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公开(公告)号:US11359324B2
公开(公告)日:2022-06-14
申请号:US16727528
申请日:2019-12-26
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Sangwook Hong , Woore Kim , Beomjun Kim , Hyunwoo Noh
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 of the present disclosure, provided is a method of controlling a laundry machine including 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, and an induction heater provided to the tub, and configured to perform a steam operation. The steam operation may include heating a heating surface of the drum facing the induction heater by driving the induction heater, spraying, through a spray nozzle, water toward the heating surface heated in the heating operation, and rotating the drum such that the steam is introduced 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:US11959218B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-16
申请号:US17825693
申请日:2022-05-26
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Sangwook Hong , Woore Kim , Beomjun Kim , Hyunwoo Noh
CPC classification number: D06F39/008 , D06F33/00 , D06F34/14 , D06F39/04 , D06F39/088 , D06F37/30
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 of the present disclosure, provided is a method of controlling a laundry machine including 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, and an induction heater provided to the tub, and configured to perform a steam operation. The steam operation may include heating a heating surface of the drum facing the induction heater by driving the induction heater, spraying, through a spray nozzle, water toward the heating surface heated in the heating operation, and rotating the drum such that the steam is introduced 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:US11136707B2
公开(公告)日:2021-10-05
申请号:US16537148
申请日:2019-08-09
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Beomjun Kim , Sangwook Hong , Woore Kim , Hongjun Cho
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:US11131049B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-28
申请号:US16283355
申请日:2019-02-22
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Jaehyuk Jang , Woore Kim , Sangwook Hong
IPC: D06F39/00 , D06F33/00 , D06F34/28 , D06F39/04 , D06F58/26 , D06F37/42 , D06F25/00 , D06F58/30 , D06F58/50 , D06F105/28
Abstract: A washing machine includes: a tub; a drum; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of air between the drum and the tub; an induction heater configured to heat the drum; a controller unit configured to control the induction heater within a preset control temperature range; a circuit configured to supply power to the induction heater; a first thermostat configured to operate according to a first temperature of air between the drum and the tub and open the circuit when the first temperature is a first safety control temperature; and a thermal fuse configured to operate according to a second temperature of air outside the tub and open the circuit when the second temperature is a second safety temperature corresponding to a case where the temperature of the drum is in a second safety temperature range having a larger value than the first safety temperature range.
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公开(公告)号:US11124911B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-21
申请号:US16283244
申请日:2019-02-22
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Beomjun Kim , Woore Kim , Sangwook Hong
IPC: D06F39/00 , D06F33/00 , D06F34/28 , D06F39/04 , D06F25/00 , D06F58/26 , D06F37/42 , D06F58/30 , D06F58/50 , D06F105/28
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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公开(公告)号:US11060226B2
公开(公告)日:2021-07-13
申请号:US16738665
申请日:2020-01-09
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Woore Kim , Beomjun Kim , Sangwook Hong
Abstract: An object treating apparatus includes a tub, a rotatable drum for receiving an object, an induction heater for heating an outer circumferential face of the drum, a motor for rotating the drum, an upper temperature sensor, a lower temperature sensor, and a processor. The upper temperature sensor detects a temperature of a space between the tub and the drum. The upper temperature sensor is disposed inside the tube at an upper portion of the tub. The lower temperature sensor detects a temperature around condensed water at a bottom of the tub. The lower temperature sensor is disposed inside the tub at a lower portion of the tub. The processor can determine a drying ending timing based on the temperatures detected by the upper and lower temperature sensors.
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公开(公告)号:US10196768B2
公开(公告)日:2019-02-05
申请号:US14813757
申请日:2015-07-30
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Woore Kim , Sangwoo Lee , Jaehyun Kim
Abstract: A washing machine may include a cabinet, a tub in the cabinet, a drum inside the tub, a driving module at the tub for rotating the drum, a water supply module for supplying the wash water to the tub, a drainage module for discharging the wash water from the tub, and a drying module at the cabinet for supplying heated air into the tub from an upper side of the tub to dry the laundry.
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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:US11840789B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-12
申请号:US17870275
申请日:2022-07-21
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Seulgi Park , Woore Kim , Sangwook Hong
IPC: D06F34/26 , D06F21/04 , D06F37/04 , D06F39/04 , D06F58/26 , D06F39/08 , D06F25/00 , D06F37/42 , D06F105/28 , D06F103/52 , D06F103/32 , D06F105/20 , D06F58/50
CPC classification number: D06F34/26 , D06F21/04 , D06F37/04 , D06F39/04 , D06F58/26 , D06F58/50 , D06F25/00 , D06F37/42 , D06F39/088 , D06F2103/32 , D06F2103/52 , D06F2105/20 , D06F2105/28
Abstract: A washing machine includes: a tub; a drum of metal material configured to be rotated in the tub; an induction heater configured to be fixed to the tub in a state of being separated from the drum, and to heat the drum; a first temperature sensor configured to have a tube of metal material heated by the induction heater and a thermistor disposed in the tube, at least a part of the tube being exposed between the tub and the drum; a second temperature sensor configured to be disposed in a position further away than the first temperature sensor from the induction heater in a circumferential direction, and detect a temperature of air between the tub and the drum; and a controller configured to control the induction heater based on a first detection value of the first temperature sensor and a second detection value of the second temperature sensor.
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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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