garment treatment device

专利摘要:
CLOTHING TREATMENT APPARATUS. The present invention relates to a garment treatment apparatus (1) including a box (10) having a garment opening (110) formed therein, a door (20) mounted on the box (10) for opening/closing the garment opening (110) garment (110), and a control panel (30) arranged in the box (10), wherein the control panel (30) includes a control panel body (310) projecting forward from a faceplate ( 105), and a front side of the control panel body (310) is inclined to face upwards, thereby allowing to improve the utilization of the interior space of the box (10), for the user to easily notice information on the display screen of the control panel, and operate the control panel (30) easily.
公开号:BR102014013211B1
申请号:R102014013211-2
申请日:2014-05-30
公开日:2022-01-25
发明作者:Jonghee Han；Jinho Yang；Jaeseok SEONG；Jungsang YOU；Jaehoon Choi；Youngsoo Ha；Kyungah Lee
申请人:Lg Electronics, Inc；
IPC主号:

专利说明:

FUNDAMENTALS OF THE INVENTION 1. FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a garment treatment apparatus. More specifically, the present invention relates to a garment treatment apparatus for washing or drying garments. 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF THE TECHNIQUE
[0002] In general, the garment treatment apparatus has a concept of an apparatus for washing or drying garments, such as clothes, or an apparatus for carrying out both washing and drying of garments.
[0003] The garment treatment apparatus may include a box having a garment opening, a tub in the box for retaining wash water, a drum rotatably provided in the tub, a water supply unit for supplying wash water to the tub , and a detergent supply unit for supplying detergent to the tub via the wash water being provided from the water supply unit. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0004] An object of the present invention is to provide a garment treatment apparatus which allows for high utilization of an interior space, easy acknowledgment of information, and easy operation.
[0005] It is another object of the present invention to provide a garment treatment apparatus which can improve degrees of freedom in manufacturing a control panel. TECHNICAL SOLUTION
[0006] To achieve the objects of the present invention, a garment treatment apparatus includes a box having a garment opening formed therein, a door mounted on the box for opening/closing the garment opening, and a control panel arranged in the box. , wherein the control panel includes a control panel body projecting forward from a faceplate, and a front side of the control panel body is angled to face up.
[0007] The control panel body may additionally include a top side, a bottom side and two opposite sides exposed to an outside of the garment treatment apparatus.
[0008] The control panel body can have a lower side front/rear steering width greater than a top side front/rear steering width.
[0009] The control panel body can have a lower vertical steering height than a faceplate vertical steering height.
[00010] The control panel body may include a front body portion projecting forward from the front plate, and a window arranged in the front body portion to have the front side angled to face upwards.
[00011] The control panel body may additionally include an outline which encircles a circumference of the front body portion and a circumference of the window, in its entirety.
[00012] The front body portion may have a space formed therein, and the control panel may additionally include a PCB assembly having at least a portion thereof inserted into the space.
[00013] The control panel may include a PCB assembly arranged to pass through an opening formed in the faceplate, and the control panel body may include a window arranged in the PCB assembly to have a sloping front side to face upwards, and an outline which completely encircles a circumference of the PCB assembly and a circumference of the window.
[00014] The door may have a portion facing a lower side of the control panel body in a vertical direction.
[00015] A gap between the control panel body and the door is less than a control panel body height.
[00016] The door may have an outer frame which forms an outer appearance of the door, wherein the outer frame may be positioned such that at least a portion of the outer frame is projected to an outside of the box when the door it's closed.
[00017] The outer frame may have an outer circumferential surface having a hand strap formed therein.
[00018] The hand strap may include a recess formed in the outer circumferential surface of the outer frame.
[00019] The outer frame may have a hand grip formed on it facing the underside of the control panel body in a vertical direction of the door.
[00020] When the door is closed, the door may have a greater width projected in a front/rear direction than a larger width projected in a front/rear direction of the control panel body.
[00021] When the door is closed, the control panel body can have a greater projected width in a front/rear direction the same as a larger projected width in a front/rear direction of the door, substantially.
[00022] The garment care apparatus may additionally include a drawer panel arranged in the control panel, wherein the drawer panel may have an angled side positioned in the same plane with the front side of the control panel body substantially.
[00023] The drawer panel may include a drawer handle having the angled side.
[00024] The drawer panel may have a handle space having an open bottom side at the rear of the drawer handle, wherein the handle space may face a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the drawer. door when the door is closed.
[00025] The garment care apparatus may additionally include a drawer panel arranged in the control panel, wherein the drawer panel may include a forwardly projecting drawer body portion, and a drawer cover arranged in the drawer body to have an angled side positioned in the same plane with the front side of the control panel body substantially.
[00026] The drawer panel may additionally include a drawer contour encircling an upper side, a left side and a right side of the front body portion and a circumference of the drawer cover, in its entirety.
[00027] In another aspect of the present invention, a garment care apparatus includes a box which forms an outer appearance of the garment care apparatus, and a display screen positioned on an upper side of the box opposite a side front of the box to have a sloping front side to face up.
[00028] The garment treatment apparatus may additionally include a drawer panel having an angled side positioned in the same plane with the front side of the display screen.
[00029] The angled side can be positioned on one side of the front side of the display screen.
[00030] The garment treatment apparatus may additionally include a door mounted on the box, wherein the door may have a projected width the same as the display screen substantially.
[00031] The display screen, door and drawer panel are projected forward from the box.
[00032] The garment treatment apparatus of the present invention has the following advantages.
[00033] Projection out of the control panel body can improve control panel manufacturing degrees of freedom.
[00034] And, projecting the outer frame of the door to the outside of the box can enhance manufacturing degrees of freedom and a door shape.
[00035] And, usability inside the box can be improved.
[00036] And, a distance between a lower side of a front side of the control panel body and the user's eyes can be minimized, allowing the user to notice information which the control panel displays more easily.
[00037] And, the availability of manipulation of the control panel body in an inclined direction allows the user, who is in front of the garment care apparatus, to manipulate the control panel conveniently and easily without putting excessive effort to a user pulse. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
[00038] The accompanying figures, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principle of the invention. In the figures:
[00039] FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a garment treatment apparatus in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[00040] FIG. 2 is a front view illustrating a garment treatment apparatus in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[00041] FIG. 3 is a side view illustrating a garment treatment apparatus in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[00042] FIG. 4 is a plan view illustrating a garment treatment apparatus in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[00043] FIG. 5 is a sectional view illustrating a garment treatment apparatus in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[00044] FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating a front cover of a garment care apparatus in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[00045] FIG. 7 is a front view illustrating a front cover of a garment care apparatus in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[00046] FIG. 8 is a perspective view illustrating a rear side of a control panel of a garment care apparatus in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[00047] FIG. 9 is a plan view illustrating a control panel of a garment care apparatus in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[00048] FIG. 10 is a side view illustrating a control panel coupled to a front cover of a garment care apparatus in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[00049] FIG. 11 is a perspective view illustrating an exterior appearance of an underside of a detergent supply unit of a garment treatment apparatus in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[00050] FIG. 12 is a rear perspective view illustrating a hand strap of a garment care apparatus in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[00051] FIG. 13 is an underside view illustrating a hand strap of a garment care apparatus in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[00052] FIG. 14 is a perspective view illustrating a garment treatment apparatus in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing an open door;
[00053] FIG. 15 is a sectional view illustrating a door of a garment care apparatus in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention:
[00054] FIG. 16 is a perspective view illustrating a garment treatment apparatus in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing another example of an open door;
[00055] FIG. 17 is a perspective view illustrating a garment care apparatus in FIG. 16, with the door closed;
[00056] FIG. 18 is a perspective view illustrating another example of a control panel body of a garment care apparatus in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[00057] FIG. 19 is a perspective view illustrating a garment treatment apparatus in accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[00058] FIG. 20 is a front view illustrating a garment treatment apparatus in accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[00059] FIG. 21 is a side view illustrating a garment treatment apparatus in accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[00060] FIG. 22 is a plan view illustrating a garment treatment apparatus in accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[00061] FIG. 23 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a control panel of a garment care apparatus in accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[00062] FIG. 24 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a drawer panel of a garment care apparatus in accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the present invention; and
[00063] FIG. 25 is a sectional view illustrating a control panel of a garment care apparatus according to a third preferred embodiment of the present invention, schematically. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[00064] In the following, a garment treatment apparatus in accordance with preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying figures.
[00065] The garment care apparatus according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention may be applicable either to a top-loading type garment care apparatus having a garment opening provided in an upper side of a box, as for a front loading type garment treatment apparatus having the garment opening provided on a front side (or, one side) of the box. The specification will be described with the front loading type garment handling apparatus as an example.
[00066] And, garment treatment apparatus includes all apparatus which treat garments. In detail, the garment treatment apparatus includes a washing machine for removing contamination from garments using wash water, a dryer for removing moisture from garments, and a washer-dryer having a drying function.
[00067] And, the dryer may include a drum-type dryer for supplying heated air to a rotating drum for drying garments, and a box-type dryer (Refresher) for supplying heated air to a clothing disposal space in the which clothes are arranged.
[00068] Although embodiments of the present invention are described having the front loading type washing machine with a rotating drum into which garments are introduced through the front side of the box as an example, embodiments of the present invention do not exclude various types of garment treatment apparatus described above.
[00069] A garment treatment apparatus 1 according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.
[00070] The garment treatment apparatus 1 according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention may include a housing 10 which forms an outer appearance thereof. And, garment care apparatus 1 may include a control panel 30 for receiving control information from a user.
[00071] The garment care apparatus 1 may have a garment opening 110 (See FIG. 6) formed in the box 10. The garment opening 110 may be formed in a front side of the box 10. The garment handling apparatus 1 may include a door 20 mounted on housing 10 for opening/closing garment opening 110.
[00072] The box 10 has a garment holding space provided therein. The box 10 may have a rotating drum 40 provided therein. In this case, the garment can be retained in the drum 40. The present invention does not exclude a box-type dryer. In this case, the garment treatment apparatus 1 may not have the drum 40 provided thereto.
[00073] The housing 10 may include a front cover 102 arranged on the front side of the garment care apparatus 1. And, the housing 10 may include a back cover 104 positioned opposite the front cover 102. The housing 10 may include a top plate 101 provided to upper edges of front cover 102 and rear cover 104, and a base (not shown) provided to an underside. And, housing 10 may additionally include side covers 103 between front cover 102 and rear cover 104. As the front cover 102, back cover 104, top plate 101 and side covers 103 are coupled together, a gap is created. formed to retain the garment and house elements of the garment treatment apparatus 1 therein.
[00074] The front cover 102 can make up a front side of the box 10, and the front cover 102 can have the garment opening 110 formed therein for the introduction of the garment (See FIG. 6). Garment opening 110 may be an opening, for introducing garments to drum 40, or withdrawing garments from drum 40 through garment opening 110.
[00075] Referring to FIG. 5, the box 10 may have the drum 40 provided therein. Drum 40 is rotatably provided to retain the garment therein. The user may introduce garments to be treated to the inside of drum 40. If the garment treatment apparatus is a washing machine which removes contaminants from garments by using wash water, the garment treatment apparatus may additionally including a tub 50. The tub 50 is provided to an outside of the drum 40 to retain the wash water.
[00076] On the front side of the box 10, i.e. the front cover 102 may have a detergent supply unit 60 provided thereto to retain detergent therein. Along with this, the detergent supply unit 60 may be provided in a drawer panel type, and may be provided with a drawer hand grip 63 to assist in the push/pull of the detergent supply unit 60.
[00077] The front cover 102 of the garment treatment apparatus according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.
[00078] The front cover 102 can compose the front side of the box 10, and is provided to a front side of the garment treatment apparatus. Front cover 102 may include a front plate 105. Front cover 102 may additionally include an upper flange 100a that extends from an upper edge of front plate 105 towards an inside side of housing 10. Front cover 102 may additionally include side flanges 100b which extend from both side edges of front plate 105 towards the inside of housing 10. Front cover 102 may additionally include a bottom flange (not shown) which extends from a lower edge of the faceplate 105 towards the inside of the housing 10.
[00079] In this specification, the front side of the front cover 102 may mean the front plate 105, or a front side of the front plate 105.
[00080] The control panel 30 may be arranged in the housing 10. One of the front side of the front cover 102 or the rear side of the control panel 30 may have a projecting portion 320 provided therein, and the other may have a recess 120 provided for it to insert and house the projecting portion 320 therein.
[00081] If projecting portion 320 is provided to front cover 102, the rear side of control panel 30 may have recess 120 provided thereto to insert projecting portion 320 of front cover 102 therein. Opposite of this, if projecting portion 320 is provided at the rear side of control panel 30, recess 120 may be provided in front cover 102 to insert projecting portion 320 of control panel 30 therein.
[00082] Hereinafter, a case will be described as an example, in which the projecting portion 320 is formed on the rear side of the control panel 30, and the recess 120 is formed on the front cover 102. However, an example in which positions of the portion designed 320 and recess 120 are swapped will not be deleted. As it is apparent to persons skilled in the art, the example of exchanging the mounting positions of the projecting portion 320 and the recess 120 will not be described separately.
[00083] Front cover 102 has recess 120 provided thereto for coupling to control panel 30. Recess 120 may be provided to front plate 105, and projecting portion 320 provided to the rear side of control panel 30 may be inserted in recess 120.
[00084] The recess 120 may include a flange 121 that extends from the front side of the faceplate 105 towards the inside of the housing 10 along a closed loop L. The recess 120 may additionally include a closing portion 123 extending from flange 121 to close the interior space of loop L.
[00085] The recess 120 may have a predetermined width W1 (See FIG. 10) by the flange 121. The recess 120 may have an open front side, and a closed rear side of the closing portion 123. The projecting portion 320 of the panel control 30 can be inserted into the recess 120 through the open front side of the recess 120.
[00086] In the meantime, the recess 120 may have a connection terminal 130 provided thereto to be coupled to a socket 330 (See FIG. 8) formed in the projecting portion 320 of the control panel 30 electrically. Connection terminal 130 may be provided to closing portion 123 of recess 120. Connection terminal 130, electrically connected to socket 330, serves as a window to supply power to control panel 30 and exchange electrical signal information with the panel. control 30.
[00087] It is preferred that the recess 120 is positioned on an upper side of the faceplate 105. It is preferred that the recess 120 is positioned on a central portion of the upper side of the faceplate 105.
[00088] The recess 120 can be positioned spaced a predetermined distance from the upper side edge of the faceplate 105. Between the upper side edge of the recess 120 and the upper side edge of the faceplate 105, there is a portion of the front side of the faceplate 105 provided to her. A surface positioned between the upper side edge of the recess 120 and the upper side edge of the faceplate 105 may be positioned in the same plane with the front side of the faceplate 105 having no recess 120 provided thereto.
[00089] In the meantime, garment opening 110 may be provided to a central portion of front plate 105. Garment opening 110, being an open space, may be formed circular. Garments may be fed into drum 40 or withdrawn from drum 40 through garment opening 110.
[00090] Provided to an outside of the garment opening 110, there may be a seating portion 140 provided thereto for seating a door frame of the door 20 thereto. The seating portion 140, a portion on which an inner frame 210 of the door frame is to be seated, is recessed towards an inside of the box 10 from the front side of the faceplate 105.
[00091] Along with this, the seating portion 140 may have a hook hole 147 formed therein to engage with a hook 260 of the door 20. The seating portion 140 may have a hinge insertion hole 141 formed therein to insert an arm. hinge 250 of door 20 there. The seating portion 140 may have a support coupling recess 145 formed therein for coupling the support 240 of the port 20 thereto. The seating portion 140 and a configuration in which the port 20 is coupled to the seating portion 140 will be described in detail later.
[00092] On one side of the faceplate 105, there may be a mounting portion 150 provided thereon to provide the detergent supply unit 60 thereto. The mounting portion 150, being an open space, may have the detergent supply unit 60 coupled thereto. In the meantime, on a front side of the detergent supply unit 60, there may be a hook hole (not shown) formed therein for attaching to the drawer hand strap 63, to be described later.
[00093] Control panel 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 10.
[00094] Referring to FIGS. 8-10, control panel 30 may have a control panel body 310 having a predetermined width W3. And, control panel 30 may include projecting portion 320 provided to a rear side 313 of control panel body 310. Projecting portion 320 may be formed as a unit with control panel body 310.
[00095] The control panel body 310 is an element for receiving washing information from the user or displaying the washing information therein, it may have a front side 311 provided with at least one of an input unit to receive the washing information and a display screen (An output unit) for displaying the washing information thereon, and preferably provided with both the input unit and the display screen (The output unit).
[00096] Control panel body 310 may include front side 311 having a predetermined width W3 exposed to an outside therein. The control panel body 310 may include the rear side 313 facing the front side of the front cover 102. In this case, the control panel body 310 may have the front side 311 angled to face upwards. Control panel body 310 additionally includes a top side 314, a bottom side 315 and two opposing sides 316. The opposing sides having a trapezoidal shape with a lower base larger than an upper base.
[00097] The garment care device can be installed in a lower position than the user's eyes. In this case, the control panel 30 can be positioned lower than the user's eyes. In order to improve visibility of the input unit and the display screen on the control panel 30, it is preferable that the front side 311 of the control panel body 310 is angled towards a user's eye direction.
[00098] Therefore, if the rear side 313 of the control panel body 310 is vertical, one side of the control panel body 310 may have a trapezoidal shape.
[00099] Rear side 313 of control panel body 310 may have projecting portion 320 provided thereto. Projecting portion 320 may project from rear side 313 of control panel body 310 towards an inside side of housing 10. Projecting portion 320 may be inserted into recess 120 formed in front plate 105 to make the panel 105. control 30 be coupled, and fixedly secured, to the faceplate 105.
[000100] The projecting portion 320 may have a predetermined width W2, and may include a front side 321 and a rear side 323. The front side 321 of the projecting portion 320 may mate with the rear side 313 of the control panel body 310, and the rear side 323 of the projecting portion 320 may rest on the closing portion 123 of the recess 120.
[000101] Provided to the rear side 323 of the projecting portion 320, there may be the socket 330 to be coupled to the connection terminal 130 of the recess 120 electrically. Provided inside the projecting portion 320, there may be at least one of a microcomputer and control panel power supply unit 30, and preferably electrical elements for driving the control panel 30.
[000102] It is preferred that the projecting portion 320 has a smaller cross-sectional area than the rear side 313 of the control panel body 310. It is preferred that the rear side 323 of the projecting portion 320 coupled to the rear side 313 of the control panel body. control panel 310 has a smaller area than an area on the rear side 313 of the control panel body 310.
[000103] Projected portion 320 may be inserted into recess 120 formed in front plate 105.
[000104] Control panel body 310 can be projected forward from a front side of faceplate 105. Control panel body 310 can be mounted projecting from the front side of faceplate 105. front 311 of control panel body 310 can be angled to face up.
[000105] Control panel body 310 may be rectangular in shape having ratios of short sides to long sides that are not the same. That is, the control panel body 310 may have a rectangular bar shape. The control panel body 310 may have the long side extending in a direction transverse to the front cover 102.
[000106] If the control panel body 310 is rectangular in shape, an area of the projecting portion 320 may occupy 1/2 to 1/10 of an area on the rear side 313 of the control panel body 310. Preferably, the area of the projecting portion 320 may be 1/2 to 1/3 of the area on the rear side 313 of the control panel body 310.
[000107] The projecting portion 320 may be provided to bypass to one of the left side and a right side of the rear side 313 of the control panel body 310. The projecting portion 320 may be provided to bypass to one of the left side or the right side. right side in a direction the length of the rear side 313 of the control panel body 310.
[000108] Recess 120 may be positioned in the central portion of the upper side of the front plate 105. If the projecting portion 320 is positioned in a central portion of the rear side 313 of the control panel body 310, the control panel body 310 may interfere with the mounting portion 150.
[000109] Therefore, it is preferred that the projecting portion 320 is provided offset to one side from the central portion of the control panel body 310. It is preferable that the projecting portion 320 is provided offset in a direction that the mounting portion 150 is positioned.
[000110] Referring to FIG. 10, coupling the control panel 30 to the front cover 102 will be described in detail.
[000111] The projecting portion 320 of the control panel 30 may be inserted into the recess 120 formed in the faceplate 105. It is preferred that the recess 120 be shaped in accordance with an outer shape of the projecting portion 320.
[000112] The projecting portion 320 is inserted into the recess 120 through an open front side of the recess 120. In this case, the closing portion 123 of the recess 120 and the rear side 323 of the projecting portion 320 are closely coupled. In this case, the connection terminal 130 provided to the closing portion 123 and the socket 330 provided to the rear side 323 of the projecting portion 320 can be electrically coupled.
[000113] The projecting portion 320 may have a top side 325, a bottom side 327, and mated sides of flange 121 of recess 120 to be mated thereto. If projecting portion 320 is inserted into recess 120, flange 121 and upper side 325, lower side 327, and sides can be in close contact with each other.
[000114] At least one of the upper side 325, the lower side 327, and the sides of the projecting portion 320 may be provided angled towards the central portion of the projecting portion 320. Since the flange 121 and the closing portion 123 of the recess 120 conforms to the outer shape of projecting portion 320, flange 121 may be formed angled away from the central portion of recess 120. By forming the sides of projecting portion 320 and recess 120 to have slopes, alignment of projecting portion 320 with recess 120 may be easy when projecting portion 320 is inserted into recess 120.
[000115] The front side 321 of the projecting portion 320 may project to an outside of the front plate 105. The width W2 of the projecting portion 320 can be formed larger than the width W1 of the recess 120. However, it is preferable that the width W2 of the projecting portion 320 is the same as the width W1 of the recess 120. In this case, the width W1 of the recess 120 means a depth of a space that the recess 120 forms. That is, the width W1 does not include a thickness of the closing portion 123. Therefore, the front side 321 of the projecting portion 320 can be positioned in the same plane with the front side of the front plate 105.
[000116] Since the projecting portion 320 is provided to project from the rear side 313 of the control panel body 310, if the projecting portion 320 is inserted into, and mated to, the recess 120, the panel body control panel 310 can be projected to the outside of the faceplate 105. In other words, the control panel body 310 can be provided to project forward from the faceplate 102 (the faceplate 105).
[000117] In this case, the "forward" can mean a direction to the outside of the box 10, and if the projecting portion 320 is inserted into the recess 120, the projecting portion 320 is coupled to the recess 120 in such a way that the rear side 313 of the control panel body 310 abuts the front side of the faceplate 105. And, a top side, a bottom side and a front side 311 of the control panel body 310 are projected to an outside side of the board. 105. Along with this, the rear side 313 of the control panel body 310 can be in close contact with the front side of the faceplate 105.
[000118] Referring to FIGS. 11 to 13, detergent supply unit 60 may include a drawer panel 61 which allows detergent supply unit 60 to be pushed/pulled out of housing 10. And, detergent supply unit 60 may include a Drawer hand 63 provided to the front side of Drawer Panel 61 for the user's hand to hold it to push/pull Drawer panel 61.
[000119] Drawer panel 61 may have a space to hold detergent there. If the drawer panel 61 is pushed into the box 10, the front side of the drawer panel 61 can be positioned in the same plane with the front side of the front cover 102.
[000120] Drawer hand strap 63 is provided on the front side of drawer panel 61. User can retain drawer hand strap 63 and push or pull drawer panel 61 into/out of box 10.
[000121] Referring to FIGS. 12 and 13, drawer handle 63 has a underside 635 and a rear side 633 with a cutout portion 650 recessed into portions thereof.
[000122] The cutout portion 650 is not formed on the front side of the drawer hand strap 63, and the user can place his hand there to retain the drawer hand strap 63. That is, if the user places his fingers of the user in the cutout portion 650 and pushes or pulls the front side 631 of the drawer handle 63, the drawer panel 61 can be pushed or pulled.
[000123] Drawer handgrip 63 can be formed to have the same shape with control panel body 310. That is, if provided on the front side of drawer panel 61, drawer handgrip 63 can be manufactured to give a sense of unity with the 310 control panel body.
[000124] The drawer handle 63 has a width the same as the width W3 of the control panel body 310, and a height H of the front side 631 thereof is the same as the height 311 of the control panel body 310.
[000125] Along with this, the front side 631 of the drawer handgrip 63 can be formed angled to face upwards the same as the front side 311 of the control panel body 310. Therefore, if the drawer panel 61 is pushed, the front side 631 of the drawer handle 63 can be positioned in the same plane with the front side 311 of the control panel body 310.
[000126] The rear side 633 of the drawer hand strap 63 may have a coupling member 640 provided thereto for coupling the drawer hand strap 63 to the drawer panel 61.
[000127] The coupling member 640 may be a hook having a retaining step. Hook 640 can be inserted into a hook hole (Not shown) formed on the front side of drawer panel 61 to attach drawer hand strap 63 to drawer panel 61.
[000128] Port 20 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 14 and 15.
[000129] Referring to FIGS. 14 and 15, door 20 may include inner frame 210 seated in seating portion 140 formed in front cover 102. And, door 20 may include outer frame 220 coupled with inner frame 210. Door 20 may additionally include glass door 230 coupled between inner frame 210 and outer frame 220.
[000130] The inner frame 210 and the outer frame 220 can be detachably coupled and separately provided.
[000131] The inner frame 210 is manufactured into a shape conforming to a shape of the seating portion 140. The seating portion 140 may be formed circular, and the inner frame 210 may also be formed circular. Inner frame 210 may be provided in an annular shape to provide door glass 230 on an inside side of inner frame 210.
[000132] The outer frame 220 is coupled to an outside of the inner frame 210, and may be provided to project to an outside of the housing 10. The outer frame 220 may be provided to have an inside contacting side. close to the front side of the front cover 102, or positioned in a direction to the outside of the housing 10 for a predetermined distance from the front side of the front cover 102. There may be the door glass 230 coupled between the inside of the frame outer frame 220 and inner frame 210.
[000133] Referring to FIG. 3, the outer frame 220 may be provided to project to the outside of the front cover 102, and the outer frame 220 may be provided to project towards the outside of the box 10 when the door 20 is closed.
[000134] The seating portion 140 is recessed into an inside of the box 10 to receive the inner frame 210. Opposite this, the outer frame 220 can be coupled to project towards the outside of the box 10. It can be said that the outer frame 220 is coupled projecting from the front side of the front cover 102 towards the outside of the housing 10. Although the outer frame 220 may have a portion of a predetermined width received in the seating 140, it is preferable that the outer frame 220 can engage without being received in the seating portion 140 such that the entire outer frame 220 projects towards the outside of the housing 10.
[000135] Referring to FIG. 14, door 20 includes a bracket 240 coupled to seating portion 140. And, door 20 may include a hinge arm 250 projecting forward of bracket 240. Support 240 is secured to a bracket engagement recess 145 ( See Fig. 7) formed in the seating portion 140. The hinge arm 250 may extend to an inside of the box 10 passed through the hinge arm insertion hole 141 formed in the seating portion 140.
[000136] The hinge arm 250 has an end provided between the inner frame 210 and the outer frame 220.
[000137] At one end of the hinge arm 250 may have a hinge rod (Not shown) provided thereto, and the hinge rod is rotatably coupled between the inner frame 210 and the outer frame 220.
[000138] The inner frame 210 may have a hinge arm insertion hole 211 formed therein to pass through the hinge arm 250.
[000139] The inner frame 210 may have one side provided with a hook 260, and the hook 260 may be coupled to a hook hole 147 formed in the seating portion 140. The hook 260 may be coupled to a locking switch provided to the hook hole 147.
[000140] Since the outer frame 220 is detachably provided to the inner frame 210 and projected from the front side of the front cover 102, the outer frame 220 can be manufactured in a variety of shapes irrespective of the shapes of the seating portion 140 and the frame internal 210.
[000141] Referring to FIG. 14, outer frame 220 may be formed circular identical to inner frame 210.
[000142] Referring to FIGS. 16 and 17, the outer frame 220 may be formed into a square shape. As previously described, since the outer frame 220 is provided projecting to the outside of the front side of the front cover 102, the outer frame 220 can be manufactured without conforming to the shape of the inner frame 210 and the seating portion. 140. Accordingly, manufacturing degrees of freedom of outer frame 220 can be improved.
[000143] In the meantime, with reference to FIG. 18, since the control panel body 310 of the control panel 30 can be formed to be short in length, and, since the control panel body 310 is provided to project from the front side of the cover front 102, control panel body 310 can be manufactured in a variety of shapes and sizes within a range where the shapes and sizes do not interfere with port 20 or detergent supply portion 60. As shown in FIG. . 18, if the control panel body 310 has a relatively small aspect ratio, the hand strap can be formed on the drawer panel 61 of the detergent supply unit 60 in the shape of the recess 63.
[000144] According to user demands, the garment care apparatus has a variety of product formats with different price ranges from one launched. In order to manufacture the variety of products, it is necessary to provide production lines suitable for the variety of products.
[000145] However if individual production lines are provided for each of the products, there are disadvantages in that a large space is required to install the equipment for the production lines corresponding to each of the products, and a high production cost is required due to the difference between the equipment and the production lines.
[000146] As described, the present invention has an advantage of improving the control panel manufacturing degrees of freedom by designing the control panel body 310 to the outside of the front cover. That is, the present invention has an advantage of applying the same front cover to garment care devices of different price ranges.
[000147] In detail, by applying a front cover having the same recess pattern to all products and making a control panel size to be coupled to the different recess, the products can become different. By patterning the front cover and the recess formed in it for application to variety of production lines, a front cover can be applicable to variety of production lines. In this case, since the functions and configurations of the products are different from each other, sizes and functions to control the products may be different, too.
[000148] In this case, the present invention standardizes the projecting portion to be inserted into the recess, and makes the body to be coupled to the projecting portion that is projected to the outside of the front cover, to allow improving the body's degrees of freedom. That is, the control panel having the input unit and the display screen provided thereto can be manufactured in a variety of shapes according to the products, and by making the control panel bodies suitable for the variety of product groups and attach the manufactured control panel bodies to standard front covers, the same front cover can be used regardless of varying control panel sizes and shapes.
[000149] Eventually, since the individual production lines of the front cover are not required for the variety of product groups, the production cost can be saved, and the space required for the equipment of the production lines can be reduced, at end.
[000150] And, by designing the outer frame of the door to the outside of the front cover, manufacturing degrees of freedom, and shapes, of the door can be improved.
[000151] Since the user's aesthetics on the products are different according to the shapes of the outer frame exposed to the outside, users can recognize the variety of products different from each other.
[000152] In this case, as described above, if the front cover formats are varied with the external frame formats, it is necessary to build the variety of production lines. However, the present invention has the advantage of allowing to change the shape of the outer frame independently of the shape of the front cover by attaching the outer frame projected to the outside of the front cover.
[000153] A garment treatment apparatus according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 to 24.
[000154] In the embodiment, a control panel 30' may include a control panel body 310' and a PCB assembly 400.
[000155] Control panel 30' may include a faceplate 105'. The front plate 105' of the control panel 30' can form an outer appearance of a portion of a front side of the garment care apparatus. The front plate 105' of the control panel 30' can be positioned on an upper side of the front plate 105 of the front cover 102 described in the first preferred embodiment of the present invention.
[000156] Control panel 30' may include an upper flange 100a' formed in front plate 105'. Control panel 30' may additionally include a side flange 100b' formed on one side of front plate 105'. Control panel 30' may have a pair of side flanges 100b' formed opposite each other. Control panel 30' may additionally include a lower flange 100c' formed on an underside of front plate 105'. The control panel 30' can be mounted to be positioned on an upper side of the front plate 105 of the front cover 102.
[000157] The control panel 30' may have a back space S1 formed between the front plate 105', the upper flange 100a', the side flange 100b' and the lower flange 100c' to house at least a portion of the PCB assembly 400.
[000158] The control panel 30' may have a mounting portion 150' formed therein for mounting a drawer panel 61' therein. The mounting portion 150' can be positioned on one side of the side flange 100b'. The mounting portion 150' may be formed as a unit with the side flange 100b'.
[000159] The PCB 400 assembly may include a PCB 402 provided with an operating unit and a display screen. The PCB assembly 400 may additionally include a PCB cover 404 having a PCB 402 mounted thereto. The PCB assembly 400 may have the PCB 404 mounted to at least one of the front plate 105', the side flange 100b', the upper flange 100a', and the lower flange 100c' with a fastener, such as a screw.
[000160] PCB 402 may have at least one display screen, and at least one switch mounted to it. The display screen for displaying information on the garment care device may include various electrical components such as LED or LCD. The switch for operating the garment care apparatus may include various electrical components, such as a push-button switch or a touch switch.
[000161] The PCB 400 assembly can additionally include a light guide (Not shown) to guide a light from the display screen, and the light guide can be mounted to the PCB 402. The light guide can be mounted to face up for window 350 to be described later.
[000162] The control panel body 310' may include a display screen 350 positioned on the upper side of the box 10 opposite the front side of the box 10 to have a front side 311 angled to face upwards. Control panel body 310' can be arranged to project forward from faceplate 105'. The front side 311 of the control panel body 310' can be angled to face upwards. Control panel body 310' may additionally include an upper side 314, a lower side 315 and two opposing sides 316 exposed to an outside of the garment care apparatus. The control panel body 310' may have a front/rear steering width L1 of the lower side 315 greater than a front/rear steering width L2 of the upper side 314. The control panel body 310 may have a width of up/down direction H1 of the same less than an up/down direction width H2 of the front side of the faceplate 105'. In this case, the up/down direction width H1 of control panel body 310 can be a height of control panel body 310'.
[000163] That is, the control panel body 310' can be shaped forward from the faceplate 105' three-dimensionally, and the front side 311 of the control panel body 310' can be positioned angled to be facing upwards at a predetermined angle at a frontmost position of a portion arranged to project forwardly from the front plate 105.
[000164] If the control panel body 310' is not projected forward from the front plate 105', but if the front side 311 of the control panel body 310' is positioned in a vertical plane the same as the front side of the front plate 105', the front side 311 of the control panel body 310' may face only one forward direction of the garment care apparatus in a forward/rear direction of the garment care apparatus. In this case, an entire front side of the control panel body 310' may be barely visible from an upper front side of the garment care apparatus, and even handling the control panel body 310' may not be easy.
[000165] However if the control panel body 310' is projected forward from the front plate 105', and the front side 311 of the control panel body 310' thus projected is inclined by a predetermined angle to be facing an upper front side of the garment care apparatus, when the user looks at the front side 311 of the control panel body 310' of the upper front side of the garment care apparatus, the user can look well at the entire front side 311 of the control panel body 310' in a tilting direction, and can input an operation order on the garment care apparatus through the front side 311 of the control panel body 310', conveniently.
[000166] In the meantime, if the control panel body 310' is not formed projecting forward from the front plate 105', but formed into a shape in which a portion of the upper side of the control panel 30' is recessed at a predetermined angle as described above, the recessed portion of the control panel 30' may be clearly visible from the upper front side of the garment care apparatus, and the operation thereof may be convenient. However, an inclined structure of the upper side portion of the control panel 30' is capable of reducing an interior space of the garment care apparatus, making the utilization of the interior space of the garment care apparatus poor.
[000167] That is, if the control panel body 310' is projected forward from the front plate 105' as well as the front side 311 of the control panel body 310' is tilted by the predetermined angle to face the the upper front side of the garment care apparatus, the utilization of the inner space of the garment care apparatus can be improved, as well as the front side 311 of the control panel body 310' is clearly visible, and the order of operation into the garment care apparatus can be easily introduced through the front side 311 of the control panel body 310'.
[000168] As with the first embodiment of the present invention, the door 20 has the outer frame 220 which forms an outer appearance thereof, and when the door 20 is closed, the outer frame 220 at least a portion thereof may be positioned to project to the outside of housing 10. Door 20 may have identical configuration and operation to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention, and detailed description of identical configuration and operation to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention will be omitted.
[000169] Door 20, drawer panel 61' and display screen 350 can be projected forward from box 10. Door 20 can be of the same projected width with display screen unit 350, substantially .
[000170] The port 20 may have a portion facing the underside 315 of the control panel body 310' in a vertical direction. Formed between the door 20 and the control panel body 310', there may be a gap G smaller than the height H1 of the control panel body 310'. The gap G between the door 20 and the control panel body 310' can be an empty space for the user to hold the outer frame 220 projecting to the outside of the box 10 with one hand. The user can easily secure the port 20 with means other than the hand strap.
[000171] In the meantime, it is preferable that gap G between port 20 and control panel body 310' has a lower height for user's fingers to be inserted, and it is also preferable that gap G between port 20 and the control panel body 310' has a greater height which can make the door 20 and the control panel body 310' provide a sense of unity as a whole.
[000172] If that of the gap G between the door 20 and the control panel body 310' is less than the height H1 of the control panel body 310', the door 20 and the control panel body 310' can provide the sense of unity as a whole together with the front cover 102.
[000173] The outer frame 220 may have a hand strap 220C formed on an outside circumference 220B thereof. The hand strap may include a recess formed in an outer circumferential surface thereof.
[000174] Hand strap 220C may be formed on outer frame 220 to face the underside 315 of control panel body 310' in vertical direction.
[000175] When closed, the door 20 can have at least a forward projecting portion of the front plate 105 of the front cover 102, and a greater projecting width L3 in a front/rear direction of the door 20 can be the same as the greater L2 forward/backward direction projection width of control panel body 310' substantially, or greater than the greater L2 forward/backward direction projection width of control panel body 310'. In this case, the largest forward/backward direction projection width L2 of the control panel body 310' may be the same as the forward/back direction width of the underside 315 of the control panel body 310'.
[000176] Drawer panel 61' can be arranged on control panel 30'. Drawer panel 61' may have identical configuration and operation to the first embodiment of the present invention, and detailed description of identical configuration and operation to the first embodiment of the present invention will be omitted.
[000177] The drawer panel 61' may have an inclined surface 61A positioned in the same plane with the front side 311 of the control panel body 310' substantially. The drawer panel 61' may have the angled surface 61A positioned in the same plane with the front side 311 of the display screen 350. The angled surface 61A may be positioned on one side of the front side 311 of the display screen 350.
[000178] Drawer panel 60' may include a drawer handle 63 having angled surface 61A. The drawer panel 61' may form a handle space S4 having an open bottom side at the rear of the drawer handle 63. The hand handle space S4 formed in the drawer panel 61' may be formed by the cutout 650 is the same as the first preferred embodiment of the present invention. When the door 20 is closed, the hand strap space S4 may face a portion of the outer circumferential surface 220B of the door 20.
[000179] Control panel body 310' will be described with reference to FIG. 23 in more detail.
[000180] The control panel body 310' may include a front body portion 340 projecting forward from the front plate 105', and a window 350 arranged in the front body portion 340 to have a front side 311 angled towards be facing up. Control panel body 310' may additionally include a contour 360 which encircles circumferences of front body portion 340 and window 350 entirely.
[000181] The front body portion 340 can form a space S2 at that place. The space S2 formed in the front body portion 340 may be a front space S2 formed in front of the rear space S1, and the front space S2 may be smaller in size than the rear space S1.
[000182] Front body portion 340 may include an upper side 341, a lower side 342, and sides 343 which project forward from the front plate 105 of the control panel body 310' as a unit thereof . The upper side 341 of the front body portion 340 and the lower side 342 of the front body portion 340 may be formed parallel to each other, and each of which may extend in a direction the length of the control panel body 310' . The underside 342 of the front body portion 340 may have a front/rear steering width greater than a front/rear steering width of the upper side 341 of the front body portion 340.
[000183] Side 343 of front body portion 340 may be formed to connect upper side 341 of front body portion 340 to underside 342 of front body portion 340, and may project forward from the front plate 105' as a unit. Front body portion 340 may include a pair of sides 343 facing each other in a lateral direction.
[000184] Formed between the upper side 341, the lower side 342 and the sides 343 of the front body portion 340, there may be a front space S2 for inserting at least a portion of the PCB assembly 400 therein. Front space S2 of front body portion 340 may have a light guide portion of PCB assembly 400 positioned therein.
[000185] The front side of the front body portion 340 may additionally include a front plate 344 angled to face upwardly to the front. Front plate 344 of front body portion 340 may have a window seating surface for seating window 350 thereon. The front plate 344 of the front body portion 340 may be formed to be angled at a predetermined angle to face upwardly forward. If the front body portion 340 includes the front plate 344, the front plate 344 of the front body portion 340 may have an opening 345 to cause electrical components mounted to the PCB 402, particularly a touch switch portion, to be positioned in contact with window 350.
[000186] The garment treatment apparatus may have the front plate 344 inclined at an acute angle from a horizontal plane. The smaller the angle from a horizontal plane, the more the front side 311 of the control panel body 310' slanted to face upward as much as possible, the greater the angle from a horizontal plane, and the more the front side 311 of the 310' control panel body angled to face forward as far as possible.
[000187] If outline 360 is not included, control panel body 310' may have the top side, bottom side and sides of front body portion 340 exposed to an outside. In this case, the upper side of the front body portion 340 may be the upper side 314 of the control panel body 310', the lower side of the front body portion 340 may be the lower side 315 of the control panel body 310' , and the sides of the front body portion 340 may be the sides 316 of the control panel body 310'.
[000188] Window 350 can be formed into a plate format. Window 350 may be the display screen for displaying information that the garment care apparatus displays to the outside. The display screen may be positioned on the upper side of the box 10 in front of the front side of the box 10 with a front side 311 thereof angled to face upwards. A light emitted from the display screen may be incident on window 350 for the user to view window 350 to notice information on the garment care apparatus.
[000189] Window 350 can be an operation panel for the user to touch or apply pressure to for operation of the garment care apparatus. Window 350 may additionally include a touch screen. The user can touch or apply pressure to the window 350, and can handle the switch on the PCB assembly 400. The window 350 can be positioned in front of the front body portion 340. Of course, the window 350 can be attached to at least one of the front body portion 340, the PCB assembly 400, and the contour 360 with fastening members, such as screws, secured with hooking means, such as a hook or the like, or attached with an adhesive member, such as double tape face.
[000190] The front side of the window 350 may be the front side 311 of the control panel body 310'.
[000191] The contour 360 may include at least one of an upper side 361, a lower side 362, and a side 363. It is possible to arrange the contour 360 to encircle the upper side, the lower side, the left side, and the front body portion 340. Outline 360 may include a pair of opposing sides 363, upper side 361, lower side 362, and a pair of sides 363 may encircle the upper side, lower side, left side , and the right side of the front body portion 340, and the top side 361, the bottom side 362, and the a pair of sides 363 can encircle the top side, the bottom side, the left side, and the right side of the window. 350.
[000192] The contour 360 may have a space S3 formed between the upper side 361, the lower side 362, and the sides 363. The contour 360 may have a hook portion to retain the window 350 to prevent the window 350 from falling out of the contour 360 in a forward direction of contour 360. The hook portion can be projected from contour 360 towards a space S3. The contour 360 can function as a window retainer to secure the window 350. It is preferred that the contour 360 includes all of the top side 361, the bottom side 362, and the sides 363. The contour 360 can have a layer of coated metal. to a surface outside it. The contour 360 may have the outside surface coated with chromium to enhance the ornamental beauty of the garment treatment apparatus.
[000193] If the contour 360 surrounds the top side, the bottom side, the left side, and the right side of the front body portion 340, the upper side of the contour 360 may be the upper side 314 of the control panel body 310 ', the underside of the contour 360 may be the underside 315 of the control panel body 310', and the sides of the contour 360 may be the sides 316 of the control panel body 310'.
[000194] The PCB assembly 400 can have at least a portion thereof disposed in the space S2 of the front body portion 340. The PCB assembly 400 can be assembled to position the light guide between the PCB 402 and the window 350, at least a portion of the light guide may be positioned between the front space S2 of the front body portion 340, and at least a portion of the PCB cover 404 may be positioned in the rear space S1.
[000195] Drawer panel 61' will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 24.
[000196] Drawer panel 61' may include detergent box 62 to hold detergent. Drawer panel 61' may include an outer body 64 exposed to an outside.
[000197] The detergent box 62 may have a detergent holding space formed therein to hold the detergent. The detergent box 62 may be formed as a unit with the outer body 64, or it may be secured to the outer body 64 with a fastener, such as a screw.
[000198] The outer body 64 may include a front plate 105”. The front plate 105" of the outer body 64 may form an outer appearance of a front side portion of the garment treatment apparatus. Outer body 64 may include an upper flange 100a" formed on an upper side of faceplate 105". Outer body 64 may additionally include side flanges 100b" formed on the sides of front plate 105". Outer body 64 may have a pair of side flanges 100b" formed to face each other. The control panel 30' can be mounted to be positioned on an upper side of the front plate 105 of the front cover 102.
[000199] Drawer panel 61' may include a forwardly projecting drawer body portion 610, and a drawer cover 620 having an angled side 61A arranged in drawer body portion 610 to be positioned in a plane the same than the front side 311 of the control panel body 310' substantially. Drawer panel 61' may additionally include a drawer contour 630 which encircles an upper side, a left side, a right side, and a circumference of the drawer cover 620, in its entirety.
[000200] Unit body portion 610 can be projected forward from front plate 105" of unit panel 61'. The outer body 64 may have a hand strap identical to the hand strap according to the first embodiment of the present invention formed therein. Drawer body portion 610 can function as a hand strap together with drawer cover 620. Drawer body portion 610 can be projected from front plate 105" of drawer panel 61' three-dimensionally.
[000201] The drawer body portion 610 may be positioned on one side of the front body portion 340 of the control panel body 310' shown in FIG. 23, and may have a smaller left/right direction width than the front body portion 340 of the control panel body 310'.
[000202] The drawer body portion 610 may include an upper side 611, and sides 613 projecting forward from the front plate 105" of the drawer panel 61' as a unit therewith. The upper side 611 of the drawer body portion 610 can be extended in a left/right direction on an upper side of the front plate 105".
[000203] Side 613 of drawer body portion 610 may project forward from face plate 105" of outer body 64 as a unit therewith. The drawer body portion 610 may include a pair of sides 613 in a left/right direction to face each other.
[000204] The drawer body portion 610 may have a front side with a front plate 614 angled to face upwards towards the front. Front plate 614 of drawer body portion 610 may have a cover seating surface for drawer cover 620 to be seated thereon. Front plate 614 of drawer body portion 610 may be formed angled to face upward at a predetermined forward angle. The front plate 614 of the drawer body portion 610 can be tilted at an angle the same as the front plate 344 of the front body portion 340 shown in FIG. 23.
[000205] The drawer body portion 610 may have the shape of an open lower side, and the drawer body portion 610 may have a hand strap space S4 formed between the upper side 611, the sides 613, and the front plate 614.
[000206] The 620 drawer cover can be formed into a plate format. Drawer cover 620 may be positioned forward from the front side of the box 10 to the upper side of the box 10 to have the front side 61A angled to face upwards. The front side 61A of the drawer cover 620 may be an inclined surface. Drawer cover 620 may be arranged in front of drawer body portion 610. Drawer cover 620 may have a height the same as a height of window 350, and may be positioned on one side of window 350 shown in FIG. 23. As the drawer cover 620 is positioned on the side of the window 350 shown in FIG. 23, drawer cover 620 can provide a sense of unity with window 350, thereby making the upper side of the garment care apparatus appear luxurious.
[000207] Of course, it is possible to attach the drawer cover 620 to at least one of the drawer body portion 610 and the drawer contour 630 with a fastening element, such as a screw, or with hooking means, such as a hook, or attached with an adhesive member, such as double-sided tape.
[000208] The front side of the window 350 may be the front side 311 of the control panel body 310'.
[000209] The drawer contour 630 may include at least one of an upper side 631, a lower side 632, and a side 634. It is possible that the drawer contour 630 can be arranged to encircle the upper side, the left side and the right side of the drawer body portion 610. The drawer outline 630 may include a pair of opposing sides 634, and the upper side 631, the lower side 632 and a pair of sides 634 may encircle the upper side, the left side and the right side of the drawer body portion 610.
[000210] Drawer contour 630 may have a space S5 formed between upper side 631, lower side 632, and sides 634. Drawer contour 630 may have a hook portion formed therein to retain drawer cover 620 so as not to fall in a frontal direction. The hook portion can be projected from the drawer contour 630 towards space S5. The drawer contour 630 can function as a cover retainer to secure the drawer cover 620 thereto. It is preferred that the drawer contour 630 includes all of the upper side 631, the lower side 632, and the side 634. The upper side 631, the lower side 632, and sides 634 of the drawer contour 630 may encircle the circumference of the cover. of drawer 620.
[000211] Drawer contour 630 may have a layer of metal coated to a surface on the outside thereof. Drawer contour 630 can have chrome coated surface on the outside, which can enhance the ornamental beauty of the garment treatment apparatus.
[000212] In the meantime, the PCB assembly 400 may have at least a portion thereof inserted into the space S2 of the front body portion 340. The PCB assembly 400 may have the light guide mounted to be positioned between the PCB 402 and window 350, at least a portion of the light guide can be positioned in the front space S2 of the front body portion 340, and at least a portion of the PCB cover 404 can be positioned in the rear space S1.
[000213] The smaller a portion of the PCB assembly 400 positioned in the back space S1 and the larger a portion of the PCB assembly 400 positioned in the front space S2, the garment handling apparatus can ensure more empty space in the garment handling apparatus , and therefore, it is preferable that the PCB assembly portion 400 is inserted into the front space S2 of the front body portion 340 as much as possible.
[000214] A garment treatment apparatus according to a third preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 25.
[000215] Referring to FIG. 25, the garment care apparatus may include a PCB assembly 400" having a control panel 30" arranged to pass through an opening 105A formed in the faceplate 105'. And, the 310” control panel body may include a 350” window arranged in the 400” PCB assembly to have a sloping front side to face up. The 310” control panel body may additionally include a 360” contour encircling a 400” PCB assembly circumference and a 350” window circumference, in its entirety.
[000216] Since a configuration and operation of the garment treatment apparatus of the modality is identical or similar to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention, with the exception of the control panel 30", detailed description of the configuration and operation of the clothing treatment apparatus modality clothing will be omitted.
[000217] The PCB assembly 400" may have a front portion the portion in front of the opening 105A, and a rear portion the portion at the rear of the opening 105A. The PCB assembly 400" may have a front side 401 angled at a predetermined angle in one direction to face upwards towards the front.
[000218] Since the 400" PCB assembly may have an identical or similar configuration and operation to the 400 PCB assembly in the second preferred embodiment of the present invention except that the 400" PCB assembly is arranged to pass through the opening 105A formed on faceplate 105', detailed description of configuration and operation will be omitted.
[000219] The 350” window can be arranged in front of the 400” PCB assembly having a front portion projecting forward, and more specifically, in front of the front side 401 of the 400” PCB assembly. Since a configuration and operation of the window 350" is identical or similar to the window 350 in the second preferred embodiment of the present invention except that the window 350" is arranged opposite the front side 401 of the PCB assembly 400", detailed description of the configuration and operation will be omitted.
[000220] As with the second preferred embodiment of the present invention, an outline 360" may include all of the top side 361, bottom 362, and sides 363, and top 361, bottom 362, and sides 363 can encircle a circumference of the 400” PCB assembly and a circumference of the 350” window completely.

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Claims (13)
[0001]
1. Garment treatment apparatus (1) comprising: a box (10) having a garment opening (110) formed therein; a door (20) mounted on the box (10) for opening/closing the garment opening (110); and a control panel (30; 30'; 30'') arranged in the housing (10), wherein the control panel (30; 30'; 30'') includes a control panel body (310; 310''). ; 310'') projecting forward from a faceplate (105; 105'; 105''), and a front side (311) of the control panel body (310; 310'; 310'') is inclined to face upwards; wherein the control panel body (310; 310'; 310'') includes; a front body portion (340) projecting forward from the front plate (105; 105'; 105''), and a window (350) arranged in the front body portion (340) to have the sloping front side facing up; characterized in that a front side of the window (350) is the front side (311) of the front body portion (340), and the control panel body (310; 310'; 310'') includes an outline ( 360) which encircles a circumference of the front body portion (340) and a circumference of the window (350) entirely.
[0002]
2. Garment treatment apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the control panel body (310; 310'; 310'') additionally includes an upper side (314), a lower side (315 ) and two opposing sides (316) exposed to an outside of the garment treatment apparatus (1).
[0003]
3. Garment treatment apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that the control panel body (310; 310'; 310'') has a front/rear underside direction width (315) greater than a top side front/rear steering width (314).
[0004]
4. Garment treatment apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the control panel body (310; 310'; 310'') has a vertical direction height less than a faceplate vertical direction height (105; 105'; 105'').
[0005]
5. Garment treatment apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the front body portion (340) has a space (S1, S2) formed therein, and the control panel (30) ') additionally includes a PCB assembly (400) having at least a portion thereof inserted into the space (S1, S2).
[0006]
A garment treatment apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the door (20) has a portion facing a lower side of the control panel body (310; 310'; 310). '') in a vertical direction.
[0007]
7. Garment treatment apparatus, according to claim 6, characterized in that a gap between the control panel body (310; 310'; 310'') and the door (20) is smaller than one control panel body height (310; 310'; 310'').
[0008]
A garment treatment apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the door (20) has an external frame (220) which forms an external appearance of the door (20), wherein the outer frame (220) is positioned such that at least a portion of the outer frame (220) projects to an outside of the box (10) when the door (20) is closed.
[0009]
A garment care apparatus according to claim 8, characterized in that the outer frame (220) has a hand strap (220C) formed therein facing the underside of the control panel body (310; 310'; 310'') in a vertical direction.
[0010]
10. Garment treatment apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that when the door (20) is closed, the control panel body (310; 310'; 310'') has a greater projecting width in a front/rear direction the same as a larger projecting width in a front/rear direction of the door (20).
[0011]
11. Garment treatment apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that it additionally comprises a drawer panel (61; 61') arranged in the control panel (30; 30'), wherein the drawer panel (61; 61') has an angled side positioned in the same plane with the front side of the control panel body (310; 310').
[0012]
A garment treatment apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that it additionally comprises a drawer panel (61') arranged in the control panel (30'), wherein the drawer panel ( 61') includes; a drawer body portion (610) projecting forwardly, and a drawer cover (620) arranged on the drawer body portion (610) to have an angled side positioned in the same plane with the front side of the drawer body portion (610). control (310').
[0013]
A garment care apparatus according to claim 12, characterized in that the drawer panel (61') additionally includes a drawer outline (630) encircling an upper side, a left side and a right side of the drawer body portion (610) and a circumference of the drawer cover (620) throughout.

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