公开(公告)号：US20240271353A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-15

申请号：US18640864

申请日：2024-04-19

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Dokyeong KIM ,  Minjoon JUNG ,  Seungeun CHUNG ,  Dongho KEUM ,  Hocheol LEE ,  Hankyu CHOI

IPC: D06F58/36 ,  D06F103/32 ,  D06F105/26 ,  D06F105/56 ,  D06F105/58

CPC classification number: D06F58/36 ,  D06F2103/32 ,  D06F2105/26 ,  D06F2105/56 ,  D06F2105/58

Abstract: A clothes dryer including a drum; a flow passage to guide air inside of the drum to outside of the drum, and then back inside of the drum; a heat pump system to heat the air to flow back inside of the drum, the heat pump system including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator through which refrigerant circulates; and a controller configured to, in response to receiving a command for an anti-freeze mode operation, control the clothes dryer to perform a heating operation in which the compressor is driven for a first period of time, after the compressor is driven for the first period of time, the compressor is stopped for a second period of time, and the driving of the compressor for the first period of time and the stopping of the compressor for the second period of time is repeated a plurality of times.