Laundry machine having induction heater and control method thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11346037B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-31

    申请号:US16727452

    申请日:2019-12-26

    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.

    DRYING MACHINE
    12.
    发明申请
    DRYING MACHINE 审中-公开
    烘干机

    公开(公告)号:US20160201985A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-07-14

    申请号:US14994261

    申请日:2016-01-13

    CPC classification number: F26B5/04 D06F58/20 D06F58/24

    Abstract: A drying machine may include a condensation duct for accommodating a condenser, a first drying duct connected to a rear end of the condensation duct and to a drying fan housing accommodating a drying fan, and a second drying duct connected to the drying fan housing and to a drum. The drying machine may also include a first drying duct drain outlet formed in the lower portion of the first drying duct, and an outer rib, which is provided at the side edge of the first drying duct drain outlet that is close to the drying fan housing and that extends upward, so as to prevent condensed water, introduced through the condensation duct, from flowing over the first drying duct drain outlet.

    Abstract translation: 干燥机可以包括用于容纳冷凝器的冷凝管,连接到冷凝管的后端的第一干燥管道和容纳干燥风扇的干燥风扇壳体,以及连接到干燥风扇壳体的第二干燥管道, 一个鼓。 干燥机还可以包括形成在第一干燥管道的下部的第一干燥管排出口和设置在第一干燥管排放口的侧边缘处的外肋,其靠近干燥风扇壳体 并且向上延伸,以便防止通过冷凝管引入的冷凝水流过第一干燥管排放口。

    Laundry treating apparatus
    15.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11773529B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-03

    申请号:US16692847

    申请日:2019-11-22

    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a drum provided inside the cabinet and formed of a metal material for accommodating a treatment target, and an induction module spaced apart from an outer circumferential surface of the drum at a predetermined interval, inducing and heating the drum, where the induction module includes a base housing for accommodating a coil, a permanent magnet housing coupled with the base housing and provided with a holder in which a permanent magnet is accommodated, and a cover housing coupled with the permanent magnet housing, and the cover housing is coupled to the permanent magnet housing and therefore the permanent magnet is located between the permanent magnet housing and the cover housing. A joint force of the induction module may be enhanced to improve durability, and noise caused by vibration of a tub may be avoided.

    Laundry treating apparatus
    16.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11649583B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-16

    申请号:US17899119

    申请日:2022-08-30

    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a drum provided inside the cabinet and formed of a metal material, and an induction module configured to heat the drum, The induction module includes a base housing for accommodating a coil, and a cover housing forming a moving space of heat generated from the coil, jointed to an upper portion of the base housing, the cover housing includes a through portion for discharging the heat by passing through the cover housing up and down, and the cover housing forms a section upwardly inclined toward the through portion to move the heat generated from the coil along the inclined section and discharge the heat to the through portion. It is possible to prevent a temperature of the coil from being excessively increased, and enhance durability and efficiency of the induction module by active discharge of heat generated from the coil.

    Garment processing device
    17.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11168427B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-09

    申请号:US16335997

    申请日:2017-09-22

    Abstract: A garment processing device door comprises an exposed first compartment, and a second compartment separated by a barrier; a first switch reciprocating inside the second compartment and connecting the door to a first rotation axis; a second switch reciprocating inside the second compartment and connecting the door to a second rotation axis when the door from the first rotation axis; a first body having one end rotatably fixed to the first compartment and another end penetrating the barrier and in the second compartment; a second body fixed to the first body and inside the second compartment, the second body moving the first switch to separate the door from the first rotation axis based on a force to the first body, and the second body moving toward the barrier when the first switch connects the door to the first rotation axis; and a damper between the second body and the barrier.

    Laundry treatment apparatus
    18.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11155956B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-26

    申请号:US16537156

    申请日:2019-08-09

    Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet, a tub arranged in the cabinet, a drum arranged in the tub and formed of a metal material, and an induction module configured to inductively heat the drum, wherein the induction module includes a coil formed by winding a wire, and a base housing including a base body arranged on the tub, and a fixing rib arranged on the base body to fix coil, wherein the wire is drawn into the base body in one direction, wound around the fixing rib, and drawn out of the base body in the same direction.

    CLOTHES DRYER
    20.
    发明申请
    CLOTHES DRYER 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20190264378A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-29

    申请号:US16283623

    申请日:2019-02-22

    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a clothes dryer. The clothes dryer includes a casing in which a first drum is provided, the casing being formed with an introduction opening of clothes, and a door provided at the casing to open or close the introduction opening, the door including a drum assembly. The drum assembly includes a second drum to be rotatable, so that clothes are introduced into and dried in the first and second drums.

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