US 12,404,622 B2
Clothes treating apparatus
Junho Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/992,497.
Application 17/992,497 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/014577, filed on Sep. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0000244 (KR), filed on Jan. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0212808 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 39/02 (2006.01); D06F 39/06 (2006.01); D06F 39/10 (2006.01); D06F 105/06 (2020.01); D06F 105/08 (2020.01); D06F 105/42 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 39/085 (2013.01) [D06F 39/022 (2013.01); D06F 39/087 (2013.01); D06F 39/088 (2013.01); D06F 39/06 (2013.01); D06F 39/10 (2013.01); D06F 2105/06 (2020.02); D06F 2105/08 (2020.02); D06F 2105/42 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A clothes treating apparatus comprising:
a cabinet;
a tub in the cabinet and configured to collect wash water;
a circulation device configured to circulate the wash water contained in the tub, and the circulation device comprising:
a circulation pump;
a first circulation path to guide the wash water from the tub to the circulation pump; and
a second circulation path to guide the wash water from the circulation pump to the tub so that the wash water circulates by flowing from the tub to the circulation pump through the first circulation path and flowing back to the tub from the circulation pump through the second circulation path; and
a detergent supply device configured to supply a detergent to the circulation device, the detergent supply device comprising:
a detergent case to store the detergent; and
a detergent pump connected to the detergent case and directly mounted on the first circulation path to supply the stored detergent from the detergent case to the first circulation path, the detergent pump including:
an inlet through which the detergent is introduced from the detergent case; and
an outlet through which the introduced detergent is discharged,
wherein the first circulation path comprises a mixing path mounted with the detergent pump, the mixing path including an inlet which is directly connected to the outlet of the detergent pump to receive the detergent from the detergent case thereby mixing the detergent with the wash water flowing in the first circulation path.