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公开(公告)号：US20200149207A1
公开(公告)日：2020-05-14
申请号：US16741041
申请日：2020-01-13
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Woore KIM , Hyunwoo NOH , Sangwook HONG
Abstract: A laundry apparatus includes a drum rotatable on a shaft and including at least one predetermined region made of metal; a tub surrounding the drum; an inductor provided on the tub and heating the drum by generating an electromagnetic field; and an air passage duct including a first duct provided as a passage for exhausting air outside the tub, a second duct provided as a passage for sucking air into the tub, and a fan for generating air flow, wherein the air drawn into the tub via the second duct is supplied to an internal space of the drum via a penetrating hole provided in a circumferential surface of the drum by the fan and then exhausted to the first duct after passing through a drum opening provided in a front portion of the drum.
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公开(公告)号：US20250043499A1
公开(公告)日：2025-02-06
申请号：US18921654
申请日：2024-10-21
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Jinwoo BAE , Yeonju LEE , Jongmin LEE , Hyunwoo NOH
Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes a drum, a stator and a rotor configured to rotate the drum, a fixing panel that is spaced apart from the rear cover, that supports the stator, and that defines a panel exhaust port and a supply port, the supply port including a plurality of through-holes that pass through the fixing panel and surround the stator, and a duct body fixed to the fixing panel and configured to guide the air discharged from the panel exhaust port to the supply port. The plurality of through-holes include (i) first through-holes defined above a horizontal line passing through a center of the rotor and (ii) second through-holes defined below the horizontal line, where a number of the first through-holes is greater than a number of the second through-holes, or a total area of the first through-holes is greater than a total area of the second through-holes.
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公开(公告)号：US20210164151A1
公开(公告)日：2021-06-03
申请号：US17170134
申请日：2021-02-08
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Beomjun KIM , Woore KIM , Bio PARK , Seulgi PARK , Jaehyuk JANG , Sangwook HONG , Changoh KIM , Hyunwoo NOH
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：US20240044067A1
公开(公告)日：2024-02-08
申请号：US18382297
申请日：2023-10-20
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Beomjun KIM , Woore KIM , Bio PARK , Seulgi PARK , Jaehyuk JANG , Sangwook HONG , Changoh KIM , Hyunwoo NOH
Abstract: A clothes treatment apparatus directly heats a drum accommodating clothes. The clothes treatment apparatus includes: 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. The induction module includes: 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：US20230002956A1
公开(公告)日：2023-01-05
申请号：US17944743
申请日：2022-09-14
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Hyunwoo NOH , Sangwook HONG
IPC: D06F58/30 , D06F18/00 , D06F33/00 , D06F103/00 , D06F105/46 , 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.
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公开(公告)号：US20220356630A1
公开(公告)日：2022-11-10
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
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：US20180057995A1
公开(公告)日：2018-03-01
申请号：US15638864
申请日：2017-06-30
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Woore KIM , Hyunwoo NOH , Sangwook HONG
Abstract: A laundry apparatus includes a drum rotatable on a shaft and including at least one predetermined region made of metal; a tub surrounding the drum; an inductor provided on the tub and heating the drum by generating an electromagnetic field; and an air passage duct including a first duct provided as a passage for exhausting air outside the tub, a second duct provided as a passage for sucking air into the tub, and a fan for generating air flow, wherein the air drawn into the tub via the second duct is supplied to an internal space of the drum via a penetrating hole provided in a circumferential surface of the drum by the fan and then exhausted to the first duct after passing through a drum opening provided in a front portion of the drum.
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公开(公告)号：US20230145222A1
公开(公告)日：2023-05-11
申请号：US17912785
申请日：2021-03-19
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Beomjun KIM , Hyunwoo NOH , Sangwook HONG
Abstract: A clothing treatment apparatus includes a cabinet having an inlet; a door provided in the cabinet to open and close the inlet; a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet, and having an elongated cylindrical shape; a tubular extension part extending from the inlet of the cabinet toward the drum; a first duct provided outside the drum; an induction heater which includes a coil, is provided inside the first duct, and heats the drum; a first fan supplying outside air to the inside of the first duct; and a second duct having an inlet connected to the first duct, extending from the first duct along a radially inward direction of the drum, and having an outlet connected to an outer circumferential surface of the extension part. The outlet of the second duct may have a smaller area than the area of the inlet.
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公开(公告)号：US20220074100A1
公开(公告)日：2022-03-10
申请号：US17529945
申请日：2021-11-18
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Jae Hyuk JANG , Hyunwoo NOH , Changoh KIM , Woo Re KIM , Sangwook HONG
IPC: D06F37/06
Abstract: 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.
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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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