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.

公开(公告)号：US11479905B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US16714315

申请日：2019-12-13

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Hyunwoo Noh ,  Sangwook Hong

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.

公开(公告)号：US10662575B2

公开(公告)日：2020-05-26

申请号：US15735709

申请日：2016-05-20

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Seungphyo Ahn ,  Seonghwan Kim ,  Bio Park ,  Hyunwoo Noh ,  Hyuksoo Lee

IPC: D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/28

Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes dryer, including a drum, a heat pump cycle having a first evaporator, a compressor and a condenser, and a blower for circulating air, wherein the heat pump cycle includes second to nth evaporators disposed in series with the first evaporator within an air duct; an auxiliary heat exchanger to cool refrigerant discharged from the condenser, and first to nth expansion valves to independently control flow rates of refrigerants flowing into the first to nth evaporators, wherein the dryer further includes a controller to control the compressor according to refrigerant discharge pressure of the compressor or refrigerant inlet pressure of the condenser.