公开(公告)号：US11434595B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-06

申请号：US16059115

申请日：2018-08-09

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jae Hyuk Jang ,  Hyunwoo Noh ,  Changoh Kim ,  Woo Re Kim ,  Sangwook Hong

IPC: D06F37/06 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F25/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US11926950B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-12

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 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F58/26

CPC classification number: D06F37/06 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F37/065 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F58/26

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.