Patent ID: 7814768

Claim:
Textile product treating apparatus, in particular washing machine ( 1 , 20 ), drying apparatus or refreshing apparatus, comprising: a main body ( 2 , 60 ) of the apparatus including a washing, drying and/or refreshment device; a handheld ultrasonic cleaning device ( 10 , 31 ) comprising an ultrasonic transducer ( 34 ) and an ultrasonic wave emitting surface ( 36 ), wherein the ultrasonic cleaning device is connected by a flexible hose ( 11 ) to the main body ( 2 , 60 ); a treatment area ( 6 ) covering at least a portion of a top surface ( 3 ) of the main body ( 2 , 60 ) and adapted to place a textile product ( 15 ) to be treated thereon for treatment by the handheld ultrasonic cleaning device; a liquid supply device ( 67 ); a nozzle ( 72 ) coupled to the handheld ultrasonic cleaning device and connected to the liquid supply device ( 67 ) for spraying a liquid onto a textile product being treated on the treatment area; a sink unit ( 5 ) separate from the treatment area and arranged at the top surface ( 3 ) of the main body ( 2 , 60 ), wherein the sink unit comprises a drain ( 7 ) for discharging a liquid from the sink unit and the treatment area ( 6 ); and a deposition compartment adapted to store the handheld ultrasonic cleaning device ( 10 , 31 ), wherein the deposition compartment is arranged at and opened to a front surface of the main body.