CN218756634U

CN218756634U - Clothes treating apparatus

Info

Publication number: CN218756634U
Application number: CN202222338002.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 宜尔轩
Original assignee: Ganwei Intelligent Technology Shenzhen Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Spiral Galaxy Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-09-02
Filing date: 2022-09-02
Publication date: 2023-03-28
Anticipated expiration: 2032-09-02

Abstract

The utility model discloses a clothes treatment facility, clothes treatment facility during operation, the coolant of heat exchanger can be with the cold volume of storage and the indirect heat transfer of damp and hot air, again with the indirect heat transfer of absorptive heat and evaporimeter. Before the moist and hot air is cooled and dehumidified, the compressor can be operated at low power, namely, the evaporator is pre-refrigerated at low power, and the valve opens the second channel and closes the first channel, so that the air only flows through the condenser, and the cold energy of the evaporator is rapidly stored by the cooling medium in the heat exchanger; in the process of cooling and dehumidifying the damp and hot air, the valve can open the first channel and close the second channel so that the damp and hot air firstly flows through the heat exchanger for cooling and dehumidifying; therefore, in the cooling and dehumidifying process, the evaporator does not need to output a large cooling capacity, that is, the compressor does not need to operate at a large power, so that the need for a high-power compressor can be eliminated to reduce the overall cost of the laundry treating apparatus.

Description

Clothes treating apparatus

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a clothing processing technology field, in particular to clothing treatment facility.

Background

Clothes drying equipment's drying methods generally have the heater strip stoving or heat pump heating stoving, prior art when adopting heat pump stoving, make damp and hot air and evaporation heat direct contact heat transfer dewater and dehumidify usually, evaporimeter (cold junction) need great refrigerating capacity come to carry out the rapid dehydration to damp and hot air, and great refrigerating capacity needs the compressor to keep great power operation, but the compressor cost of high power is higher, leads to clothes drying equipment's overall cost higher.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model mainly aims to provide a clothes treatment equipment, aim at solving the technical problem who how to reduce clothes treatment equipment cost.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a laundry treating apparatus comprising:

a housing;

the drying chamber is arranged in the shell and is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet; the air inlet and the air outlet are communicated outside the drying chamber through a backflow air duct, and the backflow air duct comprises an air outlet section, a backflow section and a parallel section; the air outlet section is communicated with the air outlet, the backflow section is communicated with the air inlet, the parallel section is used for communicating the air outlet section with the backflow section, and the parallel section is divided into a first channel and a second channel which are arranged in parallel;

the valve is arranged on the return air duct and used for switchably connecting one of the first channel and the second channel and disconnecting the other channel;

the first air driving device is arranged in the return air duct and used for driving air to flow from the air outlet to the air inlet;

the heat pump assembly comprises a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator, and the compressor, the condenser and the evaporator are communicated in pairs through refrigerant pipes; the condenser is arranged at the backflow section to heat air flowing to the air inlet;

a heat exchanger mounted to the first channel for cooling air from the air outlet; the heat exchanger is provided with a medium channel for accommodating a cooling medium so as to exchange and store the refrigerating capacity of the evaporator through the cooling medium.

Optionally, the laundry treating apparatus further comprises a container installed within the cabinet for storing a cooling medium; the evaporator is at least partially installed in the container to reduce the temperature of the cooling medium; the heat exchanger is provided with an inlet and an outlet communicating with the medium channel, both communicating with the container to form a cooling circuit.

Optionally, the inflow port of the medium passage communicates with the container via a liquid driving device for driving the cooling medium in the container toward the medium passage.

Optionally, the laundry processing apparatus further includes a controller, the controller is electrically connected to the first air driving device and the liquid driving device, and the controller is configured to control a driving flow of the cooling medium by the liquid driving device to be greater than a driving flow of air by the first air driving device.

Optionally, the heat exchanger part penetrates out of the return air duct to exchange heat with the evaporator in a contact manner.

Optionally, the heat exchanger penetrates out of the return air duct, the clothes treatment equipment further comprises a second air driving device, an air inlet side of the second air driving device faces towards a part of the heat exchanger penetrating out of the return air duct, and an air outlet side of the second air driving device faces towards the evaporator.

Optionally, the first gas drive is mounted to the return section.

Optionally, the composition of the cooling medium includes at least one of water and glycol.

Optionally, the container is mounted at the bottom of the cabinet; and/or the wall of the container is provided with an insulating layer.

Optionally, the heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat exchange tubes arranged side by side and connected end to end, and the medium channel is formed in the heat exchange tubes.

Optionally, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a heat generating member mounted to the return section and located downstream of the condenser in the airflow; and/or, the clothes treatment equipment further comprises a water collector used for collecting condensed water formed by the heat exchanger.

In the technical scheme of the clothes treatment equipment, the damp and hot air flowing out of the drying chamber is cooled and dehumidified by the heat exchanger, so that the damp and hot air is prevented from flowing to the condenser and the drying chamber again; the cooling medium in the heat exchanger can store the refrigerating capacity of the evaporator so as to keep a lower temperature; when the clothes treatment equipment works, the cooling medium of the heat exchanger can indirectly exchange heat between the stored cold energy and the damp and hot air, and then indirectly exchange heat between the absorbed heat and the evaporator. Before the moist and hot air is cooled and dehumidified, the compressor can be operated at low power, namely, the evaporator is pre-refrigerated at low power, and the valve opens the second channel and closes the first channel, so that the air only flows through the condenser, and the cold energy of the evaporator is rapidly stored by the cooling medium in the heat exchanger; in the process of cooling and dehumidifying the damp and hot air, the valve can open the first channel and close the second channel so that the damp and hot air firstly flows through the heat exchanger for cooling and dehumidifying; therefore, in the cooling and dehumidifying process, the evaporator does not need to output large refrigerating capacity, namely, the compressor does not need to run with large power, so that the requirement on a high-power compressor can be omitted, and the overall cost of the clothes treatment equipment is reduced.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a clothes treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of another embodiment of the clothes treating apparatus of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a laundry treating apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the heat exchanger of the present invention.

The reference numbers illustrate:

reference numerals	Name(s)	Reference numerals	Name (R)	Reference numerals	Name (R)
						10	Machine shell	20	Drying chamber	21	Air inlet
22	Air outlet	31	Air outlet section	32	Return section
						33	First channel	34	The second channel	40	First gas driving device
51	Compressor	52	Condenser	53	Evaporator with a heat exchanger
						60	Heat exchanger	70	Container	80	Liquid driving device
61	Heat exchange tube	71	Heat insulation layer	90	Heating element
						35	Valve gate	41	Second gas driving device	36	Heat dissipation port

The objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that, if directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, 8230; \8230;) are provided in the embodiments of the present invention, the directional indications are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the motion situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the attached drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indications are correspondingly changed.

In addition, if there is a description relating to "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, the meaning of "and/or" appearing throughout is to include three juxtapositions, exemplified by "A and/or B," including either the A or B arrangement, or both A and B satisfied arrangement. In addition, the technical solutions in the embodiments may be combined with each other, but it must be based on the realization of those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

The utility model provides a clothes treatment equipment, clothes treatment equipment's form can be many, including clothing drying equipment and clothing washing equipment, specifically can be for the dryer or dry by the fire and wash the all-in-one. In the case of a clothes dryer, for example, a clothes dryer is various, and in the case of a drum type clothes dryer, the clothes treating apparatus includes a drum in which the clothes are placed, and the clothes rotate while the drum rotates, and the clothes come into contact with flowing high temperature air, and the high temperature air takes away moisture of the clothes (the moisture is taken away by evaporation), so that the clothes are rapidly dried.

In the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a clothes treating apparatus of the present invention. The laundry treating apparatus includes: a housing 10; the drying chamber 20 is arranged in the machine shell 10, and the drying chamber 20 is provided with an air inlet 21 and an air outlet 22; the air inlet 21 and the air outlet 22 are communicated outside the drying chamber 20 through a return air duct, and the return air duct comprises an air outlet section 31, a return section 32 and parallel sections; the air outlet section 31 is communicated with the air outlet 22, the return section 32 is communicated with the air inlet 21, the parallel section is used for communicating the air outlet section 31 with the return section 32, and the parallel section is divided into a first channel 33 and a second channel 34 which are arranged in parallel; a valve 35 installed in the return air duct for switchably connecting and disconnecting one of the first and

second passages

33 and 34; a first air driving device 40, wherein the first air driving device 40 is installed in the return air duct to drive air to flow from the air outlet 22 to the air inlet 21; the heat pump assembly comprises a compressor 51, a condenser 52 and an evaporator 53, wherein the compressor 51, the condenser 52 and the evaporator 53 are communicated in pairs through refrigerant pipes; the condenser 52 is installed in the return section 32 to heat the air flowing to the air inlet 21; a heat exchanger 60, the heat exchanger 60 being installed at the first passage 33 to cool the air from the outlet port 22; the heat exchanger 60 is provided with a medium passage for accommodating a cooling medium to exchange and store the cooling capacity of the evaporator 53 by the cooling medium.

In the present embodiment, the cabinet 10 is used to form an overall exterior structure of the laundry treating apparatus. The cabinet 10 is provided with a mounting chamber for mounting parts of the laundry treating apparatus. The drying chamber 20 may be installed in the installation cavity in a drum shape to contain laundry; of course, the drying chamber 20 may be a fixed cylinder or the like. The casing 10 is provided with a pick-and-place opening communicated with the installation cavity, and the pick-and-place opening may be provided at the top of the casing 10 or may be provided on a lateral wall of the casing 10 in the transverse direction, which is not limited herein. The drying chamber 20 has a bottom and a mouth facing the access opening through which the user can put the laundry into the drying chamber 20 or take the laundry out of the drying chamber 20. The clothes treatment equipment can also comprise a door cover component, and the specific form and the moving mode of the door cover component are not limited, and only the access opening can be opened or closed. It can be understood that the door assembly closes the pick-and-place opening when the laundry treating apparatus is in operation, to prevent laundry from being thrown out of the drying chamber 20.

When the laundry treating apparatus operates the drying function, both the first gas driving device 40 and the heat pump assembly are activated. The compressor 51 drives the refrigerant to flow back to the compressor 51 after passing through the condenser 52 and the evaporator 53 in sequence; the refrigerant releases heat when passing through the condenser 52, and evaporates and absorbs heat in the evaporator 53 when passing through the evaporator 53. Since the evaporator 53 can exchange heat with the cooling medium in the heat exchanger 60, the refrigerant absorbs heat when evaporating to absorb heat, so that the temperature of the cooling medium is reduced, and the continuous heat absorption of the refrigerant to the cooling medium can continuously reduce the temperature of the cooling medium, so that the cooling medium can store cold. The cooling medium storing the cold energy can be kept at a low temperature, so that the surface temperature of the heat exchanger 60 can be lowered while flowing through the heat exchanger 60.

The first gas driving device 40 may be a fan or a suction pump, and is not limited herein. The first air driving device 40 can drive the air in the return air duct to flow into the drying chamber 20 from the air inlet 21 and flow out of the drying chamber 20 from the air outlet 22. The air in the return air duct will flow through the condenser 52 to be heated before entering the drying chamber 20, the hot air entering the drying chamber 20 can evaporate the moisture in the wet clothes quickly, and the wet hot air flows out of the drying chamber 20 from the air outlet 22, and the wet hot air entering the return air duct will flow through the heat exchanger 60 to be cooled and dehumidified, so as to prevent the moisture and heat in the air from being directly brought to the condenser 52.

When the hot and humid air flows through the heat exchanger 60, the cooling medium can indirectly exchange heat with the hot and humid air through the heat exchanger 60, that is, the cooling medium can absorb heat of the hot and humid air and then transfer the heat to the evaporator 53; thus, the cooling capacity generated by the heat absorption from the evaporator 53 stored in the cooling medium can be effectively utilized to ensure the cooling effect of the hot and humid air.

The valve 35 can be driven by a drive motor to effect switching between different positions. For example, the valve 35 can be switched to a first position or a second position, when the valve 35 is located at the first position, the first passage 33 is conducted, and the second passage 34 is blocked; when the valve 35 is in the second position, the first passage 33 is blocked and the second passage 34 is opened.

Taking the clothes processing apparatus as a clothes dryer as an example, the clothes drying mode may include a refrigeration storage stage and a drying stage, the drying stage includes a preheating stage and a uniform drying stage, the preheating stage mainly raises the temperature in the drying chamber 20 rapidly, and the uniform drying stage mainly keeps the temperature in the drying chamber 20 relatively stable; in the refrigeration storage phase, the gas drive 40 is not turned on, and the compressor 51 is operated in advance for a certain period of time, so that the condenser 52 is preheated, and the refrigeration capacity of the evaporator 53 can be stored by the refrigerant first. In the preheating and temperature rising stage, the valve 35 blocks the first channel 33 and conducts the second channel 34, and air does not flow through the heat exchanger 60, so that the condenser 52 can be rapidly heated; during the constant-speed drying stage, the valve 35 blocks the second passage 34 and opens the first passage 33, so that the hot and humid air can be effectively cooled and dehumidified by the heat exchanger 60. The compressor 51 may have less power in the cooling storage stage than in the drying stage to reduce power consumption in the cooling storage stage.

It can be understood that, before the valve 35 conducts the first channel 33, the hot air generated in the return air duct 30 due to the preheating of the condenser 52 exchanges heat with the heat exchanger 60, and the hot air up to more than 100 ℃ may affect plastic pipes and other parts in the return air duct 30. Exemplarily, as shown in fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the laundry treating apparatus of the present invention. The return air duct 30 has a heat dissipation opening 31, and the heat dissipation opening 31 is located downstream of the condenser 52 in the air flow; the laundry treating apparatus further includes a heat discharging valve (not shown) for opening or closing the heat discharging opening 31. The heat dissipation opening 31 can be communicated with the outside of the casing 10, and in the refrigeration storage stage of the heat pump assembly, the heat dissipation valve can be opened, so that hot air in the return air duct 30 can be discharged in time through the heat dissipation opening 31, and the influence on parts such as plastic pipelines in the return air duct 30 is reduced. In this embodiment, in the refrigeration storage stage, the valve 35 is kept to block the first channel 33 and conduct the second channel 34, and the heat dissipation valve is opened to dissipate heat; in the preheating and temperature rising stage, the valve 35 is kept to block the first channel 33 and conduct the second channel 34, and air does not flow through the heat exchanger 60, so that the condenser 52 can be rapidly heated; during the constant-speed drying stage, the valve 35 opens the first passage 33 and closes the second passage 34, and the heat dissipation valve is closed, so that the hot air can normally exchange heat with the heat exchanger 60.

In the technical scheme of the clothes processing equipment of the utility model, the damp and hot air flowing out from the drying chamber 20 is cooled and dehumidified by the heat exchanger 60, so as to prevent the damp and hot air from flowing to the condenser 52 and the drying chamber 20 again; the cooling medium in the heat exchanger 60 can store the cooling capacity of the evaporator 53 to maintain a lower temperature; when the laundry treating apparatus is operated, the cooling medium of the heat exchanger 60 may indirectly exchange heat between the stored cold and the hot humid air, and then indirectly exchange heat between the absorbed heat and the evaporator 53. Before the moist and hot air is cooled and dehumidified, the valve 35 can be used for opening the second channel 34 and closing the first channel 33, so that the air only flows through the condenser 52, and the compressor 51 is controlled to operate at low power, namely the evaporator 53 is pre-refrigerated at low power, and the rapid storage of the cooling capacity of the evaporator 53 by the cooling medium in the heat exchanger 60 is realized; during the cooling and dehumidifying process of the hot and humid air, the valve 35 may open the first passage 33 and close the second passage 34, so that the hot and humid air first flows through the heat exchanger 60 for cooling and dehumidifying; thus, during the cooling and dehumidifying process, the evaporator 53 does not need to output a large cooling capacity, i.e., the compressor 51 does not need to be operated with a large power, so that the need for a high power compressor can be eliminated to reduce the overall cost of the laundry treating apparatus.

The heat exchanger 60 and the evaporator 53 may exchange heat in direct contact or indirectly through an intermediate medium. In one embodiment, the heat exchanger 60 partially penetrates out of the return air duct, and the portion of the heat exchanger 60 penetrating out of the return air duct is in contact with the evaporator 5353 for heat exchange.

In another embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the heat exchanger 60 partially penetrates out of the return air duct, and the clothes treating apparatus further comprises a second air driving device 41, wherein an air inlet side of the second air driving device 41 faces the portion of the heat exchanger 60 penetrating out of the return air duct, and an air outlet side faces the evaporator 53. The second gas driving device 41 may be a fan or a suction pump. The second gas-driven device 41 can bring the heat of the heat exchanger 60 to the evaporator 53 more quickly by driving the gas flow to improve the cooling efficiency of the cooling medium in the heat exchanger 60. Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the clothes treating apparatus of the present invention. The laundry treating apparatus further includes a container 70 installed in the cabinet 10, the container 70 storing a cooling medium; both the inflow and outflow of the medium channel communicate with the container 70 to form a cooling circuit. The cooling circuit can realize the flow of the cooling medium between the medium channel and the container 70, so that the heated cooling medium can flow to the container 70 and be supplemented to the medium channel by the low-temperature cooling medium in the container 70, thereby ensuring the continuous heat exchange effect.

In yet another embodiment, which is in parallel with the above-described embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a container 70 installed in the cabinet 10 for storing a cooling medium; the evaporator 53 is at least partially installed in the container 70 to lower the temperature of the cooling medium; the heat exchanger 60 is provided with an inflow port and an outflow port communicating with the medium passage, both of which communicate with the container 70 to form a cooling circuit. The cooling circuit can realize the flow of the cooling medium between the medium channel and the container 70, so that the heated cooling medium can be retained in the container 70 and then supplemented to the medium channel by the low-temperature cooling medium in the container 70, thereby ensuring the continuous heat exchange effect.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 1, the inflow port of the medium passage communicates with the container 70 via a liquid driving device 80, and the liquid driving device 80 is configured to drive the cooling medium in the container 70 toward the medium passage. The liquid driving device 80 may be a liquid pump, and the liquid inlet thereof is communicated with the container 70 and the liquid outlet thereof is communicated with the flow passage. The flow rate of the cooling medium through the heat exchanger 60 can be increased by the liquid driving device 80, so that the heat of the heat exchanger 60 can be more quickly and sufficiently removed.

Specifically, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a controller (not shown) electrically connected to the first gas driving device 40 and the liquid driving device 80, wherein the controller is configured to control a driving flow rate of the cooling medium by the liquid driving device 80 to be greater than a driving flow rate of the air by the first gas driving device 40; thus, the hot and humid air flowing through the heat exchanger 60 can be sufficiently heat-exchanged, so as to improve the cooling and dehumidifying effects of the hot and humid air.

The first driving device may be installed in the air outlet section 31 or the backflow section 32, which is not limited herein. Illustratively, as shown in fig. 1, the first gas driving device 40 is installed at the backflow segment 32, so that only one first gas driving device 40 is needed to generate negative pressure to both the first channel 33 and the second channel 34 to drive the gas flow through the conducted channels.

The cooling medium can be gas or liquid, and is not limited herein, and only needs to be capable of heat exchange and flow. Illustratively, the composition of the cooling medium includes at least one of water and glycol; for example, the cooling medium can be a mixed solution of ethylene glycol and water, specifically 40% water and 60% ethylene glycol, and the freezing point of the cooling medium can reach below-40 ℃ so as to store more cold.

The container 70 may be installed at the bottom of the cabinet 10, or may be installed at the middle of the height direction of the cabinet 10 or at another position. Since the container 70 contains the cooling medium, the overall weight is higher in the laundry treating apparatus, and thus the container 70 is mounted to the bottom of the cabinet 10, the overall center of gravity of the laundry treating apparatus can be lowered, and thus vibration can be reduced when the laundry treating apparatus is operated.

The wall of the container 70 is provided with an insulating layer 71. The insulating layer 71 may be disposed on the inner wall surface of the box wall, may be disposed on the outer wall surface of the box wall, and may also serve as an interlayer of the box wall, which is not limited herein. The heat insulation layer 71 can reduce heat exchange between the cooling medium and the outside to reduce the loss of cooling capacity of the cooling medium.

The heat exchanger 60 may be in the form of a coil or a serpentine tube, which is not limited herein. Exemplarily, as shown in fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the heat exchanger of the present invention. The heat exchanger 60 comprises a plurality of heat exchange tubes 61 which are arranged side by side and connected end to end, and the overflowing channel is formed in the heat exchange tubes 61. The plurality of heat exchange pipes 61 can increase the flow path of the cooling medium in the heat exchanger 60 so that the cooling capacity of the cooling medium can be fully utilized, and can increase the contact area between the air and the heat exchanger 60 so as to improve the cooling effect on the air.

The air in the return section 32 may be heated only by the condenser 52 and may also be heated by additional auxiliary heating structures. Illustratively, as shown in fig. 1, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a heat generating member 90, and the heat generating member 90 is mounted to the return air duct and downstream of the condenser 52 in the air flow. The heating member 90 may be an electric heating wire or the like 90, and when the laundry to be dried is large, the heating member 90 may be turned on to perform auxiliary heating, so as to improve the drying efficiency of the laundry.

After the damp and hot air exchanges heat with the heat exchanger 60, condensed water can be formed on the surface of the heat exchanger 60, and the condensed water can be directly discharged out of the backflow air duct or collected through a water collecting structure. Illustratively, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a water collector (not shown) for collecting the condensed water formed by the heat exchanger 60, so as to prevent the condensed water from overflowing the return air duct, which may cause water leakage of the laundry treating apparatus. The water collector may be in communication with the container 70 such that the condensed water flows to the container 70.

The above is only the optional embodiment of the present invention, and not the scope of the present invention is limited thereby, all the equivalent structure changes made by the contents of the specification and the drawings are utilized under the inventive concept of the present invention, or the direct/indirect application in other related technical fields is included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A laundry treating apparatus, comprising:

a housing;

the valve is arranged in the return air duct and used for switchably connecting one of the first channel and the second channel and disconnecting the other channel;

the first gas driving device is arranged on the backflow air channel and used for driving air to flow from the air outlet to the air inlet;

the heat pump assembly comprises a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator, wherein the compressor, the condenser and the evaporator are communicated in pairs through refrigerant pipes; the condenser is arranged at the backflow section to heat air flowing to the air inlet;

2. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a container installed in the cabinet for storing a cooling medium; the evaporator is at least partially installed in the container to reduce the temperature of the cooling medium; the heat exchanger is provided with an inlet and an outlet communicating with the medium channel, both communicating with the container to form a cooling circuit.

3. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the inflow port of the medium passage communicates with the container through a liquid driving device for driving the cooling medium in the container toward the medium passage.

4. The laundry processing apparatus of claim 3, further comprising a controller electrically connected to the first gas-driven device and the liquid-driven device, the controller being configured to control a driving flow rate of the cooling medium by the liquid-driven device to be greater than a driving flow rate of air by the first gas-driven device.

5. The garment treatment device of claim 1 wherein the heat exchanger portion exits the return air duct for heat exchange contact with the evaporator.

6. The garment treatment device according to claim 1 wherein the heat exchanger extends partially through the return air duct, the garment treatment device further comprising a second air mover having an air inlet side directed toward the portion of the heat exchanger extending through the return air duct and an air outlet side directed toward the evaporator.

7. The laundry treating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the first gas driving device is installed at the return section.

8. The laundry treating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the composition of the cooling medium includes at least one of water and glycol.

9. The laundry treating apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the container is mounted to a bottom of the cabinet; and/or the wall of the container is provided with an insulating layer.

10. The laundry treating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat exchanging pipes arranged side by side and connected end to end, the medium passage being formed inside the heat exchanging pipes.

11. The laundry processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a heat generating member mounted to the return section downstream of the condenser in an air flow; and/or, the clothes treatment equipment further comprises a water collector used for collecting condensed water formed by the heat exchanger.