| CPC D06F 73/02 (2013.01) [D06F 58/10 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |
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1. A clothes care apparatus comprising:
a main body;
a care compartment in the main body, and including:
an exhaust port, and
a supply port;
a heat exchanger disposed in the main body;
a blowing fan disposed in the main body and configured to generate airflow that is supplied to the care compartment through the supply port;
an exhaust flow path to guide airflow discharged from the care compartment through the exhaust port to pass through the heat exchanger;
a circulation flow path to communicate with the exhaust flow path to guide airflow from the exhaust flow path to pass through the blowing fan to the supply port;
a bypass opening to connect the care compartment and the circulation flow path; and
a bypass door configured to open and close the bypass opening so that:
when the bypass opening is open, at least a portion of the airflow supplied to the care compartment flows directly from the care compartment into the circulation flow path without passing through the exhaust flow path, and
when the bypass opening is closed, none of the airflow supplied to the care compartment flows directly from the care compartment into the circulation flow path.
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