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US 9,657,431 B2Granted
Laundry treating apparatus having cleaning device
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSeonghwan Kim, Bio Park, Yongju Lee
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Abstract
A laundry treating apparatus may include a cabinet, a drum rotatably installed in the cabinet, a heat exchanger disposed in the cabinet and receiving air from the drum, and a cleaning device disposed in the cabinet and moved by an external force in a first direction to remove lint accumulated on the heat exchanger. The lint may be simply removed from the heat exchanger and air may smoothly flow through the heat exchanger, thus improving performance of the laundry treating apparatus.
Claims16
A clothes treating apparatus, comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a drum rotatably installed in the cabinet;
- a heat exchanger provided in the cabinet and configured to cool air received from the drum;
- an opening provided in a side surface of the cabinet that faces the heat exchanger;
- and
- a cleaning device configured to be inserted into or withdrawn through the opening so as to be detachably coupled to the cabinet and driven by an external force to remove debris accumulated on the heat exchanger, the cleaning device including:
- a supporting device configured to cover the opening and having a through hole provided in a surface thereof that faces the heat exchanger;
- a handle exposed to an outside of the cabinet to receive an external force manually applied thereto;
- a cleaning end that makes contact with the heat exchanger and removes debris accumulated on the heat exchanger while moving in a predetermined direction;
- and
- a connection rod that passes through the through hole to connect the handle to the cleaning end and moves with the handle in response to the external force manually applied to the handle so as to move the cleaning end in the predetermined direction.
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A laundry treating apparatus, comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a drum rotatably installed in the cabinet;
- a heat pump circulating refrigerant therethrough, the heat pump including a condenser to heat air to be supplied to the drum, and an evaporator to cool air transferred from the drum;
- an opening provided in a side surface of the cabinet that faces the evaporator;
- a heater to heat air transferred from the heat pump to the drum;
- and
- a cleaning device installed in an air passage, upstream of the evaporator, the cleaning device configured to be inserted into or withdrawn through the opening so as to be detachably coupled to the cabinet, and driven by an external force to remove debris accumulated on the evaporator, wherein the cleaning device includes:
- a supporting device configured to cover the opening and having a through hole provided in a surface thereof that faces the evaporator;
- a manipulation portion exposed to an outside of the cabinet to receive an external force manually applied thereto;
- a lint moving device that makes contact with the evaporator and is configured to remove debris accumulated on the evaporator while moving in a predetermined direction;
- and
- a connection rod that passes through the through hole to connect the manipulation portion to the lint moving device and is configured to move with the manipulation portion in response to the external force manually applied to the manipulation portion so as to move the lint moving device in the predetermined direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.