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Clothes treating apparatus

US12428773B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 7, 2023
Grant dateSep 30, 2025
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Expiry dateFeb 15, 2044

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD06F58/24
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A clothes treating apparatus includes: a cabinet; a tub; a drum; a base forming an air flow path including an air inlet and an air outlet; a heat exchanger; a supply duct forming a first supply flow and a second supply flow path; a discharge duct forming a first discharge flow path and a second discharge flow path; a first damper configured to be movable to a first position of opening the first supply flow path and closing the second supply flow path or a second position of closing the first supply flow path and opening the second supply flow path; and a second damper configured to be movable to a third position of opening the first discharge flow path and closing the second discharge flow path or a fourth position of closing the first discharge flow path and opening the second discharge flow path.

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