Clothes treating apparatus with steam generator

摘要

A clothes treating apparatus includes a laundry keeping unit including at least one tray with a plurality of through holes formed thereon. A steam generator is detachably installed in the laundry keeping unit and configured to jet steam to the at least one tray. When the laundry is partially contaminated, steam may be concentratively jetted to the contaminated portion.

主权项

1. A clothes treating apparatus comprising:
a cabinet; a drum rotatably installed within the cabinet; a driving unit for driving the drum; a water supply unit for supplying washing water to the drum; a draining unit for draining washing water from within the drum; a laundry keeping unit detachably installed on an upper surface of the cabinet; and a steam generator provided outside of the cabinet and configured to jet steam to laundry supported by the laundry keeping unit, the steam generator having a handle unit formed on an outer surface thereof, wherein the laundry keeping unit includes:
a keeping case having an upper opening and detachably disposed on the upper surface of the cabinet;a tray having a plate shape with a plurality of through holes to penetrate condensate generated from laundry disposed on an upper surface thereof, the tray disposed on the upper opening of the keeping case;a condensation collecting unit disposed below the tray in the keeping case, the condensation collecting unit receiving the condensate from the tray; anda steam generator receiving unit formed on an upper surface of the keeping case to allow the steam generator to be detachably received,wherein the keeping case includes insertion protrusions protruding from a lower surface of the keeping case so that the keeping case couples to the upper surface of the cabinet, and wherein the handle unit of the steam generator is formed to be exposed to an upper side of the steam generator receiving unit to grasp and separate the steam generator from the steam generator receiving unit.