- Patent Title: Laundry machine having induction heater and control method thereof
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Application No.: US16727452Application Date: 2019-12-26
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Publication No.: US11346037B2Publication Date: 2022-05-31
- Inventor: Sangwook Hong , Beomjun Kim , Youngjoo Lee
- Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2018-0169656 20181226
- Main IPC: D06F39/00
- IPC: D06F39/00 ; D06F34/10 ; D06F37/04 ; D06F37/26 ; D06F105/54

Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a laundry machine. More particularly, a laundry machine for generating steam by an induction heater and a control method thereof are disclosed. The laundry machine may include a tub, a drum rotatably arranged in the tub to accommodate an object and provided with a through hole on an outer circumferential surface thereof, a steam induction heater provided at a front upper portion of a front wall or a rear upper portion of a rear wall of the tub to heat a heating surface of the drum facing the steam induction heater, a motor driven to rotate the drum, a spray nozzle configured to spray water onto the heating surface facing the steam induction heater to generate steam, and a processor configured to rotate the drum to introduce the steam into the drum through the through hole in a space between the tub and the drum.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200208326A1 LAUNDRY MACHINE HAVING INDUCTION HEATER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2020-07-02
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