the washing by spraying steam of 100 ℃ to the general athlete's foot, or the fungus-containing clothing as described above, there is a problem that can not be completely sterilized.

Therefore, in the present invention, the steam supply device (see FIG. 1, 600) is further provided with a reheating device (see FIG. 1, 650) for heating the steam generated in the steam generator 610 again to superheated steam (see FIG. 1). do. Here, the superheated steam refers to steam having a temperature of at least 110 ° C. or higher in the steam state, and preferably defined as steam having a temperature of 120 ° C. or higher. In the present invention, since the superheat steam having a temperature of 120 ℃ or more as described above is sprayed into the drum 400, it is possible to completely sterilize the athlete's foot, fungi, etc. that may remain in the clothes in the drum 400, etc. Become.

On the other hand, the reheating device 650 as described above is preferably located above the steam generator 610 as shown in FIG. This is because the steam generated by the steam generator 610 has a property to rise, so that the flow of steam more smoothly.

In addition, as shown in Figure 1, the reheater 650 is preferably located adjacent to the drum 400 between the steam generator 610 and the drum 400 forming the receiving space. That is, when the superheated steam reheated by the reheater 650 flows a relatively long distance along the steam hose 225 to be supplied to the tub 300 and the drum 400, the temperature of the superheated steam is lowered below 120 ° C. Or condensation may occur. Therefore, in order to prevent cooling or condensation of the superheated steam as described above, the reheater 650 is located adjacent to the tub 300 and the drum 400 to which the superheated steam is supplied as compared to the steam generator 610. desirable. In this embodiment, the steam generator 610 may be positioned adjacent to the drum 400 in the middle of the flow path connecting the drum 400 forming the accommodation space, that is, the steam hose 225.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings looks at in detail with respect to the reheating device 650 of the present invention.

3 is a perspective view showing the reheating device 650 according to the first embodiment in the present invention, Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IV-IV of FIG.

3 and 4, the reheating apparatus 650 according to the present embodiment is disposed along a steam hose 225 forming a flow path through which the steam generated in 610 of the steam generator (see FIG. 2 is moved). It consists of a heating unit 651 for reheating the steam flowing along the inside of the hose 225.

Specifically, the heating unit 651 is formed in a tubular shape, and forms a flow space 652 through which steam flows. In addition, the heating unit 651 is preferably made of a material having high thermal conductivity such as aluminum, and may be processed by die casting casting.

On the other hand, one side of the heating unit 651 is provided with a heater 660 for reheating the steam inside. Although the heater 660 may directly heat the steam, as shown in the drawing, the heater 660 is embedded along the surface of the heating unit 651 to heat the heating unit 651 by the heater 660. It is also possible to heat the internal steam along the entire inner circumferential surface of the heating unit 651 by heating. In this case, the heater 660 is preferably made of a sheath heater (heater), the heater 660 is embedded in the heating method 651 in a molding manner, the flow space 652 of the heating unit 651 It is more preferable to rapidly heat the steam installed in the periphery flowing the flow space 652.

That is, the heater 660 is embedded in the heating unit 651, and rapidly heats the heating unit 651 itself formed of aluminum as the heat is generated, thereby flowing the flow space 652 of the heating unit 651. The steam is reheated rapidly to produce superheated steam. Therefore, when the heating is performed along the entire inner circumferential surface of the heating unit 651, the heating area becomes wider than when the heater 660 is exposed and heated, so that more excellent heating efficiency can be expected.

Meanwhile, as described above, as the heating unit 651 is formed in a tubular shape, the flow space 652 inside the heating unit 651 is also formed as a conduit. Both ends of the heating unit 651 are provided with a supply port 654 through which steam is introduced and a discharge port 656 through which reheating is performed to discharge superheated steam. In this case, the cross-sectional area of the flow space 652 of the heating unit 651 is larger than the cross-sectional area of the steam hose 225, so that the steam supply and flow space 652 of the heating unit 651 to the flow space 652. It is preferable to discharge the superheat steam from

Although not shown in the drawings, it is preferable that the above-described heating unit 651 be provided with a temperature sensor (not shown). The temperature sensor measures the temperature of the heating unit 651 to measure the temperature of steam. As a result, when an abnormality occurs in the heating unit 651 and the temperature inside the heating unit 651 abnormally rises or falls, the controller (not shown) of the washing machine notifies the user or the heater 660. It can be controlled to stop the driving of.

Meanwhile, according to the embodiment of FIG. 3 as described above, the reheating device 650 reheats steam while steam flows to form an overheated steam. By the way, since the heating is performed while the steam flows and moves, the heat transfer efficiency due to the heating is reduced. Therefore, when steam is stored so that steam does not flow, it becomes possible to heat steam more efficiently. Hereinafter, a reheating apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention for generating superheated steam by storing and reheating steam will be described.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a reheating apparatus 1650 according to a second embodiment in the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VV of FIG. 5.

5 and 6, the reheating apparatus 1650 according to the present embodiment includes a case 1660 and a case 1660 in which an accommodation space in which steam supplied from the steam hose 225 is accommodated is formed. A heater 1670 is provided to reheat the steam to produce an overheated steam.

 Here, the case 1660 in which steam is accommodated is preferably manufactured in a sealed container, thereby preventing the leakage of steam. Therefore, a structure capable of selectively sealing the inside of the case 1660 is provided with an opening and closing device (not shown) such as a valve at each of the supply port 1662 supplied with steam and the discharge port 1664 through which the overheat steam is discharged. Do.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, when steam is supplied into the case 1660 through the steam hose 225 and the supply port 1662, the valves (not shown) of the supply port 1662 and the discharge port 1664 are blocked. After the inside of the case 1660 is sealed, it is possible to reheat steam by the heater 1670. In this case, although not shown in the figure, it is preferable to further include a compressor or the like for increasing the internal pressure of the case 1660. That is, when the steam inside the case 1660 is reheated by the heater 1670 and the pressure inside the case 1660 is increased, the temperature of the steam inside the case 1660 may be more easily raised to make the superheated state. have.

Referring to the process of generating the superheated steam as described above with reference to the T-S diagram as follows. 7 shows a T-S diagram according to a heated state of water.

As shown in the TS diagram of FIG. 7, when steam is generated by heating water inside the steam generator (see FIG. 1, 610), the 'liquid-steam' inside the parabolic vessel in which liquid and steam are mixed together with steam and water. Area '. Subsequently, when steam is heated by the reheater (see FIG. 1, 650), the liquid-steam station inside the parabola along the path A enters the 'superheated steam region'. On the other hand, when the steam is heated at the same time the pressure is entered into the 'superheated steam zone' along the path B, it becomes possible to make the superheated state more easily.

Also, in the present embodiment, it is possible to include a temperature sensor (not shown) similarly to the embodiment of FIG. 3 described above. Since the method of sensing and controlling the temperature by the temperature sensor is similar to the embodiment of FIG. 3 described above, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Meanwhile, referring again to FIGS. 5 and 6, in the present embodiment, since steam is once received and stored in an accommodating space inside the case 1660, the steam is heated and provided with a transfer means for moving the superheated steam by reheating. It is preferable. Therefore, in the present embodiment, it is preferable to include a fan 1680 for transferring the overheated steam in the case 1660. The fan 1680 may be installed at any position capable of discharging the overheated steam through the discharge port 1664, and is preferably located at the front or the rear of the heater 1670 along the flow path of the steam. Although FIG. 6 illustrates that the fan 1680 is installed both at the front and the rear of the heater 1670, the fan 1680 may be installed at only one of the front and the rear.

As such, when the reheating apparatus 1650 includes the fan 1680 for transferring the overheat steam, the overheat steam can be more easily supplied into the drum (see FIG. 1, 400). In addition, when the superheated steam is supplied by the fan 1680, the superheated steam is sprayed through the steam spray unit (see FIG. 1, 250) at a relatively high speed so that the superheated steam is sufficiently in contact with the clothing inside the drum 400. The effect of sterilization can be maximized.

On the other hand, the reheater 1650 as described above is preferably located adjacent to the drum 400 as described above, specifically, adjacent to the steam injection unit 250 for injecting superheated steam or steam to the drum 400 It is preferably arranged to. This is to minimize the distance that the superheated steam travels to be injected into the drum 400 to prevent the superheated steam from being cooled or condensed when the superheated steam flows along the steam hose 225.

8 is a front view showing a control panel 800 provided in the washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

 Referring to FIG. 8, the control panel 800 as described above may be disposed on the front surface of the washing machine of FIG. 1. The control panel 800 includes a main selector 810 for largely selecting a course of a washing machine, and a subselector 830 for selecting additional functions according to a course selected by the main selector 810.

The main selection unit 810 is appropriately selected by the user according to the type, amount, etc. of the laundry to be washed by the user, the amount of washing water, temperature, rinse recovery, dehydration recovery, etc. are the default for the selected course. It is decided to be remembered in advance. Therefore, when the user selects a course, washing is performed according to the data determined by default. In addition, as described above, the user selects a course and inputs the amount of washing water, temperature, rinsing time, dehydration time, etc. according to the course, and a manual selection unit 820 may be provided for this purpose.

On the other hand, the main selection unit 810 is provided with at least one steam course in which steam is injected. Examples of such steam courses include baby clothes courses, whole sterilization courses, and underwear courses. That is, when the baby clothes or underwear is put and the baby clothes course or underwear course is selected, steam is injected at an appropriate time during washing, rinsing, dehydration and drying. In addition, when the whole sterilization course is selected, the steam is sprayed into the drum 400 in a state in which laundry is not added to sterilize the inside of the drum 400. As shown in FIG. 8, the main selection unit 810 selects a course by rotation, and the manual selection unit 820 and the sub selection unit 830 may be provided in a button form. The portion shown as 'A' in the main selection unit 810 shows a course in which steam is injected.

Here, the sub-selector 830 may select an additional function according to the course selected by the main selector 810. In detail, when the user selects a steam course in which steam is injected, the sub-selection unit 830 selects a steam time selection unit 832 and a steam timing so as to adjust the time of the supplied steam, the time when the steam is supplied, and the like. The unit 834 may be provided. In addition, the sub-selector 830 further includes an overheated steam selector 836 for controlling whether to use an overheated steam in the steam course when the user selects the steam course by the main selector 810. It is preferable.

That is, when the user selects one course among the steam courses A by the main selector 810 and selects the superheated steam by the subselector 830, the steam is sprayed by default according to the selected course. Depending on the conditions, the superheat steam is sprayed. In this case, it is a matter of course that the time and timing at which the superheated steam is injected by the above-described steam time selection unit 832 and the steam timing selection unit 834 can be adjusted.

Hereinafter, the operation of the washing machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

First, the user puts clothes to be washed into the washing machine, selects a course, and presses an operation button to drive the washing machine. In this case, the user may select one of the steam courses in which the steam is injected by the main selection unit 810, and also select the amount, timing, etc. of the steam by the sub-selection unit 830, or to overheat the steam You can choose. Hereinafter, a case in which the user selects one of the steam courses by the main selecting unit 810 and the overheating steam by the sub selecting unit 830 will be described.

First, when the user drives the washing machine, washing water and detergent are mixed in the detergent box 700 and introduced into the drum 400, and at the same time, the steam generator 610 and the reheater of the steam supply device 600 ( 650 and 1650 are operated to supply superheated steam into the drum 400 through the tub 300. In this case, the superheated steam is sprayed by the fan 1680 inside the reheater 1650, so that the superheated steam is sprayed at a relatively high speed so as to be in uniform contact with the clothes.

Therefore, by supplying the superheated steam to the drum 400 at the beginning of washing, it is possible to increase the washing effect even with a small amount of washing water by smoothing the soaking of the laundry and the separation of contaminants. A bactericidal effect that can eradicate germs can be expected. On the other hand, in this case by turning on the blowing fan 520 and the drying heater 510 and supplying the hot air into the drum 400 at the same time as the overheat steam, by increasing the temperature inside the drum 400 and heating the wash water, Soaking of laundry and separation of contaminants can be carried out more quickly and efficiently.

When the washing is finished, the rinsing and dehydration process is performed, the rinsing and dehydration recovery is carried out according to the data determined by default, it is also possible for the user to manually input as described above. In addition, it is possible to spray the superheated steam during the rinsing and dehydration process as described above. When the superheated steam is sprayed during the rinsing and dehydration process, the sterilization effect of the laundry can be further enhanced together with the superheated steam sprayed at the beginning of the washing.

After the rinsing and dehydration process is finished, and the drying stroke of the washing machine is started, power is supplied to the drying heater 510 built into the drying duct 500 and the blower fan 520 is driven to drive the inside of the drying duct 500. Hot air is generated in the drum and supplied into the drum. At the same time, the steam supply device 600 operates to generate an overheated steam, and supplies the generated overheated steam to the drum 400 through the tub 300. The hot air and superheat steam generated as described above is introduced into the drum 400 to sterilize while drying the laundry.

That is, during the drying operation of the laundry, as the hot air is supplied to the drum 400 and the superheat steam is supplied, the temperature of the drum 400 is quickly increased. Accordingly, the laundry contained in the drum 400 may be dried more quickly, and a refreshing effect of the laundry, such as athlete's foot and mold, may be completely sterilized by overheating steam.

On the other hand, when the washing stroke of the washing machine as described above, during the rinsing and dehydration stroke, during the drying stroke, when the steam supply device 600 operates, by rotating the drum 400, the steam generated by the steam supply device 600 Or it is desirable to ensure that the superheated steam is evenly supplied to the laundry.

Meanwhile, in each of the above-described steps, the superheat steam is selected by the sub-selector 830, and the superheat steam is sprayed. When the superheat steam is not selected by the sub-selector 830, the superheat steam is performed at each step. Instead, steam having a temperature of 100 ° C. in general is injected. That is, the heaters 660 and 1670 of the reheater 650 of the steam supply device 600 are not driven, and only the steam generator 610 is driven to supply general steam.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and as can be seen in the appended claims, modifications can be made by those skilled in the art to which the invention pertains, and such modifications are within the scope of the present invention.

On the other hand, in the embodiment of the present invention has been described by taking a washing machine as an example, the laundry treatment apparatus of the present invention is not limited to the washing machine. That is, the clothes treating apparatus of the present invention may also be a dryer, a combined washing machine and a refresher using steam, including a washing machine.

For example, in the case of a dryer, a drying stroke is performed by selectively supplying steam and hot air while rotating a drum. In this case, the steam may be superheated steam, and it is possible to spray the superheated steam before or after the drying stroke. The dryer has a similar structure except that it does not require a means for supplying water to the tub and drum in the structure of the washing machine described above, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, when the clothes treating apparatus corresponds to a refresher, a rotating drum is not required, and a storage space for accommodating clothes is sufficient. In the case of the refresher, the configuration of the steam supply device is similar to the steam supply device of the other clothes treatment apparatus described above, and thus, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a side cross-sectional view showing a clothes treating apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the steam generator in Figure 1,

3 is a perspective view showing a configuration according to a first embodiment of the reheating device in FIG.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 3;

5 is a perspective view showing a configuration according to a second embodiment of the reheating device in FIG.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VI-VI of FIG. 5,

7 is a graph showing a T-S diagram of steam supplied from the steam supply device of FIG.

8 is a front view showing a control panel of the laundry treatment apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (15)

A housing having a receiving space in which clothes are accommodated; And And a steam supply device for selectively supplying steam or superheated steam to the accommodation space. The method of claim 1, A drum rotatably installed in the housing to form the accommodation space; And Clothes processing apparatus further comprises a; hot air supply device for supplying hot air to the accommodation space. The method of claim 2, And a tub in which the drum is rotatably installed in the housing. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The steam supply device, A steam generator for generating steam; And And a reheater for selectively heating the steam generated by the steam generator to supply an overheat steam to the accommodation space. The method of claim 4, wherein The reheater, And a heating unit configured to heat the steam generated by the steam generator along the flow path to make the superheat steam. The method of claim 5, And the heating unit is disposed adjacent to the flow path. The method of claim 4, wherein The reheater, A case having a storage space in which the steam generated by the steam generator is accommodated; And And a heater that generates superheated steam by heating steam in the case. The method of claim 7, wherein The case is the clothes handling apparatus characterized in that the sealing selectively. The method of claim 7, wherein The clothes treating apparatus further comprises a fan in the front or rear of the heater in the flow direction of the steam inside the case. The method of claim 4, wherein The reheating apparatus further comprises a temperature sensing unit, characterized in that the driving of the reheating apparatus is controlled according to the temperature of the temperature sensing unit. The method of claim 4, wherein The reheating device is a clothes processing apparatus, characterized in that located adjacent to the receiving space compared to the steam generator along the flow path of steam. The method of claim 11, And the reheating device is located closer to the accommodation space than to the middle of the flow path connecting the steam generator and the accommodation space. The method of claim 4, wherein The reheating device is a clothes processing apparatus, characterized in that disposed above the steam generator. The method of claim 4, wherein The steam supply apparatus further comprises a spraying unit for injecting steam or superheated steam into the receiving space. The method of claim 14, The reheating device is a clothes processing apparatus, characterized in that located adjacent to the injection unit.

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