US 12,234,598 B2
Clothes care apparatus
Jee Yong Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Yong-Joon Jang, Suwon-si (KR); Sang Yeon Pyo, Suwon-si (KR); and Hong Kwan Cho, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/257,963
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 3, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/008117
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/009464, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0078390 (KR), filed on Jul. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0269965 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. D06F 58/10 (2006.01); A61L 9/20 (2006.01); B01D 39/20 (2006.01); B01D 46/00 (2022.01); B01D 46/44 (2006.01); D06F 58/22 (2006.01); D06F 58/36 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 58/10 (2013.01) [A61L 9/205 (2013.01); B01D 39/2068 (2013.01); B01D 46/0038 (2013.01); B01D 46/0041 (2013.01); B01D 46/44 (2013.01); D06F 58/22 (2013.01); D06F 58/36 (2020.02); A61L 2209/12 (2013.01); A61L 2209/14 (2013.01); A61L 2209/15 (2013.01); B01D 2239/045 (2013.01); B01D 2279/55 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clothes care apparatus comprising:
a blower to cause air to flow;
a flow path through which the air caused to flow by the blower moves; and
a deodorization module configured to purify the air caused to flow by the blower,
wherein
the deodorization module includes:
a ceramic filter provided inside the flow path, and
an ultraviolet light emitter outside of the flow path and facing the ceramic filter, and configured to emit ultraviolet light having an intensity corresponding to a current that is applied to the ultraviolet light emitter and that is adjustable in accordance with an intensity of air volume caused to flow by the blower,
the ceramic filter includes a base material and a catalyst applied on a surface of the base material,
a density of the base material is 0.5 g/ml to 3.0 g/ml and a moisture content of the base material is 5% or less,
the catalyst includes a photocatalyst or a thermal catalyst, and
the deodorization module is configured so that a flow rate of air passing through the ceramic filter is adjustable to 0.5 to 3.0 m/see to obtain a catalytic efficiency being 80% or more.