Clothes care apparatus

Abstract

A clothes care apparatus including a cabinet; a care room inside the cabinet and configured to accommodate clothes; a clothes supporting member detachably couplable to an upper side of the care room, and configured to support clothes; a door configured to open and close the care room; a fixing portion on a side wall of the care room and configured to fix a lower part of the clothes; and a spot cleaning device on a side wall of the care room, and configured to be movable relative to the side wall to, when the clothes supporting member is coupled to the upper side of the care room and clothes are supported by the clothes supporting member, spot clean the clothes supported by the clothes supporting member.

1 . A clothes care apparatus comprising:
 a cabinet;   a care room inside the cabinet and configured to accommodate clothes;   a clothes supporting member detachably couplable to an upper side of the care room, and configured to support clothes;   a door configured to open and close the care room;   a fixing portion on a side wall of the care room and configured to fix a lower part of the clothes; and   a spot cleaning device on a side wall of the care room, and configured to be movable relative to the side wall to, when the clothes supporting member is coupled to the upper side of the care room and clothes are supported by the clothes supporting member, spot clean the clothes supported by the clothes supporting member.   
     
     
         2 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein
 the clothes supporting member is configured to spray air toward the clothes supported by the clothes supporting member.   
     
     
         3 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein
 the fixing portion includes:
 a bar crossing the side wall of the care room in a horizontal direction, and 
 a fixing member configured to be movable along the bar in the horizontal direction, and to hold a portion of the clothes supported by the clothes supporting member so as to fix the portion of the clothes held by the fixing member in place. 
   
     
     
         4 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein
 the fixing member includes:
 a moving member configured to be movable along the bar in the horizontal direction, and 
 a rotating member coupled to the moving member so as to be rotatable toward and away from the moving member, and 
   the rotating member is configured to be elastically biased in a direction toward the moving member to fix the portion of the clothes between the rotating member and the moving member.   
     
     
         5 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 3 , further comprising:
 a moving guide extending longitudinally in a vertical direction on the side wall of the care room,   wherein the fixing portion includes a supporting portion supporting the bar, and   the supporting portion is configured to be movable in the vertical direction along the moving guide.   
     
     
         6 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein
 the spot cleaning device includes:
 a water spray configured to spray water, 
 a cleaning liquid spray configured to spray a cleaning liquid, and 
 a suction portion configured to intake water sprayed from the water spray, cleaning liquid sprayed from the cleaning liquid spray, and foreign material from the clothes supported by the clothes supporting member. 
   
     
     
         7 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein
 the spot cleaning device includes at least one of a vibrating portion configured to provide fine vibration to the clothes supported by the clothes supporting member, and a roller configured to contact the clothes supported by the clothes supporting member to remove contaminations of the clothes supported by the clothes supporting member.   
     
     
         8 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein
 the spot cleaning device includes:
 a water supply container configured to store water that is to be supplied to at least one of the water spray and the cleaning liquid spray, and 
 a drain container configured to store water, cleaning liquid, and foreign material taken in through the suction portion, and 
   the water supply container and the drain container are detachably couplable to the spot cleaning device.   
     
     
         9 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a moving device configured to move the spot cleaning device along at least one of a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction on the side wall of the care room.   
     
     
         10 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 9 , wherein
 the moving device includes:
 a first motor configured to provide a driving force to move the spot cleaning device along the first direction, and 
 a second motor configured to provide a driving force to move the spot cleaning device along the second direction. 
   
     
     
         11 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein
 the moving device includes:
 a frame supporting the spot cleaning device, 
 a first shaft provided in the frame, the first shaft coupled to the spot cleaning device and extending longitudinally in the first direction, and 
 a second shaft coupled to the frame and extending longitudinally in the second direction, and 
   the spot cleaning device is configured to be movable along the first direction within the frame.   
     
     
         12 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein
 the first motor is coupled to the first shaft and configured to rotate the first shaft,   the second motor is coupled to the second shaft and configured to rotate the second shaft,   while the first shaft rotates, the spot cleaning device moves along the first direction within the frame, and   while the second shaft rotates, the frame and the spot cleaning device move along the second direction.   
     
     
         13 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein
 the spot cleaning device is configured to mix water and detergent to be sprayed as the cleaning liquid.