# US 10,501,918 B2 · Washstand cabinet > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,501,918 B2 - Document ID: US10501918B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/783,122 - Filed: 2017-10-13 - Published: 2018-04-19 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2016-10-14 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Jinhyeon Jeon; Inhyung Yang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10501918B2 ## CPC - E03C 1/326: resting on the floor - A47K 10/48: Drying by means of hot air - E03C 1/04: Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths (valves, faucets, mixing valves, taps F16K) - E03C 1/182: connected to the waste-pipe - F24F 5/0096: {combined with domestic apparatus} - F24F 13/14: built up of tilting members, e.g. louvre - F24F 13/28: Arrangement or mounting of filters - F26B 21/001: {Air generating units, e.g. movable or independent of drying enclosure} - F26B 21/003: {Air or gas filters} - F26B 21/50: Ducting arrangements from the source of air or other gases to the materials or objects being dried - E03C 2201/90: Basins movable between several positions - F24F 2013/1433: {with electric motors} - F24F 2221/10: combined with, or integrated in, furniture - F24F 2221/18: combined with domestic apparatus - F24F 2221/34: Heater, e.g. gas burner, electric air heater - E03C: DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER (not connected to either water-supply main or to waste pipe A47K; devices of the kind used in the ground E03B, E03F); SINKS - A47K: SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES - F24F: AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L17/02) - F26B: DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM (drying devices for combines A01D41/133; racks for drying fruit or vegetables A01F25/12; drying foodstuffs A23; drying hair A45D20/00; body-drying implements A47K10/00; drying household articles A47L; drying gases or vapours B01D; chemical or physical processes for dewatering or like separating liquids from solids B01D43/00; centrifugal apparatus B04; drying ceramics C04B33/30; drying yarns or fabrics in association with some other form of treatment D06C; drying frames for laundry without heating or positive air circulation, domestic laundry-or spin-driers, wringing or hot pressing laundry D06F; furnaces, kilns, ovens F27) ## Abstract Disclosed is a washstand cabinet. The washstand cabinet includes a washstand having a water supply valve and a washing bowl in which water is accommodated, a housing provided under the washstand to define an external shape thereof and having a modular space therein, and an air-conditioning module configured to discharge air outward from the housing or to move air into the modular space inside the housing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A washstand cabinet comprising: a washstand coupled to a water supply valve and having a washing bowl in which water is accommodated; a housing provided under the washstand to define an external shape thereof and having a space therein; and a dryer provided under the housing and spaced apart from the floor and configured to at least one of discharge air in a forward direction of the washstand cabinet or discharge air into the space of the housing, wherein the dryer includes: a suction port opened to a lower side of the washstand cabinet and into which air is input; a fan configured to suction air into the suction port; a discharge port opened frontward to discharge air inside of the dryer; and a vane that opens or closes the discharge port or vertically adjusts air discharged from the discharge port, wherein the dryer further includes a connection flow path to connect the suction port and the discharge port, and a communication hole positioned for air communication between the space in the housing and the connection flow path, and wherein the connection flow path includes a guide surface to guide air input from the suction port to the communication hole. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The washstand cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the dryer includes: a filter positioned in the suction port and configured to remove particles from air introduced into the dryer; and a heater positioned in the connection flow path and configured to heat air flowing through the connection flow path. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The washstand cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the dryer includes: an ionizer positioned in the connection flow path and configured to generate ions inserted in air to be discharged from the discharge port. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The washstand cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the vane includes: a front vane provided in the discharge port to guide the direction in which the air is discharged; a rear vane rearwardly spaced apart from the front vane and extending parallel to the front vane; and one or more ribs configured to connect the front vane and the rear vane, and wherein the vane has a guide hole formed between the front vane and the rear vane to guide the air to the discharge port. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The washstand cabinet according to claim 4, wherein the dryer further includes a motor connected to a side surface of the vane and configured to rotate the vane. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The washstand cabinet according to claim 5, wherein the vane further includes side surfaces formed on opposite ends of the front vane and the rear vane, and wherein each of the side surfaces has a rotating shaft formed at a rear side adjacent to the rear vane, the vane being rotated around the rotating shaft. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The washstand cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the vane includes an upper vane configured to cover an upper portion of the discharge port and a lower vane configured to cover a lower portion of the discharge port, and wherein the upper vane and the lower vane are movable relative to each other at a connection portion thereof. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The washstand cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the guide surface extends in a direction opposite a direction of a flow of air in the connection flow path. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The washstand cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the housing includes a module case configured to divide the space inside the housing into two or more spaces, and wherein the module case has a module suction port into which air is introduced from the dryer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The washstand cabinet according to claim 9, wherein at least one module is accommodated in the module case, and wherein the module has a communication hole formed therein at a position corresponding to the module suction port. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The washstand cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the dryer is configured to be separable from a horizontal surface of the housing. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The washstand cabinet according to claim 11, wherein the horizontal surface of the housing is provided with a holder recess, and the dryer is provided on a top thereof with a hook that is received in the holder recess to releasably mount the dryer to the horizontal surface of the housing. ### Claim 13 A cabinet comprising: a housing provided under a basin to accommodate water; a module case provided inside the housing; and a dryer provided under the modular case and to generate an air flow, wherein the dryer includes: a suction port opened to a lower side of the cabinet and into which air is input; a fan configured to suction air through the suction port; a discharge port opened frontward to communicate with an exterior of the cabinet; a communication hole in communications with the module case; and a vane positioned at the discharge port of the dryer and that opens or closes the discharge port or vertically adjusts air discharged from the discharge port, wherein dryer outputs the air flow to the exterior of the cabinet when the vane is moved to expose at least a portion of the discharge port, wherein the dryer further includes a connection flow path to connect the suction port and the discharge port, and the communication hole positioned such that an inside of the module case communicates with the connection flow path, and wherein the connection flow path includes a guide surface that guides air input from the suction port to the communication hole. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The cabinet of claim 13, further comprising: a motor configured to move the vane between a first position where the vane blocks the discharge port and at least one of a second position where an upper portion of the discharge port is exposed or a third position where a lower portion of the discharge port is exposed. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The cabinet of claim 14, wherein the vane includes an upper vane positioned in the upper portion of the discharge port and a lower vane positioned in the lower portion of the discharge port, and wherein motor moves the upper vane to cause the dryer to output the air flow in an upward direction, moves the lower vane to cause the dryer to output the air flow in a downward direction, or moves both the upper and lower vanes to cause the dryer to output the air flow in both the upward and downward directions. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The cabinet of claim 13, wherein the dryer includes: a heater to warm the air flow.