Patent ID: 9580857
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: D06F

Claim:
1. A clothes treating apparatus, comprising: a drum configured to accommodate therein an object to be dried; a first flow path of air exhausted from the drum; a second flow path of air supplied into the drum; a first fan provided in the first flow path; a second fan provided in the second flow path; a heat pump system to heat the air supplied into the drum, wherein the heat pump system includes an evaporator provided at the first flow path, a condenser provided at the second flow path, an expander, and a compressor; and a controller configured to control a flow rate of air flowing in the second flow path based on a pressure of a refrigerant in the condenser, wherein the controller is configured to increase a rotational speed of the first fan to increase an amount of air supplied to the condenser when the pressure of the refrigerant in the condenser is more than a predetermined maximum allowable pressure.