Clothing treatment apparatus

Abstract

Disclosed is a clothing treatment apparatus. The clothing treatment apparatus includes: a cabinet; a cylindrical tub provided inside the cabinet to provide a space for storing water and having a width set to be greater than a height thereof; a drum rotatably provided inside the tub; a driver fixed to a bottom surface of the tub, located outside the tub, and rotating the drum; a chamber protruding from the bottom surface of the tub to a bottom surface of the cabinet; and a chamber drain pipe connected to the chamber, wherein the chamber drain pipe extends from a side surface of the chamber in a direction away from a center of the tub.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A clothing treatment apparatus comprising:
 a cabinet;   a cylindrical tub provided inside the cabinet to provide a space for storing water and having a width set to be greater than a height thereof;   a drum rotatably provided inside the tub;   a driver fixed to a bottom surface of the tub, located outside the tub, and rotating the drum;   a chamber protruding from the bottom surface of the tub to a bottom surface of the cabinet; and   a chamber drain pipe connected to the chamber,   wherein the chamber drain pipe extends from a side surface of the chamber in a direction away from a center of the tub.   
     
     
         2 . The clothing treatment apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein, with respect to the bottom surface of the cabinet, a height of a lowest point of the chamber drain pipe is equal to or lower than a height of a lowest point of the chamber. 
     
     
         3 . The clothing treatment apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein, based on the bottom surface of the cabinet, a height of a lowest point of the chamber drain pipe is equal to a height of a lowest point of the driver or higher than the height of the lowest point of the driver. 
     
     
         4 . The clothing treatment apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a side surface and/or a bottom surface of the chamber is inclined downward toward the chamber drain pipe. 
     
     
         5 . The clothing treatment apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising: a heater for heating water stored in the tub,
 wherein the heater is accommodated in the chamber.   
     
     
         6 . The clothing treatment apparatus of  claim 5 ,
 wherein the chamber comprises:
 a heating chamber accommodating the heater; and 
 a water collecting chamber protruding from a bottom surface of the heating chamber toward a bottom surface of the cabinet to form a space in which water is stored, and 
   wherein the chamber drain pipe extends from a side surface of the water collecting chamber in a direction away from the center of the tub.   
     
     
         7 . The clothing treatment apparatus of  claim 1 ,
 wherein a bottom surface of the tub comprises:
 a first bottom surface formed in the center of the tub; 
 a second bottom surface formed outside the tub than the first bottom surface and positioned below the first bottom surface; and 
 an inclined surface inclined downward from the first bottom surface toward the second bottom surface, 
   wherein the chamber is positioned below the first bottom surface.   
     
     
         8 . The clothing treatment apparatus of  claim 7 ,
 wherein based on the bottom surface of the cabinet, a height of a lowest point of the second bottom surface of the cabinet is equal to a height of a lowest point of the driver or is higher than a height of the lowest point of the driver.   
     
     
         9 . The clothing treatment apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein the chamber is formed to be spaced apart from the driver and protrude from the second bottom surface to a bottom surface of the cabinet. 
     
     
         10 . The clothing treatment apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising;
 a drain pipe for guiding water discharged to the chamber drain pipe to the outside of the cabinet;   wherein the chamber drain pipe is inserted into one end of the drain pipe from the outside of the cylinder extending the outer circumferential surface of the tub and thus coupled thereto.   
     
     
         11 . The clothing treatment apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a drawer formed in the cabinet to be withdrawable and accommodating the tub therein,   wherein the chamber drain pipe extends in a direction inclined to a direction in which the drawer is withdrawn out from the cabinet.