Laundry treating apparatus

A laundry treating apparatus comprising:

• a cabinet defining an external surface of the laundry treating apparatus;
• a drum rotatably disposed in the cabinet and configured to receive laundry therein;
• an air circulating channel configured to receive air from the drum and resupply the air to the drum;
• a heat exchanger assembly including an evaporator disposed inside the air circulating channel and configured to condense moisture contained in the air, and a condenser disposed at a position spaced apart from the evaporator and configured to heat the air;
• a communication hole defined at one face of the air circulating channel and configured to discharge water condensed in the evaporator to an outside of the air circulating channel;
• a water collector disposed outside the air circulating channel and configured to be in fluid communication with the communication hole and to collect the water discharged from the communication hole;
• a water storage tank disposed inside the cabinet and configured to receive the water collected in the water collector;
• and
• a pump disposed in the water collector and configured to supply the water to the water storage tank or to the heat exchanger assembly,
• wherein a bottom face of the water collector includes:
• a first inclined portion inclined to decrease in height from one side of the communication hole toward the pump, and
• a second inclined portion inclined to decrease in height from the other side of the communication hole toward the pump,
• wherein a bottom face of the air circulating channel has a third inclined portion inclined to decrease in height toward the communication hole.

A laundry treating apparatus comprising:

• a cabinet defining an external surface of the laundry treating apparatus;
• a drum rotatably disposed in the cabinet and configured to receive laundry therein;
• an air circulating channel receive air from the drum and resupply the air to the drum;
• a heat exchanger assembly including an evaporator disposed inside the air circulating channel and configured to condense moisture contained in the air, and a condenser disposed at a positions spaced apart from the evaporator and configured to heat the air;
• a communication hole defined at one face of the air circulating channel and configured to discharge water condensed in the evaporator to an outside of the air circulating channel;
• a water collector disposed outside the air circulating channel and configured to be in fluid communication with the communication hole and to collect the water discharged from the communication hole;
• a water storage tank disposed inside the cabinet and configured to receive the water collected in the water collector;
• and
• a pump disposed in the water collector and configured to supply the water to the water storage tank or to the heat exchanger assembly,
• wherein a bottom face of the water collector has an inclined portion decreasing in height from an outer circumferential face of the water collector toward the pump, and
• wherein a bottom face of the air circulating channel has an inclined portion decreasing in height toward the communication hole.