Laundry apparatus and control method thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11926947B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-12

    申请号:US16654885

    申请日:2019-10-16

    摘要: 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.

    Washing drying machine having heat pump and drying operation control method thereof

    公开(公告)号:US10584440B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-10

    申请号:US15646899

    申请日:2017-07-11

    发明人: Changoh Kim Injae Han

    摘要: Provided are a washing drying machine having a heat pump, and a drying operation control method thereof. The washing drying machine having a heat pump includes a cabinet; a tub provided in the cabinet; a drum rotatably provided in the tub; a circulation passage configured to connect a first portion of the tub to a second portion of the tub; a circulation fan provided at the circulation passage and configured to circulate air through the circulation passage and the tub; the heat pump having a compressor that compresses a refrigerant and a heat exchanger that exchanges heat with the air of the circulation passage and the refrigerant; a heater configured to heat an inside of the tub; and a controller configured to control the heater to be supplied with power in order to heat the inside of the tub before the compressor is operated during a drying course.

    Laundry apparatus and control method thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11624138B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-11

    申请号:US16654479

    申请日:2019-10-16

    摘要: Disclosed herein are a laundry apparatus for heating a drum by an induction heater 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 an upper portion of 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, performing heating by the induction heating module after termination of the fabrics soaking, and performing washing by driving the drum, wherein a water level of the wash water at the termination of the fabrics soaking is lower than a water level of the wash water at the termination of the water supply.

    Laundry treatment apparatus and method of controlling the same

    公开(公告)号:US11434595B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-06

    申请号:US16059115

    申请日:2018-08-09

    IPC分类号: D06F37/06 D06F58/26 D06F25/00

    摘要: Disclosed is a laundry treatment apparatus including a drum formed of a metal material and provided to accommodate laundry therein, an induction module spaced apart from a circumferential surface of the drum and provided to heat the circumferential surface of the drum via a magnetic field that is generated when current is applied to a coil, and a lifter formed of a metal material and provided in the drum to move the laundry inside the drum when the drum rotates. The lifter is provided so as to be recessed in a direction in which a distance between the induction module and the lifter, which face each other, increases.