Patent ID: 11932984
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D  B | IPC B  D

Claim 21:
22. A clothes treating apparatus, comprising:
a cabinet;
a drum provided within the cabinet;
a heat-exchanger configured to exchange heat with air exhausted from the drum;
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 and configured to collect lint in the air, wherein the lint filter includes a frame having at least one opening, and a mesh part provided in the opening and configured to allow passage of air while restraining passage of lint;
a diffuser disposed on a downstream side of the lint filter with respect to the flow direction of the air;
a spray tube configured to spray water on the lint filter or the heat-exchanger such that the lint collected in the lint filter is separated from the lint filter or the lint collected on the heat-exchanger is separated from the heat-exchanger; and
a lint collecting part provided below the lint filter or below the heat-exchanger to collect the separated lint,
wherein the mesh part is disposed to be inclined with respect to a vertical direction of the cabinet,
wherein the spray tube is configured to spray the water on a front surface or a rear surface of the lint filter, or on an upstream side end region of the heat-exchanger along the flow direction of the air exhausted from the drum,
wherein the spray tube includes:
a first spray part configured to spray a first portion of the water on the lint filter; and
a second spray part configured to spray a second portion of the water on the heat-exchanger, and

wherein the diffuser includes the first spray part and the second spray part.