MUMBAI, India, Sept. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617072340 A) filed by Lg Electronics Inc. on June 11, 2026, for Clothes Treatment Apparatus.
Inventors include Cho, Sangho; Kim, Jihoon; Nam, Kyoungsik; and Ko, Cheolsoo.
The application for the patent was published on September 18, 2026, under issue no. 38/2026.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes treatment apparatus capable of effectively condensing moisture by setting at least one of arrangement, shape and area of an evaporator to be different from that of a condenser, the apparatus comprising: a drying body including a cabinet, which has an opening in through which clothes are put, and a drum, which is disposed inside the cabinet so as to accommodate the clothes; a drying module including a case, which is disposed behind the cabinet so as to communicate with the cabinet, a passage formation part, which forms a passage that guides the air discharged from the drum back to the drum inside the case, an evaporator, which is disposed inside the passage formation part so as to cool the air, and a condenser, which heats the air having passed through the evaporator; and a duct module including a duct body, which is disposed below the drum and in front of the passage formation part so that the air discharged from the drum flows thereinto, and a fan accommodation part in which a circulation fan disposed behind the duct body so as to move the air to the passage formation part is mounted, wherein the passage formation part is disposed to extend in the height direction inside the case, the evaporator is disposed below the condenser, and the lower surface of the evaporator is inclined.
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