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Clothes treating apparatus

US11035066B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 18, 2018
Grant dateJun 15, 2021
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Expiry dateJun 18, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF22D5/34
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A clothes treating apparatus includes a case including a treatment chamber for holding clothes, a steam unit for supplying steam to the treatment chamber, a tank module storing water to be supplied to the steam unit, a valve unit disposed in a flow channel connecting the tank module and the steam unit, a water supply pump for generating driving power to transmit water stored in the tank module to the steam unit, and a control unit controlling the steam unit and the water supply pump, wherein the valve unit opens or closes the flow channel by at least one of water and steam flowing in the flow channel.

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