US 11,932,984 B2
Clothes treating apparatus having drying function
Hyuksoo Lee, Seoul (KR); Seungphyo Ahn, Seoul (KR); and Bio Park, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/865,702.
Application 17/865,702 is a continuation of application No. 17/030,795, filed on Sep. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,421,373.
Application 17/030,795 is a continuation of application No. 15/737,154, granted, now 10,815,610, issued on Oct. 27, 2020, previously published as PCT/KR2016/005401, filed on May 20, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2015-0086803 (KR), filed on Jun. 18, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0349113 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. D06F 58/22 (2006.01); B08B 3/02 (2006.01); B08B 3/14 (2006.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 58/24 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 58/22 (2013.01) [B08B 3/02 (2013.01); B08B 3/14 (2013.01); D06F 58/206 (2013.01); D06F 58/24 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clothes treating apparatus, comprising:
a cabinet;
a drum disposed within the cabinet;
a heat-exchanger configured to exchange heat with air exhausted from the drum, the heat-exchanger including end plates disposed at opposite ends thereof;
a lint filter disposed on an upstream side of the heat-exchanger with respect to a flow direction of the air exhausted from the drum, the lint filter being configured to collect lint in the air exhausted from the drum, the lint filter including:
a frame having at least one opening;
a mesh part disposed in the opening and configured to allow passage of the air exhausted from the drum while restraining passage of lint; and
a heat exchanger coupling part coupled to the heat-exchanger, the heat-exchanger coupling part including a hook coupled to each end plate.