公开(公告)号：US11155956B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-26

申请号：US16537156

申请日：2019-08-09

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Youngjoo Lee ,  Sangwook Hong

IPC: F26B11/02 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F58/30 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F105/28

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.

公开(公告)号：US10041204B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-07

申请号：US14884077

申请日：2015-10-15

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Youngsuk Kim ,  Sangwook Hong ,  Hyojun Kim

IPC: F26B5/06 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/20

Abstract: Provided is a clothes treating apparatus. The clothes treating apparatus may include a clothes receiving device providing a space for receiving clothes therein, a circulation passage provided in the clothes receiving device and configured to provide a flow path for air circulation through the clothes receiving device, and a heat-exchanging device provided in the circulation passage and configured to dehumidify air introduced into the circulation passage. A blower may be provided in the circulation passage and configured to circulate air within the clothes receiving device. A condensed water discharge device may be provided at a lower surface of the circulation passage and configured to discharge condensed water generated by the heat-exchanging device. The condensed water discharge device may include a backflow-preventing member that prevents backflow of the condensed water from the condensed water discharge device to the circulation passage.

公开(公告)号：US09702073B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-11

申请号：US14179223

申请日：2014-02-12

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Sangwook Hong ,  Cheolsoo Ko ,  Hyojun Kim ,  Heakyung Yoo

IPC: D06F29/00 ,  D06F58/10 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/28 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F58/02

CPC classification number: D06F29/005 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F58/02 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/10 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F58/28 ,  D06F2058/2864 ,  D06F2232/10

Abstract: A washing machine including a drying function for drying laundry items received therein is provided. The washing machine may include an air circulating device that circulates air through a tub of the washing machine and heats air for re-supply to the tub, and an air discharge device that discharges a portion of moist air from the tub to an outside of the tub.

公开(公告)号：US09194073B2

公开(公告)日：2015-11-24

申请号：US14173948

申请日：2014-02-06

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Ig Geun Kwon ,  Sangwook Hong ,  Youngsuk Kim ,  Hyunseok Seo

IPC: F26B21/00 ,  D06F29/00 ,  D06F58/22 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/24

CPC classification number: D06F25/00 ,  D06F29/005 ,  D06F37/267 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F39/083 ,  D06F39/088 ,  D06F39/10 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/22 ,  D06F58/24 ,  F26B21/003

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry machine having a drying function for drying an object to be dried, especially clothes. In the laundry machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, lint and the like that may be contained in the hot air are removed by the filter, whereby the lint and the like can be prevented from being piled on the duct. Also, the filter is placed in a way that it is exposed into the tub, whereby the filter can be cleaned automatically while it is being driven.

公开(公告)号：US12000080B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-04

申请号：US17357258

申请日：2021-06-24

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Hyunwoo Noh ,  Changoh Kim ,  Sangwook Hong

IPC: D06F58/24 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F37/26 ,  D06F58/02 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/16 ,  D06F58/26

CPC classification number: D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/16 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F37/267 ,  D06F58/02 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/26

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.

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

IPC: D06F39/00 ,  D06F33/00 ,  D06F34/14 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F37/30

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.

公开(公告)号：US11926947B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-12

申请号：US16654885

申请日：2019-10-16

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Changoh Kim ,  Sangwook Hong

IPC: D06F33/02 ,  D06F33/00 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F103/18 ,  D06F105/48

CPC classification number: D06F33/00 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F39/087 ,  D06F39/088 ,  D06F2103/18 ,  D06F2105/48

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a laundry apparatus and a control method thereof. According to an embodiment, the method of controlling a laundry apparatus including a tub, a drum, an induction heating module mounted on the tub to heat the drum, and a circulation pump configured to pump wash water from the tub to the drum includes supplying wash water into the tub through a water supply valve, circulating the wash water by operating the circulation pump and performing fabrics soaking by driving the drum after termination of the water supply, performing heating by driving the induction heating module after termination of the fabrics soaking, and performing washing by driving the drum after termination of the heating, wherein the heating is performed while a water level of the wash water is lower than a lowest end of the drum, the heating including heating the drum, the wash water, and fabrics.

公开(公告)号：US11466398B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-11

申请号：US16751291

申请日：2020-01-24

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Youngjoo Lee ,  Sangwook Hong

IPC: H05B6/10 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F58/04 ,  H05B6/36

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.

公开(公告)号：US11427954B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-30

申请号：US16273651

申请日：2019-02-12

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Bio Park ,  Beomjun Kim ,  Sangwook Hong

IPC: D06F58/26 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F58/22 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/02 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/12

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.

公开(公告)号：US11268234B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-08

申请号：US16709438

申请日：2019-12-10

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jaehyuk Jang ,  Sangwook Hong

IPC: D06F58/30 ,  D06F34/28 ,  D06F29/00 ,  D06F33/00 ,  D06F39/14 ,  D06F58/08 ,  D06F58/10 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F105/46 ,  D06F103/00 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/34 ,  D06F103/44 ,  D06F105/28 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F101/00 ,  D06F103/16 ,  D06F105/48 ,  D06F103/24

Abstract: A laundry machine includes a tub; a drum that is rotatably mounted in the tub and holds laundry; an induction heater that is provided in the tub and configured to heat an outer circumferential surface of the drum located in opposite; a motor that is configured to drive so as to rotate the drum; a temperature sensor that is configured to sense the temperature inside the tub; and a processor that is implemented to control drum RPM in spinning based on a preset spinning target RPM and control heat-spinning based by controlling the drive of the induction heater, wherein the processor controls the drive of the induction heater by setting a heating target temperature that is raised by the drive of the induction heater to be higher as the preset spinning target RPM is set to be lower.