CLOTHES TREATING APPARATUS WITH DETECTING DEVICE FOR INSERTION OF FILTER

摘要

A clothes treating apparatus includes a filter insertion detecting device that detects whether a filter has been inserted in the clothes treating apparatus. The filter insertion detecting device, which is installed in a clothes drying machine or the like, may be moved in response to insertion of a filter assembly to generate a contact signal that indicates insertion of the filter assembly.

主权项

1. A clothes treating apparatus comprising:
a drum defining a cavity that receives clothes to be dried; a cabinet that houses the drum and that defines an opening to enable loading of clothes into the drum and unloading of clothes from the drum; a filter assembly configured to filter foreign materials included in air discharged from the drum; a filter guide that defines a conduit that receives at least a portion of the filter assembly; a filter cover rotatably installed at the filter guide and configured to open and close the conduit defined by the filter guide based on insertion of the filter assembly into the filter guide and removal of the filter assembly from the filter guide; and a filter insertion detecting device configured to detect the insertion of the filter assembly into the filter guide based on rotation of the filter cover caused by the insertion of the filter assembly into the filter guide.