Patent ID: 9194072
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: D06F,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A washing machine comprising: a cabinet; a tub provided in the cabinet to hold rinsing water; a drum rotatably provided in the tub; a condensation duct to condense and dehumidify air inside the drum and to re-supply the dehumidified air to the drum; a drain part to discharge the rinsing water held in the tub; a condensate supply part to supply discharging water discharged via the drain part to the condensation duct as condensate, wherein the condensate supply part includes a storage tank to store the discharging water; and a condensate outlet pipe to discharge the condensate having been heat-exchanged and to collect the condensate supplied to the condensation duct via the condensate supply part in the storage tank, the condensate outlet pipe having a first end connected to a lower surface of the condensation duct and a second end connected to the storage tank, wherein the drain part includes a first drain pipe to draw the rinsing water held in the tub to the storage task and a second drain pipe to discharge the discharging water stored in the storage tank to outside the cabinet.