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.

公开(公告)号：US11530509B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-20

申请号：US16713789

申请日：2019-12-13

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Woore Kim ,  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 three drum motions having at least three different target RPMs respectively when drying the object.

公开(公告)号：US10214842B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-26

申请号：US14813769

申请日：2015-07-30

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Woore Kim ,  Sangwoo Lee ,  Jaehyun Kim

IPC: D06F25/00 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F58/22 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/28 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F23/04

Abstract: A washing machine may include a cabinet, a tub, a drum, a driving module 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, a drying module at the cabinet for supplying heated air into the tub from an upper side of the tub to dry the laundry, and an exhaust duct coupled to the tub for discharging a fluid in the tub out of the cabinet.

公开(公告)号：US09670613B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-06

申请号：US14654738

申请日：2014-01-03

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Cheolsoo Ko ,  Woore Kim

IPC: D06F58/12 ,  D06F58/28 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/24

CPC classification number: D06F58/28 ,  D06F58/203 ,  D06F58/206 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F2058/2816 ,  D06F2058/2832 ,  D06F2058/287

Abstract: The present invention relates to a garment processing apparatus comprising: a hot-air supply unit having a circulation flow path for directing the air drawn out from the interior of a garment receiving unit into the interior of the garment receiving unit, a heat exchange unit provided to the circulation flow path, for condensing and heating the air introduced into the circulation flow path, and a blower for circulating the air in the interior of the garment receiving unit through the circulation flow path; and a dryness detection unit having a flow rate detection means for measuring the amount of condensate water formed in the heat exchange unit, and a control section for determining the amount of moisture contained in the laundry on the basis of the flow rate data provided by the flow rate detection means.