Clothes care apparatus

Abstract

A clothes care apparatus may include a cabinet, a first chamber formed inside the cabinet and configured to accommodate clothes, a first door configured to open or close the first chamber, the first door having a second chamber and configured to accommodate clothes, a second door configured to open or close the second chamber and rotatably coupled to the first door, and a spot cleaner disposed inside the second chamber and configured to spot clean the clothes accommodated in the second chamber. The spot cleaner is movable inside the second chamber to spot clean a target area of the clothes accommodated in the second chamber.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A clothes care apparatus comprising:
 a cabinet;   a first chamber formed inside the cabinet, and configured to accommodate clothes;   a first door configured to open or close the first chamber, the first door including a second chamber and configured to accommodate clothes,   a second door configured to open or close the second chamber and rotatably coupled to the first door; and   a spot cleaner disposed inside the second chamber and configured to spot clean the clothes accommodated in the second chamber,   wherein the spot cleaner is movable inside the second chamber to spot clean a target area of the clothes accommodated in the second chamber.   
     
     
         2 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the spot cleaner comprises:
 a water spray configured to spray water;   a cleaning liquid spray configured to spray a cleaning liquid as a mixture of water and a detergent; and   a suction portion configured to intake the water, the cleaning liquid, and a foreign material.   
     
     
         3 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the spot cleaner comprises at least one of a vibrating portion configured to vibrate clothes to remove contaminants from the clothes, or a roller configured to remove contaminants of the clothes by contacting the clothes. 
     
     
         4 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the spot cleaner further comprises:
 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 the water, the cleaning liquid, and the foreign material intaken through the suction portion,   wherein the water supply container and the drain container are detachably coupled to the spot cleaner.   
     
     
         5 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a mover configured to move the spot cleaner in at least one direction of a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction inside the second chamber. 
     
     
         6 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein the spot cleaner and the mover are disposed on a rear surface of the second door to be positioned inside the second chamber while the second door is in a closed state. 
     
     
         7 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein the mover comprises:
 a first motor configured to generate a driving force to move the spot cleaner in the first direction; and   a second motor configured to generate a driving force to move the spot cleaner in the second direction.   
     
     
         8 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein the mover further comprises:
 a frame supporting the spot cleaner;   a first shaft disposed in the frame, connected to the spot cleaner, and extending in the first direction; and   a second shaft disposed in the second door, connected to the frame, and extending in the second direction,   wherein the spot cleaner is movable in the first direction inside the frame.   
     
     
         9 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein
 the first motor is connected to the first shaft, and configured to rotate the first shaft,   the second motor is connected to the second shaft, and configured to rotate the second shaft,   the spot cleaner moves in the first direction within the frame while the first shaft rotates, and   the frame and the spot cleaner move in the second direction while the second shaft rotates.   
     
     
         10 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising
 a supporting portion positioned adjacent to an upper end of the second chamber, being movable in a vertical direction, and configured to support the clothes accommodated in the second chamber or support a clothes supporter; and   a fixing portion positioned adjacent to a lower end of the second chamber and configured to fix the clothes accommodated in the second chamber.   
     
     
         11 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the supporting portion comprises:
 a guide hole formed in a rear side of the second chamber and extending along the vertical direction; and   a supporter being movable in the vertical direction along the guide hole and fixable at a location in the guide hole.   
     
     
         12 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the fixing portion comprises:
 a bar positioned adjacent to the lower end of the second chamber and crossing the second chamber in a horizontal direction; and   a fixer being movable in the horizontal direction along the bar and configured to hold and fix the clothes.   
     
     
         13 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the first door comprises:
 an airflow inlet formed in an upper side of the second chamber such that air inside the first chamber flows into the second chamber; and   an airflow outlet formed in a lower side of the second chamber such that air inside the second chamber is discharged to the first chamber.   
     
     
         14 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the first door further comprises:
 a case forming the second chamber; and   a plurality of holes formed in the case and through which air inside the second chamber flows into the first chamber or is discharged via the second chamber,   wherein the plurality of holes is formed over an entire area of at least one side of the case.   
     
     
         15 . The clothes care apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first door and the second door includes an input interface and an output interface,
 the input interface includes a spot care button for spot cleaning, and   the output interface is configured to display a clothes image to set a target area that is to be spot cleaned according to an input to the spot care button.