Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Clothes dryer and control method thereof
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Application No.: US16285117Application Date: 2019-02-25
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Publication No.: US10900164B2Publication Date: 2021-01-26
- Inventor: Hyejoon Seok , Sangoh Yoo , Minjoon Jung , Dohaeng Kim , Hyungwoo Lee , Seungeun Chung , Youngmin Choi
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Priority: KR10-2018-0022248 20180223,KR10-2018-0170122 20181227
- Main IPC: D06F58/20
- IPC: D06F58/20 ; D06F58/30 ; D06F103/50 ; D06F105/26

Abstract:
A clothes dryer is disclosed. The clothes dryer includes a rotatably disposed drum, a heat pump system including a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant and a condenser configured to condense the refrigerant, a heater configured to heat air supplied to the interior of the drum, a first temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of air passing through the interior of the drum, a second temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the compressor, and a processor configured to control an operation of the compressor on the basis of the temperature of the air passing through the interior of the drum detected by the first temperature sensor and control an operation of the heater on the basis of the temperature of the compressor detected by the second temperature sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190276978A1 CLOTHES DRYER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2019-09-12
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