Patent ID: 9567700
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: D06F

Claim:
1. A laundry treating apparatus comprising: a casing; a tub provided in the casing; a rotatable drum provided in the tub; a water supply part provided in the casing to supply water to the rotatable drum; a hot air supply device to supply hot air to the rotatable drum, the hot air supply device comprising a guide duct connected to a lower surface of the tub and an upper surface of the tub to circulate air in the tub, a heating device provided in the guide duct to generate the hot air supplied to the rotatable drum, and a fan provided in the guide duct to blow the generated hot air through the guide duct into an upper portion of the tub; a condensation device provided in the guide duct under the tub to condense dry-cleaning solvent discharged through the guide duct from a lower portion of the tub from a gaseous portion of the dry-cleaning solvent into a liquid form of the dry-cleaning solvent, wherein cooled air separated from the dry-cleaning solvent by having passed the condensation device is moved toward the heating device along the guide duct and heated by the heating device prior to being supplied into the tub; and a solvent supply part to supply the dry-cleaning solvent to the rotatable drum, wherein the solvent supply part comprises a solvent receiving part configured to store the dry-cleaning solvent and connected to a lower portion of the condensation device to store solvent condensate condensed by the condensation device, and a pump connected to the solvent receiving part to supply the dry-cleaning solvent to the rotatable drum via a solvent supply pipe.