Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Clothes treatment apparatus having heat pump module
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Application No.: US16408674Application Date: 2019-05-10
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Publication No.: US10988894B2Publication Date: 2021-04-27
- Inventor: Myoungjong Kim , Seongwoo An , Sangho Cho
- Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Ked & Associates LLP
- Priority: KR10-2016-0001190 20160105
- Main IPC: D06F58/20
- IPC: D06F58/20 ; D06F37/22 ; D06F39/04 ; D06F58/02 ; D06F58/24 ; D06F25/00 ; D06F39/12

Abstract:
A clothes treatment apparatus includes a cabinet; a tub provided within the cabinet; a drum rotatably provided within the tub and configured to accommodate the laundry or a dry item therein; and a heat pump configured to circulate a refrigerant through a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator, and re-circulate air discharged from the drum to the drum by way of the evaporator and the condenser, wherein the heat pump includes a compressor base supporting and disposed above the tub, a bracket disposed in an upper portion of the compressor base, fixed to an upper surface of the compressor, and transmitting vibration generated by the compressor, and an air-vibration mount disposed between the bracket and the compressor base and absorbing vibration of the compressor transmitted through the bracket.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190264379A1 CLOTHES TREATMENT APPARATUS HAVING HEAT PUMP MODULE Public/Granted day:2019-08-29
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