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US 2020/0032442 A1Published application
Clothes treating apparatus
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSungmin YE, Sungho SONG, Taehee LEE
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Abstract
A clothes treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a steam generator configured to generate steam, and a solution storing container configured to store a solution. The clothes treating apparatus also includes a steam spraying portion that is coupled to the steam generator and that is configured to spray steam and a solution spraying portion that is coupled to the solution storing container and that is configured to spray the solution. The steam spraying portion is configured to spray steam to control air pressure at the outlet of the solution spraying portion.
Claims20
A clothes treating apparatus, comprising:
- a cabinet that defines an accommodating space configured to receive clothes to be treated;
- a steam generator configured to generate steam;
- a solution storing container disposed at the accommodating space and configured to store a solution for treating the clothes;
- a steam spraying portion that is disposed in the accommodating space, that is coupled to the steam generator, and that is configured to spray steam;
- a solution spraying portion that is disposed in the accommodating space, that is coupled to the solution storing container, and that is configured to spray the solution, the solution spraying portion being spaced apart from the solution storing container and disposed vertically below the the solution storing container;
- a movable supporting portion configured to support the steam spraying portion and the solution spraying portion, the movable supporting portion comprising:
- a steam spraying portion coupling portion detachably coupled to the steam spraying portion and configured to allow rotation of the steam spraying portion in the steam spraying portion coupling portion,
- a solution spraying portion coupling portion detachably coupled to the solution spraying portion, and
- a connector that connects the steam spraying portion coupling portion and the solution spraying portion coupling portion to each other;
- a solution pipe that connects the solution storing container to the solution spraying portion and that is configured to guide the solution in the solution storing container to the solution spraying portion by gravity;
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- a switching valve disposed at the solution pipe and configured to open and close at least a portion of the solution pipe,
- wherein the steam spraying portion has an outlet disposed adjacent to an outlet of the solution spraying portion, the steam spraying portion being configured to spray steam to control air pressure at the outlet of the solution spraying portion,
- wherein the steam spraying portion coupling portion comprises a first side wall that has an arc shape and that surrounds a portion of a circumference of the steam spraying portion, the first side wall defining a first opening configured to receive the steam spraying portion and disposed between a first end of the first side wall and a second end of the first side wall,
- wherein the solution spraying portion coupling portion comprises a second side wall that has an arc shape and that surrounds a portion of a circumference of the solution spraying portion, the second side wall defining a second opening configured to receive the solution spraying portion and disposed between a first end of the second side wall and a second end of the second side wall,
- wherein an arc length of the first side wall is greater than a half of a length of the circumference of the steam spraying portion, and
- wherein an arc length of the second side wall is greater than a half of a length of the circumference of the solution spraying portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.