Invention Publication
- Patent Title: CLOTHES CARE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
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Application No.: US18226980Application Date: 2023-07-27
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Publication No.: US20240068147A1Publication Date: 2024-02-29
- Inventor: Joongwon NA , Minsoo KIM , Kookjeong SEO
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Priority: KR 20220110321 2022.08.31
- Main IPC: D06F34/26
- IPC: D06F34/26 ; D06F58/10 ; D06F58/20 ; D06F58/24 ; D06F58/26

Abstract:
A clothes care apparatus including an accommodating chamber to accommodate a target; a heat pump apparatus to dehumidify and heat air circulating through the accommodating chamber, the heat pump apparatus including a refrigerant pipe through which a refrigerant circulates and at least one of a compressor, a condenser, an expansion apparatus, or an evaporator; and a condensed water collecting apparatus configured to collect condensed water generated from the heat pump apparatus, and having a storage space in which the collected condensed water is stored, wherein a portion of the refrigerant pipe passes through the storage space so that, in an operating course for taking care of the target, the refrigerant circulating through the refrigerant pipe passes through the portion of the refrigerant pipe while in a high temperature state, to evaporate the condensed water stored in the storage space.
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