- Patent Title: Laundry machine having induction heater and control method thereof
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Application No.: US16727493Application Date: 2019-12-26
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Publication No.: US11479895B2Publication Date: 2022-10-25
- Inventor: Sangwook Hong , Woore Kim , Changoh Kim
- 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: KR10-2018-0169655 20181226
- Main IPC: D06F33/65
- IPC: D06F33/65 ; D06F27/00 ; D06F37/30 ; D06F37/38 ; D06F39/00 ; D06F34/14 ; D06F25/00 ; D06F21/04

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. According to an embodiment, 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, an induction heater provided to the tub and configured to heat a heating surface of the drum opposing the induction heater on an outer surface of the drum, a motor driven to rotate the drum, a spray nozzle configured to spray water onto the heating surface of the drum opposing and heated by the induction heater to generate steam, and a processor configured to rotate the drum such that the steam is introduced into the drum through the through hole of the drum in a space between the tub and the drum.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200208321A1 LAUNDRY MACHINE HAVING INDUCTION HEATER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2020-07-02
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