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.
Claims13
A clothes treatment apparatus comprising:
- a washing apparatus comprising a cabinet having an opening formed at a top 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 a front side of the cabinet to accommodate laundry,
- an inlet port located in the cabinet and having one end open to the washing apparatus or an outside of the washing apparatus to input air,
- an air passage allowing the input air to the drying chamber, and
- an opening/closing part to open or close the drying chamber, the opening/closing part having a rotational axis perpendicular to a rotational axis of the door.
A clothes treatment apparatus comprising:
- a washing apparatus comprising a cabinet having an opening formed at a top 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 that is perpendicular to the top side of the cabinet,
- a drying chamber formed between the opening/closing part of the drying apparatus and the cabinet, and
- an inlet port having one end open to the washing apparatus or an outside of the washing apparatus allowing air to be introduced and an outlet to provide the introduced air 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 a top 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;
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- a second door provided separately provided from the first door on a side of the clothes treatment apparatus that is perpendicular to the top side;
- a drying chamber opened and closed by the second door and divided from the washing chamber including a space to allow a laundry to be put in between the second door and the washing chamber;
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- a chamber inlet provided at a lower side of the drying chamber to allow air to be introduced to the drying chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.