US2025019889A1PendingUtilityA1

Clothes care apparatus

Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTDPriority: May 30, 2022Filed: Sep 25, 2024Published: Jan 16, 2025
Est. expiryMay 30, 2042(~15.8 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
D06F 73/02D06F 58/10D06F 58/20D06F 58/12
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Abstract

A clothes care apparatus including a support device with an improved structure to transmit the physical force of air to clothes. The clothes care apparatus includes a main body including a clothes care chamber with a plurality of outlets and a support device disposed in the clothes care chamber and configured to support clothes, wherein the support device includes a first member with a plurality of dischargers corresponding to the plurality of outlets to guide air into the clothes care chamber, and a second member disposed below the first member and including a plurality of supporters, where the plurality of supporters are between the plurality of dischargers whereby one supporter among the plurality of supporters is between one discharger and another discharger adjacent to the one discharger among the plurality of dischargers.

Claims

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1 . A clothes care apparatus comprising:
 a main body comprising a clothes care chamber with a plurality of outlets; and   a support device, to be disposed in the clothes care chamber, and configured to support clothes,   wherein the support device comprises:
 a first member with a plurality of dischargers corresponding to the plurality of outlets to guide air into the clothes care chamber, and 
 a second member to be disposed below the first member, and comprising a plurality of supporters, 
 wherein, while the second member is disposed below the first member, the plurality of supporters are between the plurality of dischargers whereby one supporter among the plurality of supporters is between one discharger and another discharger adjacent to the one discharger among the plurality of dischargers. 
   
     
     
         2 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of supporters are at positions deviating from the plurality of dischargers. 
     
     
         3 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the support device comprises a first area corresponding to positions of the plurality of outlets, respectively, and a second area that deviates from the positions of the plurality of outlets,
 wherein the plurality of dischargers are located in the first area, and   the plurality of supporters are located in the second area.   
     
     
         4 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the first area and the second area do not overlap each other. 
     
     
         5 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the first area and the second area are alternately located. 
     
     
         6 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein a number of the plurality of dischargers is more than a number of the plurality of supporters by one. 
     
     
         7 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein a number of the plurality of outlets is more than a number of the plurality of supporters by one. 
     
     
         8 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a hanger coupleable to and decouplable from the plurality of supporters and configured to support clothes. 
     
     
         9 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein the hanger is integrated with the plurality of supporters. 
     
     
         10 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the first member is integrated with the second member. 
     
     
         11 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the main body further comprises:
 an air blower configured to generate an airflow into the clothes care chamber, and   a duct to guide the airflow generated by the air blower to the clothes care chamber through a plurality of discharge ports,   wherein the duct is between the air blower and the first member.   
     
     
         12 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 11 , further comprising a guide nozzle in the duct and to guide air toward the plurality of discharge ports,
 wherein the plurality of outlets are located at at least one of a connection duct and the guide nozzle.   
     
     
         13 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 12 , wherein the guide nozzle further comprises:
 a plurality of partition walls constituting the plurality of discharge ports, and   a plurality of guides arranged along a first direction in the plurality of outlets,   wherein the plurality of partition walls are arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.   
     
     
         14 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 13 , wherein the plurality of supporters are arranged in the second member to be spaced apart from each other along the second direction. 
     
     
         15 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 14 , wherein the second member further comprises an airflow channel connected to the plurality of supporters, and
 the airflow channel is formed between an air inlet hole provided to introduce air provided through the plurality of outlets and an air outlet hole provided to discharge air introduced through the air inlet hole toward a hanger configured to support clothes.

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