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公开(公告)号:US20210317609A1
公开(公告)日:2021-10-14
申请号:US17357258
申请日:2021-06-24
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Hyunwoo NOH , Changoh KIM , Sangwook HONG
Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treatment apparatus configured to condense moisture by supplying cooling water to the interior of a tub containing laundry therein. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a tub, a drum rotatably provided in the tub, a cooling water port provided at the inner rear surface of the tub so as to be adjacent to the inner side surface of the tub in order to supply cooling water along the inner side surface of the tub, and a guide rib formed so as to protrude from the inner side surface of the tub in a radially inward direction of the tub and to extend from the cooling water port toward the front side of the tub in order to disperse the cooling water supplied from the cooling water port on the inner surface of the tub. The apparatus is capable of reducing energy consumption and improving drying performance.
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公开(公告)号:US20210108360A1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-15
申请号:US16971894
申请日:2019-02-20
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Hyunwoo NOH , Jaehyuk JANG , Sangwook HONG
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laundry processing apparatus and, particularly, to a laundry processing apparatus which improves the condensation performance by increasing a contact time and area of cooling water and humid air in a tub. An embodiment of the present disclosure can provide a laundry processing apparatus comprising: a tub in which wash water is stored; a nozzle installed on the upper side of a side part of the tub so as to allow moisture contained in the air staying in the tub to condense, and supplying cooling water; and a guide installed on a rear side surface of the tub to be disposed below the nozzle, and allowing the cooling water supplied from the nozzle to be dispersed in multiple directions and flow downward.
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公开(公告)号:US20210017695A1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-21
申请号:US16692847
申请日:2019-11-22
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Youngjoo LEE , Sangwook HONG
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20200208327A1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-02
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:US20190264375A1
公开(公告)日:2019-08-29
申请号:US16283120
申请日:2019-02-22
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Seulgi PARK , Woore KIM , Sangwook HONG
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:US20190249355A1
公开(公告)日:2019-08-15
申请号:US16273651
申请日:2019-02-12
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Bio PARK , Beomjun KIM , Sangwook HONG
CPC classification number: D06F58/263 , D06F25/00 , D06F39/04 , D06F58/02 , D06F58/04 , D06F58/206 , D06F58/22 , D06F58/24 , D06F58/26 , D06F58/28 , D06F2058/2829 , D06F2058/2841 , D06F2232/10
Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus include: a cabinet; a tub disposed in the cabinet; a drum rotatably disposed in the tub, and having a cylindrical portion formed of a ferromagnetic material and a rear wall portion for closing an open rear end of the cylindrical portion, wherein the cylindrical portion has a plurality of through-holes formed therein and allows laundry to be loaded thereinto through an opening portion formed on a front surface; an induction heater disposed in the tub and configured to heat the drum by inducing an eddy current in the cylindrical portion; a duct disposed on an outer side of the tub, having an inlet communicating with an open front surface of the cylindrical portion, and an outlet communicating with the tub through a side surface of the tub surrounding the cylindrical portion; and an air blower configured to suction air, discharged from the drum, into the inlet.
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公开(公告)号:US20190186068A1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-20
申请号:US16328100
申请日:2017-08-25
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Beomjun KIM , Woore KIM , Bio PARK , Seulgi PARK , Jaehyuk JANG , Sangwook HONG , Changoh KIM , Hyunwoo NOH
CPC classification number: D06F39/04 , D06F21/04 , D06F33/02 , D06F37/04 , D06F37/06 , D06F37/22 , D06F37/42 , D06F39/00 , D06F39/045 , D06F39/08 , D06F39/088 , D06F58/04 , D06F58/10 , D06F58/26 , D06F58/28 , D06F2202/04 , D06F2204/04
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:US20190048517A1
公开(公告)日:2019-02-14
申请号:US16059263
申请日:2018-08-09
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Seulgi PARK , Sangwook HONG
Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treatment apparatus configured to directly heat a drum containing laundry therein. The laundry treatment apparatus comprising: 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; and a base housing configured to accommodate the coil by defining a coil slot in which the wire of the coil is received, the coil slot having a width that is less than a diameter of the wire.
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公开(公告)号:US20190048510A1
公开(公告)日:2019-02-14
申请号:US16059289
申请日:2018-08-09
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Woore KIM , Hongjun CHO , Sangwook HONG
Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes: a tub; a drum configured to rotate within the tub and to receive laundry therein; and an induction module provided at an outer surface of the tub and configured to heat the drum via induction using a magnetic field generated by applying current to a coil formed by a wire that is wound within the induction module. The induction module includes a base housing configured to accommodate the coil, the base housing being mounted on the outer surface of the tub. The coil is formed with the wire being wound around within the base housing, and includes a straight portion and a curved portion, with a first radius of curvature of an inner coil portion of the curved portion of the coil being the same as a second radius of curvature of an outer coil portion of the curved portion of the coil.
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公开(公告)号:US20160115638A1
公开(公告)日:2016-04-28
申请号:US14884058
申请日:2015-10-15
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Youngsuk KIM , Injae HAN , Sangwook HONG
CPC classification number: D06F58/206 , D06F58/02 , D06F58/20 , D06F58/28 , D06F2058/2864
Abstract: Provided is a clothes treating apparatus which may include a cabinet defining an outer appearance of the apparatus and having an introduction opening, a clothes receiving device provided in the cabinet and receiving therein clothes through the introduction opening, a circulation passage through which internal air of the clothes receiving device circulates, a heat-exchanging passage connected to the circulation passage to guide external air outside the circulation passage into the circulation passage for heat exchange with the internal air of the circulation passage, and a fan provided at the heat-exchanging passage to generate airflow in the heat-exchanging passage.
Abstract translation: 提供一种衣物处理装置,其可以包括限定设备的外观并具有引入开口的机壳,设置在机柜中并且通过引入开口在其中接收衣物的衣物接收装置,循环通道, 衣物接收装置循环,热交换通道连接到循环通道,以将循环通道外部的外部空气引导到与循环通道的内部空气进行热交换的循环通道中;以及风扇,设置在热交换通道 在热交换通道中产生气流。
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