Refresher and Machine for Washing or Drying with the Same
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US Β· United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- LG ELECTRONICS INC
- Publication Date
- 2008-10-23
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable Β· inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to an apparatus for clothes, and more particularly, to a new clothes refresher capable of de-wrinkling and sterilizing clothes.BACKGROUND ART
[0002] Generally, apparatuses for clothes are designed to perform a variety of operations associated with clothes. Examples of these apparatuses for clothes include a washing machine for washing clothes, a drying machine for drying wet clothes, and other various appliances.
[0003] Among the variety of apparatuses for clothes, the drying machine is adapted to perform a drying operation in a state wherein clothes are put in as one lump, and therefore, has a problem in that entangled portions of the clothes are difficult to be efficiently dried.
[0004] Furthermore, if the dried clothes are left in the drying machine for a long time, wrinkles of the clothes increase and deepen, resulting in a requirement of troublesome ironing. Accordingly, it is impossible to store clothes in the drying machine.
[0005] F...