Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Laundry apparatus
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Application No.: US15638864Application Date: 2017-06-30
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Publication No.: US10590588B2Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- Inventor: Woore Kim , Hyunwoo Noh , Sangwook Hong
- Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: KED & Associates, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2016-0108329 20160825
- Main IPC: D06F39/04
- IPC: D06F39/04 ; D06F58/26 ; D06F58/02 ; D06F25/00 ; D06F37/04 ; D06F37/22 ; D06F37/30

Abstract:
A laundry apparatus includes a drum rotatable on a shaft and including at least one predetermined region made of metal; a tub surrounding the drum; an inductor provided on the tub and heating the drum by generating an electromagnetic field; and an air passage duct including a first duct provided as a passage for exhausting air outside the tub, a second duct provided as a passage for sucking air into the tub, and a fan for generating air flow, wherein the air drawn into the tub via the second duct is supplied to an internal space of the drum via a penetrating hole provided in a circumferential surface of the drum by the fan and then exhausted to the first duct after passing through a drum opening provided in a front portion of the drum.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180057995A1 LAUNDRY APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-03-01
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