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Refresher and Machine for Washing or Drying with the Same

a refresher and machine technology, applied in the field of clothes refreshers, can solve the problems of troublesome ironing, difficult to efficiently dry entangled clothes, and difficulty in storing clothes in the drying machine, so as to improve the satisfaction of users, improve the refresh performance, and improve the effect of refresh performan

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-10-23
LG ELECTRONICS INC
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[0049]The present invention provides a clothes refresher for enabling short term storage of clothes and for enabling a refresh operation for sterilizing and de-wrinkling the clothes daring the short term storage, to achieve an improvement in satisfaction of users.
[0050]In particular, the refresher of the present invention can be controlled independently of a conventional drum type drying machine or separate drying apparatus. The refresher is designed to specifically perform the refresh operation of clothes only, having the effect of achieving an improvement in satisfaction of users.
[0051]Further, the clothes refresher in accordance with the present invention may cooperate with or be independent of the drying machine or washing machine, which has a separate steam generator. Alternatively, the refresher may be mounted in the drying machine or washing machine.
[0052]Furthermore, the refresher in accordance with the present invention has a device to circulate steam, and is adapted to perform the refresh operation by allowing the steam to collide with the clothes so as to shake the clothes. This has the effect of achieving a further improvement in refresh performance.
[0053]Meanwhile, a machine for washing clothes or drying wet clothes in accordance with the present invention has a clothes refresh function, to achieve an improvement in convenience of use.

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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.
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.
The above described drying cabinet, however, has a problem in that it must be integrally formed with the drum type drying machine to perform a drying operation.
Moreover, the drying cabinet of the above described dual type drying machine has no refresh operation for de-wrinkling and sterilizing clothes, and therefore, is inappropriate for short term storage of clothes.

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[0071]Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

[0072]Now, a refresher in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 to 10.

[0073]As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the refresher basically comprises a base 100, a steam generator 200, a cover 300, and a body 400.

[0074]Here, the base 100 is configured to have a space for storing a predetermined amount of water required to generate steam.

[0075]Although not shown, it is desirable that the water storage space of the base 100 be formed with a discharge portion for discharging the water, which remains after completing a refresh operation, to the outside. Preferably, the discharge portion is located at a lower surface of the base 100. More preferably, the discharge portion is provided with a valve, which is designed to be electrically opened and closed.

[0076]In particular, i...

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An apparatus for clothes, more particularly, a new clothes refresher for de-wrinkling and sterilizing clothes is disclosed. The clothes refresher includes a body (400) configured to receive clothes therein, and a stem supply device (200) to supply steam into the body (400) in order to supply the steam to the clothes.

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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...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): D06F37/00F24H1/18D06F37/26
CPCD06F58/14D06F73/02
Inventor JEONG, SEONG HAICHOI, SOUNG BONGAHN, BYUNG HWANKIM, HYEOK DEOKLEE, DEUG HEECHO, HUNG MYONG
Owner LG ELECTRONICS INC
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