Clothes treating apparatus

A clothes treating apparatus comprising:

• a case including a treatment chamber for holding clothes;
• a steam unit configured to supply steam to the treatment chamber;
• a storage tank storing water to be supplied to the steam unit;
• a valve unit disposed in a flow channel connecting the storage tank and the steam unit,
• wherein the valve unit includes a main body, a ring protruding from an inner circumferential surface of the main body, a rod member provided to be movable within the ring of the main body having a hollow portion, and a sealing member to close the hollow portion of the ring by attaching to the ring;
• a water supply pump configured to transmit water stored in the storage tank to the steam unit;
• and
• a control unit controlling the steam unit and the water supply pump,
• wherein the valve unit opens or closes the flow channel by at least one of water and steam flowing in the flow channel,
• wherein the rod member includes:
• a first part, a second part, and a third part,
• wherein the first part is provided at one end of the rod member adjacent to the storage tank and is caught by one surface of the ring when water is supplied,
• wherein the third part is provided at the other end of the rod member adjacent to the steam unit and supports the sealing member so that the sealing member is caught by a surface different from the one surface of the ring when steam is generated,
• wherein the second part is connected to the first part and the third part and includes a damper fixing the sealing member, and
• wherein a width of the second part is smaller than a diameter of an inner circumferential surface formed by the ring, and
• wherein the sealing member comprises:
• a first plate, and
• a second plate formed to be thicker than the first plate and to be positioned on a side surface of the first plate adjacent to the third part.