Clothes treatment apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyun Mook KIM, Amitoj SINGH, Sung Ah KIM
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Abstract
Disclosed is a clothes treatment apparatus including a washing apparatus including a cabinet having an opening formed at an upper side thereof and a door configured to open and close the opening to perform a washing process, and a drying apparatus including a drying chamber provided on at least one side surface of the cabinet to dry laundry, and a heated air generating part to introduce heated air to the drying chamber, so that a washing process and a drying process are simultaneously or separately controlled, thereby enhancing the clothes treatment efficiency.
Claims20
A clothes treatment apparatus comprising:
- a washing apparatus comprising a cabinet having an opening formed at an upper side thereof, a door configured to open and close the opening, a fixed tub provided in the cabinet to store wash water and a rotary tub rotatably provided in the fixed tub to accommodate laundry therein, to perform a washing process;
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- a drying apparatus comprising a drying chamber provided on at least one side surface of the cabinet to dry laundry, and a heated air generating part to introduce heated air to the drying chamber, the drying apparatus integrally formed with the washing apparatus.
The clothes treatment apparatus of clam 3, wherein the opening/closing part comprises:
- a main cover part provided to face the one side surface of the cabinet;
- and
- spaced cover parts bent from both sides of the main cover part toward the cabinet.
A clothes treatment apparatus comprising:
- a washing apparatus comprising a cabinet having an opening formed at an upper side thereof, a door configured to open and close the opening, a fixed tub provided in the cabinet to store wash water and a rotary tub rotatably provided in the fixed tub to accommodate laundry therein;
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- a drying apparatus comprising an opening/closing part rotatably coupled to the cabinet at one side of the washing apparatus, a drying chamber formed between the opening/closing part and the cabinet, and a heated air generating part generating heated air that is to be introduced to the drying chamber, the drying apparatus integrally formed with the washing apparatus.
A clothes treatment apparatus comprising a washing apparatus comprising a cabinet having an opening formed at an upper side thereof, a first door configured to open and close the opening, and a washing chamber provided in the cabinet to perform a washing operation therein, wherein the laundry treatment apparatus further includes a second door provided separately provided from the first door, a drying chamber opened and closed by the second door and divided from the washing chamber, a chamber inlet provided at a lower side of the drying chamber to allow heated air or steam to be introduced to the drying chamber.
A home appliance comprising:
- a main body;
- a first compartment comprising a tub to perform a washing operation;
- a main door to open and close the first compartment;
- a second compartment having a height greater than its width that is adjacent to the first compartment;
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- a second door to open and close the second compartment, wherein the second door is extends the vertical height of the body;
- wherein the second compartment comprises an inlet to receive air and/or steam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.