LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: YOON, Juhan, LEE, Manseok, KIM, Jeongwoong, SHIN, Jinhyouk
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 10.08.2022
• Subjects: FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LAUNDERING; LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE

The present invention discloses a laundry treating apparatus comprising a cabinet (100); a drum (200) rotatably provided in the cabinet (100) to accommodate laundry; a driving unit configured to provide power to rotate the drum (200); a base (800) forming a bottom side of the cabinet (100) and disposed below the drum (200) to provide a space through which air in the drum circulates or in which moisture contained in the air is condensed; and a heat exchange unit (900) comprising a heat exchanger (910, 920) seated on the base to condense the moisture contained in the air or to heat the air and a compressor (930) configured to supply a refrigerant for exchange of heat with the air to the heat exchanger, wherein the base (800) comprises: a circulation flow path part (820) configured to circulate the air in the drum, the circulation flow path part (820) being provided with the heat exchanger (910, 920) disposed therein; a compressor installation part (811) disposed so as to be spaced apart from the circulation flow path part (820), the compressor installation part (811) being configured to allow the compressor (930) to be seated thereon; and a water collection part (860) communicating with the circulation flow path part (820) to collect water condensed by the heat exchanger (910, 920), wherein the driving unit is disposed behind the drum (200) so as to be separate from and spaced apart from the base (800), and wherein the water collection part (860) is disposed such that at least a portion thereof overlaps the compressor installation part (811) in a forward-backward direction.