Abstract
A clothes care apparatus includes: a housing in which a laundry inlet is formed on a front; a tub provided in the housing and configured to store water and including a tub back forming a rear side of the tub; a drum configured to be rotatable in the tub and accommodate laundry; and a drying device disposed above the tub, and configured to remove moisture from air exhausted from the tub and supply heated air to the tub, wherein the tub back includes: a plurality of reinforcing ribs protruding rearward to reinforce a rigidity of the tub back; and a tub duct formed in a portion of the tub back, configured to guide the air exhausted from the tub to the drying device.
Full Text
What is claimed is:
A clothes care apparatus includes: a housing in which a laundry inlet is formed on a front; a tub provided in the housing and configured to store water and including a tub back forming a rear side of the tub; a drum configured to be rotatable in the tub and accommodate laundry; and a drying device disposed above the tub, and configured to remove moisture from air exhausted from the tub and supply heated air to the tub, wherein the tub back includes: a plurality of reinforcing ribs protruding rearward to reinforce a rigidity of the tub back; and a tub duct formed in a portion of the tub back, configured to guide the air exhausted from the tub to the drying device.
Timeline
Filed
06/16/2026Published
10/01/2026Granted
Not AvailableIPC Codes(8)
D06F 37/26:Casings; Tubs
D06F 25/00:Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and for centrifugally separating water from the laundry and having further drying means, e.g. using hot air (control of washing or of washing and drying D06F 33/00, D06F 34/00; domestic laundry dryers D06F 58/00)
D06F 37/04:adapted for rotation or oscillation about a horizontal or inclined axis