Garment care apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeongmin Oak, Chulkie Park, Sangho Shin
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Abstract
A garment care apparatus includes a care chamber including a first area including a first bottom plane, and a second area including a second bottom plane located lower than the first bottom plane so that the garment care apparatus may accommodate and care for garments with normal lengths in the first area and garments longer than the normal garments in the second area. The second bottom plane includes a drain outlet arranged in a front end portion of the second bottom plane to discharge water, and an inclined portion tilted down from a rear wall of the care chamber toward the drain outlet.
Claims20
A garment care apparatus comprising:
- a main body;
- and
- a care chamber arranged in the main body and configured to accommodate garments,
- wherein the care chamber comprises:
- a first area including a first bottom surface,
- a second area including a second bottom surface located lower than the first bottom surface,
- a drain outlet arranged in front of the second bottom surface and configured to discharge water,
- a machine room arranged below the first area,
- a lower outlet arranged on the first bottom surface,
- a lower outlet duct configured to guide air discharged through the lower outlet,
- a first water collector arranged in a lower portion of the lower outlet duct and configured to collect water brought into the lower outlet duct, and
- a water discharge tray installed below the drain outlet configured to collect water brought in through the drain outlet, and
- wherein the first water collector is located lower than the water discharge tray.
A garment care apparatus comprising:
- a main body;
- and
- a care chamber arranged in the main body and configured to accommodate garments,
- wherein the care chamber comprises:
- a first area having a first vertical length,
- a second area located side by side with the first area and having a second vertical length greater than the first vertical length,
- a machine room arranged below the first area,
- a lower outlet arranged on a bottom plane of the first area,
- a lower outlet duct configured to guide air discharged through the lower outlet,
- a first water collector arranged in a lower portion of the lower outlet duct and configured to collect water brought into the lower outlet duct, and
- a water discharge tray,
- wherein the second area includes a bottom plane at which a drain outlet is arranged, the drain outlet configured to discharge water,
- wherein the bottom plane of the second area includes an inclined plane tilted down toward the drain outlet, and
- wherein the water discharge tray is installed below the drain outlet configured to collect water brought in through the drain outlet, and
- wherein the first water collector is located lower than the water discharge tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.