Clothes treatment apparatus, and method for assembling clothes treatment apparatus

Abstract

The present invention relates to a clothes treatment apparatus comprising: a cabinet for forming the exterior thereof, an inner case for forming a clothes treatment space in which clothes are accommodated; a machine room positioned at the lower portion of the inner case inside the cabinet; an evaporator and a condenser provided inside the machine room; a heat supply part including a compressor for supplying a compressed refrigerant to the condenser; a control part which is provided inside the machine room and which controls the compressor; a circulation duct, which is provided in the machine room, includes a heat exchanger provision part in which the evaporator and the condenser are provided, and provides a flow path through which air of the clothes treatment space circulates; and a base part, which is provided in the machine room, supports the lower portion of the circulation duct, and includes a control part provision part disposed below the heat exchanger provision part so as to provide a space in which the control part is provided.

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         20 . A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:
 a cabinet that defines an outer appearance of the laundry treatment apparatus;   an inner case disposed in the cabinet, the inner case having (i) a laundry treatment space configured to accommodate laundry therein and (ii) an opening that is defined at a front side of the inner case and configured to introduce the laundry into the laundry treatment space and to provide access to the laundry in the laundry treatment space;   a machine compartment disposed in the cabinet and disposed at a lower portion of the inner case;   a heat supply disposed at the machine compartment, the heat supply comprising (i) an evaporator configured to remove moisture from air introduced from the laundry treatment space to the machine compartment, (ii) a condenser configured to heat the air, and (iii) a compressor configured to supply compressed refrigerant to the condenser;   a controller disposed at the machine compartment and configured to control the compressor;   a circulation duct that is disposed at the machine compartment and defines a flow channel configured to circulate the air from the laundry treatment space, the circulation duct defining a heat exchanger installation portion that accommodates the evaporator and the condenser; and   a base that is disposed at the machine compartment and supports a lower portion of the circulation duct, the base including a controller installation portion that is disposed below a lower portion of the heat exchanger installation portion and accommodates the controller.   
     
     
         21 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 20 , wherein the base and the circulation duct are portions of one body. 
     
     
         22 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 21 , wherein a bottom surface of the heat exchanger installation portion defines an upper surface of the controller installation portion. 
     
     
         23 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 20 , wherein the controller installation portion overlaps with at least a portion of the circulation duct along a height direction of the cabinet. 
     
     
         24 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 20 , further comprising a fan installation portion that fluidly connects the inner case with the circulation duct and accommodates a blower fan configured to cause the air in the laundry treatment space to circulate through the circulation duct,
 wherein the controller installation portion overlaps with at least a portion of the fan installation portion along a forward/backward direction of the cabinet.   
     
     
         25 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 20 , wherein the circulation duct comprises:
 a circulation duct bottom surface that defines a bottom surface of the flow channel; and   a water reservoir depressed downward from the circulation duct bottom surface and configured to collect water condensed by operation of the evaporator, and   wherein the controller installation portion overlaps with the water reservoir along a width direction of the base.   
     
     
         26 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 25 , wherein a lateral surface of the water reservoir defines a lateral surface of the controller installation portion. 
     
     
         27 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 20 , wherein the controller installation portion is recessed from a portion of the circulation duct. 
     
     
         28 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 27 , wherein the portion of the circulation duct is recessed forward relative to a rear side of the circulation duct to thereby define the controller installation portion. 
     
     
         29 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 27 , wherein a perimeter of the controller installation portion decreases in a direction in which the controller installation portion is recessed from the circulation duct. 
     
     
         30 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 27 , wherein at least a portion of the controller installation portion is inclined with respect to the base, and
 wherein a cross-sectional area of the controller installation portion decreases in a recess direction in which the controller installation portion is recessed from the circulation duct.   
     
     
         31 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 20 , wherein the controller installation portion comprises a controller rib that projects from an inner lateral wall of the controller installation portion, and
 wherein the controller comprises a support that is supported by the controller rib.   
     
     
         32 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 31 , wherein the controller rib and the support extend in a forward/backward direction of the cabinet. 
     
     
         33 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 20 , wherein the controller installation portion comprises a guide that projects from a front surface of the controller installation portion, and
 wherein the controller comprises a controller-seating protrusion that is coupled to the guide and configured to restrict movement of the controller relative to the controller installation portion.   
     
     
         34 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 33 , further comprising a fan installation portion coupled to a rear side of the circulation duct, the fan installation portion comprising:
 a fan housing that fluidly connects the circulation duct with the inner case and accommodates a blower fan configured to cause the air in the laundry treatment space to circulate through the circulation duct; and   a first housing fixture that projects from one surface of the fan housing facing the controller, and   wherein the controller further comprises a controller-fixing protrusion coupled to the first housing fixture.   
     
     
         35 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 34 , wherein the controller is coupled to the first housing fixture and the guide, and
 wherein the first housing fixture and the guide are configured to restrict movement of the controller in a forward/backward direction of the cabinet.   
     
     
         36 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 20 , further comprising a noise filter configured to reduce or eliminate noise from an electrical signal that is transmitted to and received from the controller,
 wherein the base comprises a noise filter installation portion that is disposed rearward relative to the controller installation portion and fixes the noise filter to the base.   
     
     
         37 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 36 , wherein the base further comprises a noise filter guide that extends from a front side of the noise filter installation portion to a front surface of the controller installation portion along a bottom surface of the controller installation portion. 
     
     
         38 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 37 , wherein a cross-sectional area of the noise filter guide increases as the noise filter guide extends away from the front side of the noise filter installation portion. 
     
     
         39 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 37 , wherein the front side of the noise filter installation portion is disposed forward relative to a rear side of the base and disposed rearward relative to the front surface of the controller installation portion.