Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Laundry treating apparatus having induction heater and control method thereof
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Application No.: US16714315Application Date: 2019-12-13
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Publication No.: US11479905B2Publication Date: 2022-10-25
- Inventor: 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: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2018-0161335 20181213
- Main IPC: D06F58/30
- IPC: D06F58/30 ; D06F18/00 ; D06F33/00 ; D06F105/46 ; D06F103/00 ; D06F103/34 ; D06F103/44

Abstract:
Disclosed are an object treating apparatus, and more particularly, an object treating apparatus for heating a drum using an induction heater and a control method thereof. The object treating apparatus includes a tub; a drum rotatably disposed within the tub and accommodating an object therein; an induction heater disposed on the tub and configured to heat an outer circumferential face of the drum contacting the heater; a motor to rotate the drum; and a processor configured to control an operation of the induction heater to dry the object, wherein the processor is configured to: control revolution per minute (RPM) of the drum to perform at least two drum motions having at least two different target RPMs respectively when drying the object.
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