Patent ID: 8789287

Claim:
A clothes treating apparatus comprising: an accommodating space configured to receive one or more clothing articles; an air supply unit configured to supply air to the accommodating space; a duct unit configured to guide discharge of air from the accommodating space; and a filter assembly positioned to filter air discharged from the accommodating space through the duct unit, the filter assembly comprising: a housing; a filter positioned in the housing and configured to filter substances from air passing through the filter assembly; and a substance removal unit configured to move substances remaining on a portion of the filter and press substances moved from the filter into a storage space defined within the housing, the storage space being configured to collect removed substances within the housing, wherein the substance removal unit includes a brush within the housing, the brush configured to: rotate back and forth over an angle range that covers less than all of the filter; brush substances remaining on the filter toward the storage space defined within the housing, the storage space being located at a portion of the housing outside of the angle range through which the brush rotates; and compress substances into the storage space as substances brushed from the filter fill the storage space and expand into the angle range through which the brush rotates.