公开(公告)号：US10793994B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-06

申请号：US15647387

申请日：2017-07-12

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Sogkie Hong ,  Cheolsoo Ko ,  Hyeongjoong Kim ,  Hyojun Kim

IPC: D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F18/00 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F58/02

Abstract: A clothes treatment apparatus, including a drum rotatably provided within a cabinet to accommodate washing and drying objects; and a heat pump including an evaporator, a compressor, a condenser, and an expansion valve, through which refrigerant is circulated, to provide heat to air discharged from the drum and circulated to the drum, wherein the heat pump further includes an internal heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between refrigerant discharged from the condenser and refrigerant passing through the evaporator.