Patent Publication Number: US-11649581-B2

Title: Clothes treating apparatus

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S) 
     This application is based on and claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) of a Japanese patent application number 2019-239542, filed on Dec. 27, 2019, in the Japan Patent Office, and of a Korean patent application number 10-2020-0155335, filed on Nov. 19, 2020, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of each of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. 
     BACKGROUND 
     1. Field 
     The disclosure relates to a clothes treating apparatus for treating clothes such as shirts hung in the apparatus. 
     2. Description of Related Art 
     As a method for smoothing out wrinkles in clothing, there is a method of using a dummy having a cavity. According to the method, the wrinkles of clothes are smoothed out by putting the clothes on a dummy formed with a balloon, etc. and providing steam or dry air inside the dummy. However, because clothes are put on the dummy, clothes to which the method can be applied are limited in size or design. 
     A method of smoothing out the wrinkles of clothes by motion of a hanger on which the clothes are hung is known. However, the method has a disadvantage in view of a wrinkle removal effect because clothes might swing slightly even when the hanger swings strongly. Also, the method has disadvantages in that it causes great vibrations and noise. 
     A method of hanging clothes on a hanger and providing warm air is known. For example, a wrinkle removal dryer including a hanger body may have a substantially inverse ‘Y’ shape. In the wrinkle removal dryer, outlets open at lower portions of both shoulders of the hanger body extending to the left and right sides, and warm air is provided from the outlets. 
     However, thick clothing may hang down at the sleeves due to its weight and so might not be easily ventilated, so that it is difficult to dry the thick clothing A clothes drying hanger for efficiently drying thick clothes is known and includes a plate-shaped member having air holes, and a pair of separating plates inclined downward from left and right sides of the plate-shaped member. 
     After clothes are put on the hanger, warm air is supplied upward from the plate-shaped member at the collar. Accordingly, a part of the warm air is supplied to the body portion through the air holes and the remaining part of the warm air is distributed to the separating plates to be supplied to the left and right sleeves. 
     A plurality of such hangers hang in parallel inside a clothes dryer having a specific structure. Accordingly, the hangers can dry a plurality of pieces of clothes at once. 
     The present inventors have found that wetting (the process is not required in the case that clothes got wet in advance, for example, after dehydration by a washing machine) clothes and sufficiently moving the entire clothes such that the clothes flap during a drying process is effective to smooth out wrinkles of the clothes (i.e., using a flapping effect). 
     In contrast, the wrinkle removal dryer of the related art has difficulties in obtaining the flapping effect because warm air is provided from the nearly entire lower portions of both shoulder portions so that strong wind (airflow) does not pass through the center of the body portion. Although increasing air volume can improve the flapping effect, increasing air volume results in disadvantages of increased noise and increased power consumption. 
     In this sense, the hanger of the related art can distribute air entered into clothes to the left and right sleeves and the body portion. However, the hanger simply distributes air volume, which is accompanied by a reduction of air volume. Furthermore, the warm air that enters the inside of the clothes collides with the plate-shaped member and then is distributed to both the sleeves. 
     Accordingly, wind power of the warm air distributed to the sleeves is further weakened. That is, the hanger of the related art cannot provide the flapping effect although it can dry thick clothes. Also, increasing air volume results in disadvantages of increased noise and increased power consumption, like the wrinkle removal dryer. 
     The above information is presented as background information only to assist with an understanding of the disclosure. No determination has been made, and no assertion is made, as to whether any of the above might be applicable as prior art with regard to the disclosure. 
     SUMMARY 
     Aspects of the disclosure are to address at least the above-mentioned problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages described below. Accordingly, as aspect of the disclosure is to provide a clothes treating apparatus capable of effectively performing wrinkle removal by causing clothes to flap. 
     Additional aspects will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the presented embodiments. 
     In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure, a clothes treating apparatus is provided. The clothes treating apparatus includes a closet in which a hanger is installed, and capable of automatically smoothing out wrinkles of clothes hung on the hanger. 
     The clothes treating apparatus may include a blower unit configured to blow wind to inside of the clothes through the hanger. 
     The hanger may include a supporter extending downward from an air vent positioned in a ceiling of the closet, wherein a wind receiving space receiving wind sent from the blower unit is formed inside the supporter, and a shoulder supporter extending in opposite directions from a lower portion of the supporter, wherein a wind discharging space connected to the wind receiving space is formed inside the shoulder supporter. 
     Also, a body wind path for blowing wind toward a body portion of the clothes and a pair of sleeve wind paths for blowing wind toward a pair of sleeves of the clothes may be formed in the wind discharging space, and an enlarged wind path portion of which a wind path is gradually enlarged downstream may be formed at an exit of the body wind path. 
     That is, the clothes treating apparatus may have a function of automatically smoothing out wrinkles of clothes hung on the hanger installed in the closet by humidifying or air-conditioning the closet in response to a control of a button, etc. That is, wind may blow to inside of the clothes hung on the hanger through the wind receiving space in which a wind path for blowing wind toward a body portion of the clothes and a wind path for blowing wind toward sleeves of the clothes are formed. 
     Accordingly, because wind blows stably to the body portion and sleeves of the clothes, wrinkle removal may be performed uniformly. 
     Also, because the enlarged wind path portion is formed in a diffuser shape at the exit of the body wind path, air at an entrance of the body wind path may be sucked strongly to the exit so that a flow of air at the entrance is accelerated by so-called the Venturi effect (i.e., according to Bernoulli&#39;s theorem) and a large amount of air (wind) may efficiently enter the body wind path. 
     Accordingly, the body portion and sleeves of the clothes may efficiently flap with limited air volume. As a result, the wrinkles of the clothes may be effectively smoothed out. 
     The clothes treating apparatus may also include an inhaled air receiving portion which is formed at the entrance of the body wind path and of which a wind path is gradually enlarged upstream. 
     Flow separation may be suppressed at the entrance so that air (wind) is more smoothly introduced, thereby further improving the Venturi effect. Accordingly, wind may be more efficiently introduced to the body wind path. 
     Also, the clothes treating apparatus may include a rib positioned on the enlarged wind path portion and extending along the body wind path. 
     The rib may suppress flow separation in the diffuser shape to cause air to be sucked more strongly to the exit. 
     The clothes treating apparatus may also include a pair of partition walls that partition the body wind path from the sleeve wind paths in the wind discharging space, and, by the pair of partition walls, entrances of the sleeve wind paths may diverge from the entrance of the body wind path at a boundary between the wind receiving space and the wind discharging space. 
     Thereby, wind may be efficiently introduced to the sleeve wind paths and the body wind path. 
     In the clothes treating apparatus, because exits of the sleeve wind paths are respectively positioned at both ends of the shoulder supporters, the exits of the sleeve wind paths may be located below the entrances. 
     Accordingly, wind flowing along the sleeve wind paths may be smoothly guided to the exits, thereby suppressing deterioration of wind power. 
     In the clothes treating apparatus, the entrances of the body wind path and the sleeve wind paths may face an opening of the air vent in the up-down direction through the wind receiving space. 
     Accordingly, wind entered through the air vent may be rectified in the wind receiving space, and enter the body wind path and the sleeve wind paths in the state in which wind power is maintained. 
     Also, in the clothes treating apparatus, the exits of the sleeve wind paths may be smaller than the entrances of the sleeve wind paths. 
     Accordingly, wind entered the sleeve wind paths may spurt strongly from the exits. 
     Also, the clothes treating apparatus may include a foreign material removing portion formed in an upper portion of the supporter and configured to send a part of wind sent from the air vent toward an upper portion of the shoulder supporter. 
     Thereby, the wind may blow away foreign materials (for example, hair, dandruff, etc.) collected on shoulder portions of the clothes. 
     The clothes treating apparatus may include a plurality of air vents, and further include an air nozzle detachably attached to one(s) of the air vents together with the hanger. By installing the hanger in one of the air vents being adjacent to each other and installing the air nozzle in the other one of the air vents, the air nozzle may blow wind toward the upper portion of the shoulder supporter of the hanger. 
     Therefore, an effect of removing foreign materials collected on the clothes may be improved. Also, by spraying wind to the outer side of the clothes, an additional effect may be applied to a flapping effect of the clothes. Accordingly, a clothes treating effect may be further improved. 
     The clothes treating apparatus may further include a humidification unit for humidifying the closet, and an air conditioner unit for conditioning air of the closet. 
     Other aspects, advantages, and salient features of the disclosure will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, which, taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, discloses various embodiments of the disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The above and other aspects, features, and advantages of certain embodiments of the disclosure will be more apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: 
         FIG.  1    is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of a clothes treating apparatus, wherein a right drawing is a front view of the clothes treating apparatus (door is not illustrated) and a left drawing is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line X-X of the right drawing according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  2 A  is a schematic diagram illustrating inside of a lower space from the left according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  2 B  is a schematic diagram illustrating the inside of the lower space from the right according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  3    is a block diagram illustrating a controller and main devices related to the controller according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  4    is an exploded perspective diagram schematically illustrating a structure of a filter according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  5    is a schematic perspective diagram illustrating a hanger according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  6    is a schematic cross-sectional diagram illustrating a state in which a hanger is attached to a ceiling surface of a closet according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  7    is a schematic diagram illustrating a case of blowing air to a hanger on which clothes are hung according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  8 A  is a schematic perspective diagram illustrating a dual type air nozzle according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  8 B  is a schematic perspective diagram illustrating a single type air nozzle according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  9    is a schematic perspective diagram illustrating a use example of a dual type air nozzle according to an embodiment of the disclosure; and 
         FIG.  10    is time charts of main devices for describing a control example of wrinkle removal that is performed by a clothes treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     Throughout the drawings, like reference numerals will be understood to refer to like parts, components, and structures. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The following description with reference to the accompanying drawings is provided to assist in a comprehensive understanding of various embodiments of the disclosure as defined by the claims and their equivalents. It includes various specific details to assist in that understanding but these are to be regarded as merely exemplary. Accordingly, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that various changes and modifications of the various embodiments described herein can be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the disclosure. In addition, descriptions of well-known functions and constructions may be omitted for clarity and conciseness. 
     The terms and words used in the following description and claims are not limited to the bibliographical meanings, but, are merely used by the inventor to enable a clear and consistent understanding of the disclosure. Accordingly, it should be apparent to those skilled in the art that the following description of various embodiments of the disclosure is provided for illustration purpose only and not for the purpose of limiting the disclosure as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents. 
     It is to be understood that the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, for example, reference to “a component surface” includes reference to one or more of such surfaces. 
     Structure of Clothes Treating Apparatus 
       FIG.  1    is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of a clothes treating apparatus  1  to which the disclosure is applied according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Referring to  FIG.  1   , the clothes treating apparatus  1  may be installed in, for example, a dressing room, a bathroom, a closet, and the like. Also, the clothes treating apparatus  1  may automatically smooth out wrinkles of clothes (tops) C, such as jackets, shirts, etc., in the state in which the clothes are hung on a hanger  30 . 
     Also, the clothes treating apparatus  1  may perform a process of removing foreign materials collected on the clothes C or a bad smell of the clothes C and/or sterilizing the clothes C. That is, the clothes treating apparatus  1  may automatically perform wrinkle removal, foreign material removal, etc. in response to an instruction received through a button control, etc. corresponding to a kind or material of the clothes C. 
     The clothes treating apparatus  1  may be in a shape of a long box that stands in a vertical direction. The clothes treating apparatus  1  may include a main body  2  that opens at the front side, and a door  3  that rotates to open or close the front side of the main body  2 . Inside the clothes treating apparatus  1 , a closet  4  may be formed to accommodate clothes C. On a front surface of the door  3 , a control panel  8  configured with a button, a touch screen, etc. may be mounted (see  FIG.  3   ). 
     In a lower portion of the main body  2 , a lower space  21  may be provided. In an upper portion of the main body  2 , an upper space  22  may be provided. In the upper space  22 , a blower unit  60  may be installed. In the lower space  21 , a humidification unit  70  and an air conditioner unit  80  may be installed. The closet  4  may be partitioned between the lower space  21  and the upper space  22 . On a ceiling surface of the closet  4 , a hanger  30  may be attached. In the clothes treating apparatus  1 , three hangers  30  may be detachably attached. Examples about each hanger  30  will be described later. However, the number of the hangers  30  that are attachable to the clothes treating apparatus  1  is not limited. 
     In a bottom of the closet  4 , a steam ejecting opening  5 , an air ejecting opening  6 , and an inhalation opening  7  may be formed. More particularly, the steam ejecting opening  5  and the air ejecting opening  6  may be positioned in a front-rear direction in a rear area of the bottom inclined downward toward a front direction. The inhalation opening  7  may be formed in a front area of the bottom, which is substantially flat. 
       FIG.  2 A  is a schematic diagram illustrating inside of a lower space from the left according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
       FIG.  2 B  is a schematic diagram illustrating the inside of the lower space from the right according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Referring to  FIGS.  2 A and  2 B , the humidification unit  70  may be configured with a water supply tank  71 , a steam generator  72 , and a water supply pump  73 . The air conditioner unit  80  may be configured with a drain tank  81 , a circulating fan  82 , a circulating duct  83 , and a heat exchanger  84 . The humidification unit  70  may humidify the closet  4 . The air conditioner unit  80  may adjust temperature of air of the closet  4 . 
     Referring to  FIG.  1   , the drain tank  81  and the water supply tank  71  may be positioned in a front area of the lower space  21 . The drain tank  81  and the water supply tank  71  may be detachable from the main body  2 . Water stored in the water supply tank  71  may be sent to the steam generator  72  by a water supply pump  73 . The steam generator  72  may heat the water through a heater to generate a steam of high-temperature (for example, 100° C.). 
     The steam generated by the steam generator  72  may be supplied to the closet  4  through the steam ejecting opening  5 , as represented by dotted arrows in  FIGS.  2 A and  2 B . The steam may be diffused to the inside of the closet  4  by wind generated by the circulating fan  82  of the air conditioner unit  80 . 
     The heat exchanger  84  may be configured with a compressor  841 , a condenser  842 , and an evaporator  843 . The circulating duct  83  may form a wind path through which air flows to the closet  4  from the lower space  21 . The circulating fan  82  may generate wind power for circulating air of the closet  4 . 
     That is, as represented by solid line arrows in  FIGS.  2 A and  2 B , the circulating fan  82  may inhale air of the closet  4  through the inhalation opening  7  to introduce the air to the circulating duct  83 , and eject the air introduced to the circulating duct  83  to the closet  4  through the air ejecting opening  6 . The air ejected from the air ejecting opening  6  may move upward to traverse the closet  4 . The air may arrive at a front and upper space of the closet  4  and fall down to be inhaled to the inhalation opening  7 . 
     The heat exchanger  84  may adjust temperature and humidity of air introduced to the lower space  21  by the circulating fan  82 . The heat exchanger  84  may dehumidify and dry air. Also, the heat exchanger  84  may heat air to generate warm air. Accordingly, the circulating fan  82  and the heat exchanger  84  may operate to eject dry and warm air to the closet  4 . Condensed water discharged from the air conditioner unit  80  may be sent to the drain tank  81  by a drain pump  85 . 
     In a rear area of the lower space  21 , a controller  10  configured with a central processing unit (CPU), a memory, etc. may be installed. The controller  10  may install a control program, etc. to control operations of individual devices included in the clothes treating apparatus  1  according to a control of the control panel  8 . 
       FIG.  3    illustrates the controller  10  and main devices for inputting/outputting signals to/from the controller  10  according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Referring to  FIG.  3   , the controller  10  may be electrically connected to the control panel  8 , the humidification unit  70 , the air conditioner unit  80 , and the blower unit  60 . The controller  10  may select and execute a predefined operation program based on an input signal from the control panel  8 . The controller  10  may output electrical signals to the humidification unit  70 , the air conditioner unit  80 , and the blower unit  60 , respectively, according to the operation program, and control operations of the humidification unit  70 , the air conditioner unit  80 , and the blower unit  60 . 
     Referring to  FIG.  1   , the blower unit  60  may be configured with a filter  61 , a blowing fan  62 , a blowing duct  63 , and an air vent  64 . The blowing duct  63  may include a downstream duct  631  positioned in the upper space  22  of the closet  4 , and a upstream duct  681  positioned behind a rear surface of the closet  4 . 
     The blowing fan  62  may be installed between the upstream duct  681  and the downstream duct  631 . As a result of an operation of the blowing fan  62 , a flow (wind) of air toward the downstream duct  631  from the upstream duct  681  may be formed, as represented by a solid line arrow in  FIG.  1   . 
     At an upstream portion of the upstream duct  681 , a vent  633  communicating with the closet  4  may be formed. The vent  633  may be positioned at an upper area of the rear surface of the closet  4 . The vent  633  may be formed in a shape of a rectangle having a nearly same horizontal width as that of the closet  4 . A plate-shaped filter  61  being in a shape of a rectangle may be installed on the rear surface of the closet  4  to cover the vent  633 . 
     Accordingly, a horizontal width of the filter  61  may be at least greater than that of the vent  633  and smaller than that of the rear surface of the closet  4 . Also, a vertical width of the filter  61  may be greater than that of the vent  633 . 
       FIG.  4    is an exploded perspective diagram schematically illustrating a structure of a filter according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Referring to  FIG.  4   , the filter  61  may be configured with a filter material  611  for removing foreign materials, and a filter cover  612  for covering the filter material  611 . The filter cover  612  may include a front inhalation portion  6121  in which a plurality of slits are formed in a lattice form in a plurality of blades, and a side inhalation portion  6122  in which a plurality of slits are formed by a plurality of ribs. A flange portion protruding in the front direction from the side inhalation portion  6122  may be formed along edges of the front inhalation portion  6121 . The front inhalation portion  6121  may have any other shape through which air enters. The front inhalation portion  6121  may open to the closet  4  in the front direction, and the side inhalation portion  6122  may open to the closet  4  in the up, down, left, and right directions. Accordingly, air of the closet  4  may be inhaled to inside of the filter  61  through the front and side portions of the filter  61 . 
     Air inhaled to the filter  61  may pass through the filter material  611  so that foreign materials such as dust may be removed from the air. The purified air from which foreign materials have been removed may enter the upstream duct  681  through the vent  633  and be sent to the downstream duct  631 . A plurality of air vents  64  (in the current embodiment, three air vents) communicating with the closet  4  may be formed at a downstream portion of the downstream duct  631 . The air vents  64  may be positioned side by side at intervals in a horizontal width direction (a left-right direction) of the closet  4 . 
     Referring to  FIG.  6   , each air vent  64  may include an opening  641  formed at the ceiling of the closet  4 , and a connecting portion  642  integrated into the opening  641 . The opening  641  and the connecting portion  642  may be substantially in a shape of a rectangle extending in the front-rear direction. The hanger  30  on which clothes C are hung may be detachably attached to the air vent  64  through the connecting portion  642 . Accordingly, as shown in  FIG.  7   , the air sent to the downstream duct  631  may blow to inside of the clothes C through the hanger  30  attached to the air vent  64 . 
     Hanger  30   
       FIGS.  5  and  6    illustrate the hanger  30  according to various embodiments of the disclosure. 
     Referring to  FIGS.  5  and  6   , the hanger  30  may be a resin molded product. The hanger  30  may have an outer appearance of a substantially inverse Y shape, and have a cavity. More particularly, the hanger  30  attached to the connecting portion  642  may extend downward from the ceiling surface of the closet  4 , and include a supporter  31  having a horizontal width (width in front-rear direction) that is greater than a vertical width (a width in left-right direction), and a shoulder supporter  32  slightly inclined downward from a lower portion of the supporter  31  and extending from both sides of the supporter  31 . 
     The supporter  31  may be in a shape of a cylinder, and a wind receiving space  41  of which a cross section is an oval shape may be formed inside the supporter  31 . A connector  33  which is in a shape of a thin plate may be provided at a top of the supporter  31 . The connector  33  may be in a shape of a rectangle extending in the horizontal width direction. The connector  33  may have the nearly same shape and size as those of the connecting portion  642 . The supporter  31  may be detachably attached to the connecting portion  642  by concave-convex coupling. 
     At an upper end of the supporter  31 , a groove portion  34  which is concave upward may be formed. Referring to  FIG.  6   , each groove portion  34  may be more gently curved at the lower area. At the connector  33 , a pair of through holes  331  may be formed to face the groove portion  34  in the up-down direction. An area of each through hole  331  may be smaller than that of an upper opening of the wind receiving space  41  (about ¼ or ⅕). 
     By attaching the connector  33  to the connecting portion  642  to install the hanger  30  in the closet  4 , wind sent to the blower unit  60  through the air vent  64  may be sent to the hanger  30 . A main portion of the wind may enter the wind receiving space  41 . Also, a part of the wind may enter each groove portion  34  through each through hole  331 . The through hole  331  and the groove portion  34  may construct a “foreign material removing portion,” which will be described later. 
     One end of the shoulder supporter  32  may have a cross section of a substantially inverse U shape. Inside the shoulder supporter  32 , a wind discharging space  42  connected to the wind receiving space  41  may be formed. Also, a partition wall  35  may be provided below the wind discharging space  42 . The partition wall  35  may partition a body wind path  43  for blowing wind toward a body portion of clothes C from a pair of sleeve wind paths  44  for blowing wind toward sleeves of the clothes C. 
     The partition wall  35  may be coupled with a lower portion of the shoulder supporter  32 . However, unlike the current embodiment, the shoulder supporter  32  and the partition wall  35  may be integrated into one body. The wind discharging space  42  may be defined by the shoulder supporter  32  and the partition wall  35 . 
     The partition wall  35  may extend along the lower portion of the shoulder supporter  32 . The partition wall  35  may include a sleeve guide wall  351  extending inward from both ends of the shoulder supporter  32  in such a way to be inclined slightly upward, and a body guide wall  352  connected to the sleeve guide wall  351  and extending upward. A pair of body guide walls  352  may be provided, wherein ends of the body guide walls  352  may be positioned at locations at which the shoulder supporter  32  diverges from the supporter  31 , and may face each other with a preset interval. 
     Accordingly, entrances  441  of the sleeve wind paths  44  may diverge from an entrance  431  of the body wind path  43  at a boundary between the wind receiving space  41  and the wind discharging space  42  in the state in which the entrances  441  of the sleeve wind paths  44  are aligned with the entrance  431  of the body wind path  43  in a horizontal direction. The body wind path  43  may be positioned between the sleeve body paths  44 , and a center in horizontal width direction of the body wind path  43  may be nearly identical to a center in horizontal width direction of the hanger  30 . The sleeve body paths  44  may be symmetrical to each other with respect to a center line thereof. 
     Also, the entrances  441  and  431  of the body wind path  43  and the sleeve wind paths  44  may face the opening  641  of the air vent  64  in the up-down direction through the wind receiving space  41 . Accordingly, wind entered through the air vent  64  may be rectified in the wind receiving space  41 , and enter the body wind path  43  and the sleeve wind paths  44  in the state in which wind power is maintained. Also, the body wind path  43  and the sleeve wind paths  44  may be considered to have structures in which wind power sent to the body wind path  43  and the sleeve wind paths  44  does not lose its velocity. 
     Enlarged Wind Path Portion  45 , Inhaled Air Receiving Portion  46   
     At an exit of the body wind path  43  positioned between the sleeve wind paths  44 , an enlarged wind path portion  45  of which a wind path is enlarged downstream may be provided. More particularly, lower portions of the body guide walls  352  and upper portions of the sleeve guide walls  351  extending from the lower portions of the body guide walls  352  may construct the enlarged wind path portion  45 , and the enlarged wind path portion  45  may be formed in a shape (a diffuser shape) of which a horizontal width increases gradually. 
     Accordingly, air at the entrance of the body wind path  43  may be sucked strongly to the exit so that a flow of air at the entrance is accelerated by so-called the Venturi effect and a large amount of air (wind) may efficiently enter the body wind path  43 . In addition, the entrances  441  of the sleeve wind paths  44  may be enlarged so that wind may also efficiently enter the sleeve wind paths  44 . Exits of the sleeve wind paths  44  may be respectively positioned at both ends of the shoulder supporter  32  located below the entrances  441 , as shown in  FIGS.  5  and  6   . 
     More particularly, openings (sleeve spurting openings  442 ) may be formed below the ends of the shoulder supporter  32  connected to ends of the sleeve guide walls  351 . Accordingly, wind entered each sleeve wind path  44  may be guided to flow along the sleeve guide wall  351  and spurt from the sleeve spurting opening  442 . The wind flowing along each sleeve wind path  44  may flow smoothly to maintain its wind velocity because the wind flows nearly without resistance. 
     Accordingly, a wind velocity reduction of the body wind path  43  and the sleeve wind paths  44  may be suppressed so that wind may effectively enter the body wind path  43  and the sleeve wind paths  44 . 
     Also, an inhaled air receiving portion  46  may be formed at the entrance of the body wind path  43  such that the body wind path  43  is enlarged upstream. More particularly, upper portions of the body guide walls  352  may construct the inhaled air receiving portion  46 , and the inhaled air receiving portion  46  may be formed in a shape of which a horizontal width increases gradually. However, a degree of enlargement of the inhaled air receiving portion  46  may be smaller than that of the enlarged wind path portion  45 . By forming the inhaled air receiving portion  46 , the Venturi effect may be further improved by a synergy effect with the enlarged wind path portion  45 . Accordingly, wind may more efficiently enter the body wind path  43 . 
     In addition, a plurality of ribs (in the current embodiment, two ribs)  36  may be provided on the enlarged wind path portion  45  to extend along the body wind path  43 . The ribs  36  may suppress flow separation in the diffuser shape to cause air to be sucked more strongly to the exit. 
     Also, the sleeve spurting openings  442  of the sleeve wind paths  44  may be smaller than the entrances  441  of the sleeve wind paths  44 . Accordingly, wind entered the sleeve wind paths  44  may spurt strongly from the sleeve spurting openings  442 .  FIG.  7    illustrates a case of blowing air to the hanger  30  on which clothes C are hung. Wind entered the body wind path  43  may strongly enter a body portion of the clothes C and flow toward an end of the clothes C, as represented by an arrow A 1 . 
     Together with the flow of the wind, a local flow of wind may be formed inside the body portion so that the body portion of the clothes C may flap. As a result, wrinkles of the body portion of the clothes C may be effectively smoothed out. 
     Likewise, wind entered the sleeve wind paths  44  may flow strongly along sleeves of the clothes C, as represented by an arrow A 2 . Thereby, the sleeves of the clothes C may also flap. As a result, wrinkles of the sleeves of the clothes C may be effectively smoothed out. 
     Also, at the supporter  31  of the hanger  30 , the through holes  331  and the groove portions  34  constructing the foreign material removing portion may be provided. Accordingly, a part of wind sent to the hanger  30  may be received by the groove portions  34  through the through holes  331  and thus move toward an upper outer surface of the shoulder supporter  32 , as represented by an arrow A 3  in  FIG.  7   . As a result, the wind may blow away foreign materials (for example, hair, dandruff, etc.) collected on shoulder portions of the clothes C. 
       FIG.  7    is a schematic diagram illustrating a case of blowing air to a hanger on which clothes are hung according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Also, referring to  FIG.  7   , there may be a case that, as a result of flapping of the clothes C hung on the hanger  30 , the clothes C contacts a front surface of the filter  61 . In this case, the clothes C may be adsorbed on the front inhalation portion  6121  of the filter cover  612 . The front inhalation portion  6121  of the filter cover  612  may be clogged so that power of wind blowing from the blower unit  60  may deteriorate and a shape of the filter cover  612  may be imprinted on the clothes C. 
     Against such clogging of the front inhalation portion  6121 , the side inhalation portion  6122  may be formed along the edges of the filter cover  612  of the clothes treating apparatus  1 , as described above. Because a horizontal width of the filter  61  is nearly equal to a horizontal width of the closet  4 , the side inhalation portion  6122  may be prevented from being clogged with the clothes C although the clothes C flaps. Also, the flange portion may prevent the clothes C from being entangled in the side inhalation portion  6122 . Accordingly, although the clothes C flaps to contact the front inhalation portion  6121 , the clothes C may be prevented from being adsorbed so that the blower unit  60  may output stable wind power and the shape of the filter cover  612  may be prevented from being imprinted on the clothes C due to such adsorption. 
     Air Nozzle 
     According to the current embodiment, three air vents  64  may be provided in the closet  4  of the clothes treating apparatus  1 , and the hanger  30  may be installed in each of the air vents  64 . Accordingly, it may be possible to simultaneously smooth out wrinkles of three pieces of clothes C. Also, the clothes treating apparatus  1  may include an air nozzle  90  as a component together with the hanger  30 . 
       FIGS.  8 A and  8 B  illustrate air nozzles  90  according to various embodiments of the disclosure.  FIG.  8 A  illustrates a dual type air nozzle  90 , and  FIG.  8 B  illustrates a single type air nozzle  90 . Each of the air nozzles  90  may include a connector  91 , a nozzle body  92 , and a nozzle cover  93 . The connector  91  may have the same structure as the connector  33  of the hanger  30 , and may be detachably attached to the connecting portion  642 . The nozzle body  92  may be in a shape of a cylinder having a long horizontal width. The nozzle cover  93  may cover a protruding end of the nozzle body  92  to block an entrance of the nozzle body  92 . 
     Referring to  FIGS.  8 A and  8 B , in the dual type air nozzle  90 , two spurting openings  931  may be formed side by side in the horizontal width direction. In the single type air nozzle  90 , a spurting opening  931  may be formed at one side in horizontal width direction of a nozzle cover  93 . 
     An inner surface of the nozzle cover  93  may be curved. Accordingly, wind entered the nozzle body  92  may be guided along the inner surface of the nozzle cover  93  to spurt in a preset direction from the spurting opening  931 . 
       FIG.  9    illustrates a use example of the dual type air nozzle  90  according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Referring to  FIG.  9   , the air nozzle  90  may be used together with the hanger  30 . That is, the hanger  30  may be installed in a center one (a center air vent  64   c ) of the three air vents  64 . Two air nozzles  90  may be respectively installed in the remaining two air vents  64  (side air vents  64   s ) being adjacent to the center air vent  64   c  such that the spurting openings  931  are positioned toward the hanger  30 . 
     By installing the air nozzles  90  in this way, wind spurting from the spurting openings  931  may move toward both upper portions of the shoulder supporters  32  of the hanger  30 , which is shown by dotted arrows in  FIG.  9   . In the case of the dual type air nozzle  90 , wind may spurt toward the upper portions of the shoulder supporter  32  from one air nozzle  90 . More particularly, wind may traverse a neck of clothes C hung on the hanger  30  and spurt toward shoulder portions of the clothes C. 
     In the case of the single type air nozzle  90 , wind may spurt from the air nozzle  90  toward one upper portion of the shoulder supporter  32 . By installing two single type air nozzles  90 , wind may spurt from the respective air nozzles  90  toward the respective upper portions of the shoulder supporter  90 . 
     By using a combination of such air nozzles  90  for the hanger  30 , an effect of removing foreign materials collected on clothes C may be improved. Also, by blowing wind to an outer side of the clothes C, the clothes C may flap more. Thereby, an effect of caring the clothes C may be raised. A direction in which wind spurts from the spurting opening  931  of the air nozzle  90  may change according to a specification. For example, the spurting opening  931  of the air nozzle  90  may be positioned toward a center portion in horizontal width direction of the hanger  30  such that wind contacts a back of clothes C. 
     Control Example of the Clothes Treating Apparatus  1   
       FIG.  10    illustrates a control example of wrinkle removal that is performed by the clothes treating apparatus  1  according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Referring to  FIG.  10   , a user may supply water to the water supply tank  71  and drain water stored in the drain tank  81  before operating the clothes treating apparatus  1 . The user may hang clothes C on the hanger  30  installed in the closet  4  and close the door  3 . The user may control the control panel  8  to select a mode that is suitable for the clothes C, and start an operation of the clothes treating apparatus  1 . 
     Accordingly, the controller  10  may execute a treating process configured with a humidification operation and a drying operation. More particularly, the controller  10  may operate the humidification unit  70 . Thereby, water stored in the water supply tank  71  may be sent to the steam generator  72  via the water supply pump  73 . The steam generator  72  may heat the water to generate a steam of high temperature (for example, 100° C.). The steam generated by the steam generator  72  may be sprayed to the closet  4  through the steam ejecting opening  5 . 
     The controller  10  may operate the circulating fan  82  of the air conditioner unit  80  simultaneously with or a little later than the spraying of the steam. The controller  10  may operate the circulating fan  82  a little later than the spraying of the steam to suppress dew condensation and efficiently humidify the clothes C. 
     A revolutions per minute (rpm) of the circulating fan  82  may be controllable, and, in the control example, the rpm of the circulating fan  82  may be controlled to a high level and a low level. The controller  10  may operate the circulating fan  82  at a low rpm. Thereby, the steam may be diffused to the inside of the closet  4  by wind generated by the circulating fan  82 . Accordingly, after a preset time elapses, the clothes C may become appropriately humid, and the controller  10  may change the humidification operation to the drying operation. 
     In the drying operation, the controller  10  may stop operating the humidification unit  70 . The controller  10  may raise the rpm of the circulating fan  82  to operate the heat exchanger  84 . Accordingly, air passed through the heat exchanger  84  may be dehumidified and dried. Also, while the air is heated, warm air may be generated so that dried warm wind may spurt to the closet  4 . As a result, air of the closet  4  may be exchanged to gradually get dried. 
     Also, in the drying operation, the controller  10  may operate the blower unit  60 . A rpm of the blower unit  60  installed in the upper space  22  may be controllable, and may be controlled to an optimal rpm according to a material of clothes or a progress of operations. In the control example, the optimal rpm may be a preset rpm. Accordingly, air of the closet  4 , passed through the filter  61 , may blow to the inside of the clothes C through the hanger  30 . Accordingly, the clothes C may flap. During the drying operation, the blower unit  60  may operate at all times so that the clothes C may be gradually dried while flapping. As a result, wrinkles of the clothes C may be effectively removed. 
     After a preset time elapses, the clothes C may be completely dried so that the controller  10  may stop operating, and notify that the treating process has terminated through an alarm such as ringing a buzzer. As such, according to the clothes treating apparatus  1 , because deterioration of wind velocity is suppressed by studying a structure of the hanger  30 , the clothes treating apparatus  1  may cause clothes C to flap effectively without excessively increasing air volume. As a result, wrinkle removal may be effectively performed. 
     The clothes treating apparatus  1  according to the disclosure is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and may include various other components. 
     For example, the humidification unit  70  may generate a mist instead of a steam as long as the humidification unit  70  is capable of humidifying the inside of the closet  4 . The hanger  30  or the air nozzle  90  may be fixed to the ceiling surface of the closet  4  in such a way to be not detached from the ceiling surface of the closet  4 . Also, a cap for closing the air vent  64  may be provided as a component. 
     The rpm of the blower fan  62  may be controllable, and in the earlier stage of the drying operation, the blower fan  62  may rotate at a higher rpm than in the later stage of the drying operation. Increasing humidity of clothes may be efficient in view of a wrinkle removal effect. Also, soft clothes or thin clothes may be processed at a low rpm of the blower fan  62 , and hard clothes or thick clothes may be processed at a high rpm of the blower fan  62 . 
     Also, a driving mode for the blower unit  60  may be provided separately. In this case, foreign materials collected on clothes may be effectively removed. 
     According to the clothes treating apparatus to which the disclosure is applied, wrinkle removal may be effectively performed by causing clothes to flap. 
     While the disclosure has been shown and described with reference to various embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made in therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.