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公开(公告)号:US11001957B2
公开(公告)日:2021-05-11
申请号:US16059286
申请日:2018-08-09
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Beomjun Kim , Bio Park , Sangwook Hong
Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus is configured to directly heat a drum containing laundry therein. The laundry treatment apparatus includes: a tub; a drum configured to rotate within the tub and to contain laundry therein, the drum being formed of a metallic material; and an induction module provided at an outer surface of the tub and configured to heat a surface of the drum within the tub via induction, the induction module comprising: a coil that comprises a wire through which an electric current is configured to pass so as to generate a magnetic field; a base housing configured to accommodate the coil therein, the base housing being mounted on the outer surface of the tub; an at least one magnet configured to be arranged above the base housing in which the coil is accommodated, and arranged to be lengthwise perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the wire of the coil.
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公开(公告)号:US12091805B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-17
申请号:US17465313
申请日:2021-09-02
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Beomjun Kim , Sangwook Hong , Woore Kim , Hongjun Cho
IPC: D06F39/04 , D06F37/26 , D06F58/26 , H05B6/10 , D06F23/04 , D06F34/24 , D06F37/12 , D06F103/52 , D06F105/28
CPC classification number: D06F39/04 , D06F37/267 , D06F58/26 , H05B6/102 , H05B6/108 , D06F23/04 , D06F34/24 , D06F37/12 , D06F2103/52 , D06F2105/28
Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry care apparatus in which an induction module heats the drum uniformly using a magnetic field to dry laundry or heat wash-water, and center and front and rear regions of the drum are uniformly heated.
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公开(公告)号:US11828016B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-28
申请号:US17870290
申请日:2022-07-21
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Beomjun Kim , Woore Kim , Bio Park , Seulgi Park , Jaehyuk Jang , Sangwook Hong , Changoh Kim , Hyunwoo Noh
IPC: D06F39/04 , D06F58/26 , D06F34/24 , D06F21/04 , D06F37/04 , D06F58/04 , D06F25/00 , D06F37/26 , D06F103/32 , D06F105/28 , D06F34/20 , D06F37/42
CPC classification number: D06F39/04 , D06F21/04 , D06F34/24 , D06F37/04 , D06F58/26 , D06F25/00 , D06F34/20 , D06F37/26 , D06F37/42 , D06F58/04 , D06F2103/32 , D06F2105/28
Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes treatment apparatus and, more particularly, to a clothes treatment apparatus for directly heating a drum accommodating clothes. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, provided is a clothes treatment apparatus comprising: a tub; a drum, made of a metal, which accommodates clothes and is rotatably provided inside the tub; and an induction module, provided in the tub so as to have a spacing from a circumferential surface of the drum, for generating an electromagnetic field to heat the circumferential surface of the drum, wherein the induction module comprises: a coil which is formed by winding a wire such that electric current is applied thereto to generate a magnetic field; and a base housing mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the tub, wherein the base housing is provided with a coil slot for defining the shape of the coil in such a manner that the wire is mounted therein so as to have a predetermined distance between wire and wire.
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公开(公告)号:US11686036B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-27
申请号:US16667172
申请日:2019-10-29
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Woore Kim , Beomjun Kim , Sangwook Hong
IPC: D06F39/12 , D06F39/08 , D06F39/04 , D06F103/08 , D06F58/30 , D06F58/16 , D06F58/26 , D06F34/26 , D06F34/14 , D06F58/38
CPC classification number: D06F39/12 , D06F34/14 , D06F34/26 , D06F39/04 , D06F39/083 , D06F58/16 , D06F58/26 , D06F58/30 , D06F58/38 , D06F2103/08
Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus. The present invention includes a cabinet, a tub provided within the cabinet, a drum provided within the tub to receive a treatment target therein, the drum made of metallic material, an induction module provided to the tub to heat the drum by induction, an infrared sensor provided to the tub to measure a temperature of the drum, and a barrel lens connected to the infrared sensor so that thermal radiation radiated from the drum enters the barrel lens, wherein the barrel lens includes a guide portion guiding vertically incident thermal radiation to the infrared sensor only.
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公开(公告)号:US11346037B2
公开(公告)日:2022-05-31
申请号:US16727452
申请日:2019-12-26
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Sangwook Hong , Beomjun Kim , Youngjoo Lee
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.
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公开(公告)号:US12168847B2
公开(公告)日:2024-12-17
申请号:US18382297
申请日:2023-10-20
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Beomjun Kim , Woore Kim , Bio Park , Seulgi Park , Jaehyuk Jang , Sangwook Hong , Changoh Kim , Hyunwoo Noh
IPC: D06F37/30 , D06F21/04 , D06F34/24 , D06F37/04 , D06F39/04 , D06F58/26 , D06F25/00 , D06F34/20 , D06F37/26 , D06F37/42 , D06F58/04 , D06F103/32 , D06F105/28
Abstract: A clothes treatment apparatus directly heats a drum accommodating clothes. The clothes treatment apparatus includes: a tub; a drum, made of a metal, which accommodates clothes and is rotatably provided inside the tub; and an induction module, provided in the tub so as to have a spacing from a circumferential surface of the drum, for generating an electromagnetic field to heat the circumferential surface of the drum. The induction module includes: a coil which is formed by winding a wire such that electric current is applied thereto to generate a magnetic field; and a base housing mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the tub, wherein the base housing is provided with a coil slot for defining the shape of the coil in such a manner that the wire is mounted therein so as to have a predetermined distance between wire and wire.
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公开(公告)号:US12152334B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-26
申请号:US17912785
申请日:2021-03-19
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Beomjun Kim , Hyunwoo Noh , Sangwook Hong
Abstract: A clothing treatment apparatus includes a cabinet having an inlet; a door provided in the cabinet to open and close the inlet; a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet, and having an elongated cylindrical shape; a tubular extension part extending from the inlet of the cabinet toward the drum; a first duct provided outside the drum; an induction heater which includes a coil, is provided inside the first duct, and heats the drum; a first fan supplying outside air to the inside of the first duct; and a second duct having an inlet connected to the first duct, extending from the first duct along a radially inward direction of the drum, and having an outlet connected to an outer circumferential surface of the extension part. The outlet of the second duct may have a smaller area than the area of the inlet.
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公开(公告)号:US11920282B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-05
申请号:US17373150
申请日:2021-07-12
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Beomjun Kim , Bio Park , Sangwook Hong
IPC: D06F39/04 , D06F37/26 , D06F58/26 , H05B6/10 , D06F23/04 , D06F34/24 , D06F37/12 , D06F103/52 , D06F105/28
CPC classification number: D06F39/04 , D06F37/267 , D06F58/26 , H05B6/102 , H05B6/108 , D06F23/04 , D06F34/24 , D06F37/12 , D06F2103/52 , D06F2105/28
Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treatment apparatus configured to directly heat a drum containing laundry therein. The laundry treatment apparatus comprising: a cabinet forming an external appearance of the laundry treatment apparatus; a tub provided in the cabinet; a drum configured to rotate within the tub and to contain laundry therein, the drum being formed of a metallic material; an induction module provided at an outer surface of the tub and configured to heat the drum within the tub via induction by generating a magnetic field; and
wherein the outer surface of the tub comprises at least one mounting portion that is configured to mount the induction module, with at least part of the at least one mounting portion being arranged radially closer to a rotational axis of the drum than a remaining portion of the outer surface of the tub.-
公开(公告)号:US11898294B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-13
申请号:US17414170
申请日:2019-11-15
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Hyemin Kim , Sooyoung Oh , Kyosoon Chae , Jinho Kim , Heeyeon Kim , Beomjun Kim , Seungwoo Park
IPC: D06F39/02 , D06F33/37 , D06F105/42 , D06F23/06 , D06F33/57
CPC classification number: D06F39/022 , D06F23/06 , D06F33/37 , D06F33/57 , D06F2105/42
Abstract: A washing machine includes a tub containing water, a drum rotatably provided in the tub to accommodate laundry, and a detergent mixing device configured to mix additives supplied into the tub. The detergent mixing device includes a pair of additive cartridges containing a liquid additive and a peristaltic pump configured to selectively supply the additive discharged from the pair of additive cartridges to the tub. The peristaltic pump includes a first path switching motor, a first tub, a second tube, a first rotor and a second rotor rotated by the flow path switching motor, a first rotary bearing permitting a rotation of the first rotor in a first direction and restricting a rotation of the first rotor in a second direction, and a second rotary bearing permitting a rotation of the second rotor in the second direction and restricting a rotation of the second rotor in the first direction.
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公开(公告)号:US11725330B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-15
申请号:US17465302
申请日:2021-09-02
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Beomjun Kim , Woore Kim , Sangwook Hong
IPC: D06F39/04 , D06F34/28 , D06F34/08 , D06F33/00 , D06F25/00 , D06F58/26 , D06F37/42 , D06F58/50 , D06F105/28 , D06F103/32 , D06F33/74 , D06F34/26 , D06F33/47 , D06F58/30 , D06F34/24
CPC classification number: D06F39/04 , D06F33/00 , D06F34/08 , D06F34/28 , D06F25/00 , D06F33/47 , D06F33/74 , D06F34/24 , D06F34/26 , D06F37/42 , D06F58/26 , D06F58/30 , D06F58/50 , D06F2103/32 , D06F2105/28
Abstract: A washing machine includes: a tub; a drum; an induction heater disposed in a position spaced apart from the drum and configured to heat the drum; an input power source; a relay configured to interrupt a current applied to the coil of the induction heater from the input power source; a first processor configured to control the relay; and a safety device connected to a circuit connecting the first processor and the relay. The safety device includes: a first thermostat configured to operate according to a temperature of a first air between the drum and the tub, and open the circuit when the temperature of the first air is a first safety control temperature; and a thermal fuse configured to operate according to a temperature of a second air outside the tub, and open the circuit when the temperature of the second air is a second safety control temperature.
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