公开(公告)号：US20250034791A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-30

申请号：US18913418

申请日：2024-10-11

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Taejun YOON ,  Hyungkyu LIM ,  Jeongryeol CHOI ,  Hyoungsup PARK ,  Youngjin DOH ,  Sunghoo PARK

IPC: D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/10 ,  D06F73/02 ,  D06F87/00

Abstract: A clothes treatment apparatus includes a cabinet defining a treatment chamber configured to accommodate hanging clothes and a cycle chamber configured to house machinery, the cycle chamber being positioned vertically below the treatment chamber. The clothes treatment apparatus also includes a partition plate that partitions the treatment chamber from the cycle chamber, a door configured to open and close the cabinet, a door liner disposed at an inside of the door and configured to guide condensed water generated in the treatment chamber to an upper side of the partition plate, a condensed water guide member disposed at the partition plate and configured to guide the condensed water from the door liner into the treatment chamber.

公开(公告)号：US20250019891A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-16

申请号：US18686745

申请日：2022-08-22

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Minji KIM ,  Jongmin LEE ,  Woonje CHOE ,  Yeonju LEE ,  Taewoong KIM

IPC: D06F58/38 ,  D06F58/08 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/32 ,  D06F105/48

Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothing treating apparatus which provides various optimized drum motion combinations capable of preventing damage to or shrinking of clothing in each of a preheating section, a constant rate drying section, a reduced rate drying section, and a cooling section.

公开(公告)号：US20240426044A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-26

申请号：US18707131

申请日：2022-11-02

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Daewoong KIM ,  Jeongguen CHOI ,  Dongjun CHOI ,  Yeona JO ,  Yuna JO ,  Jaemyung LIM ,  Hyunki KIM ,  Joonggil YOO ,  Minkyu OH ,  Sung Gul HWANG

IPC: D06F58/26 ,  D06F58/10 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/34

Abstract: The present application provides a garment processing device comprising: a cabinet having a cabinet chamber for providing a space in which garments are contained, and a cabinet introduction opening through which the cabinet chamber communicates with the outside; a first door capable of opening or closing the cabinet introduction opening; a door chamber provided on the first door so as to provide a garment containing space separated from the cabinet chamber, the door chamber comprising a chamber upper surface, a chamber bottom surface, a mounting surface connecting the chamber upper surface and the chamber bottom surface, and a mounting hole provided through the mounting surface; a second door provided on the first door and capable of opening/closing the door chamber; a hanger comprising a support body for supporting garments, a fastening portion for detachably fixing the support body in the mounting hole, a fastening portion channel provided in the fastening portion, and a support body channel provided in the support body so as to supply air supplied from the fastening portion channel to garments cradled on the support body; a heat exchange portion comprising a circulation channel for withdrawing air inside the door chamber to the outside of the door chamber and then guiding the air to the fastening portion channel, a fan provided in the circulation channel, and an air processing portion for executing at least one of dehumidification and heating of air introduced into the circulation channel; and a channel switching portion comprising a switching channel for connecting the circulation channel and the door chamber, and a switching valve for controlling the opening/closing of the switching channel.

公开(公告)号：US12173447B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-24

申请号：US17621090

申请日：2020-06-08

Applicant: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI

Inventor： Jian Liu ,  Binhua Long ,  Weifeng Zhu ,  Ying Feng ,  Tan Chen

IPC: D06F58/45 ,  D06F33/69 ,  D06F33/74 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F103/32 ,  D06F103/36 ,  D06F105/28 ,  D06F105/30

Abstract: A drying air duct, a clothing treatment device and a method for cleaning a drying air duct are provided. The drying air duct includes a condensing section air duct, a heating section air duct and a fan; the fan is provided at a connection position of the condensing section air duct and the heating section air duct, a cleaning device is provided in the condensing section air duct, the cleaning device is provided at an end of the condensing section air duct adjacent to the fan and is capable of cleaning a side of the condensing section air duct away from the fan. The drying air duct can effectively clean the pipe sudden expansion area of the condensing section air duct, preventing the accumulation of soft flocks in the condensing section air duct.

公开(公告)号：US12157969B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-03

申请号：US18501079

申请日：2023-11-03

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Roy E. Masters

IPC: D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/04

Abstract: A drying appliance includes a cabinet. A blower directs process air through a closed-loop airflow path and through a processing chamber and a condensing unit. The condensing unit is attached to an external surface of the cabinet. An open airflow path directs ambient air through the condensing unit and to an area exterior to the cabinet. The ambient air remains separated from the closed-loop airflow path. The condensing unit is configured to exchange heat between the process air within the closed-loop airflow path and the ambient air moved through the open airflow path. The ambient air cools and dehumidifies the process air to form condensate on an interior surface of the condensing unit.

公开(公告)号：US20240360615A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-31

申请号：US18139096

申请日：2023-04-25

Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation

Inventor： Rodney Welch

IPC: D06F58/24 ,  B01D53/22 ,  B01D53/26 ,  B01F25/312 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/26

CPC classification number: D06F58/24 ,  B01D53/228 ,  B01D53/268 ,  B01F25/31242 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F58/263 ,  B01D2053/221

Abstract: A laundry appliance including an appliance housing, a tub positioned inside the appliance housing, a drum rotatably supported within the tub, and a drying system that recirculates drying air through a molecular sieve. The molecular sieve has a porous membrane that is arranged along a drying air recirculation path. The laundry appliance also includes an ejector with an inlet, a venturi nozzle, an outlet, and a suction port that is arranged in fluid communication with the molecular sieve. The suction port of the ejector is configured to pull water vapor in the drying air recirculation path through the porous membrane of the molecular sieve when a motive fluid is passed through the ejector from the inlet, through the venturi nozzle, to the outlet such that the drying air exiting the molecular sieve is less humid than the drying air entering the molecular sieve.

公开(公告)号：US20240360607A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-31

申请号：US18767398

申请日：2024-07-09

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Seulgi LEE ,  Younghyun KIM ,  Seungil LIM

IPC: D06F25/00 ,  D06F37/26 ,  D06F39/12 ,  D06F58/24

CPC classification number: D06F25/00 ,  D06F37/26 ,  D06F39/12 ,  D06F58/24

Abstract: A washing machine having a drying function. The present washing machine includes: a main body; a tub arrangeable inside the main body; a drum rotatable inside the tub; and a drying device, arrangeable above the tub, and including an evaporator and a condenser to remove moisture from air discharged from the tub and to supply heated air to the tub. The drying device includes: a housing to accommodate the evaporator and the condenser; and a holder member formed to protrude from the housing and be connectable to an external equipment.

公开(公告)号：US12104313B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-01

申请号：US17173875

申请日：2021-02-11

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jongryul Kim ,  Hyunsu Nam ,  Youngsoo Kim

IPC: D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/20

CPC classification number: D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/206

Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet defining an external appearance of the apparatus and a base, a drum rotatably provided in the cabinet, a driver provided in the base to rotate the drum, a duct fastened to the base to form a circulation passage communicating with the drum, a heat pump having a heat exchanger provided in the circulation passage to heat air, and a discharge unit to discharge water generated by the heat exchanger. The base includes a water collection chamber that is configured to collect the water generated by the heat exchanger and has discharge surfaces having different inclined angles, thereby guiding flow of condensate water, and a discharge hole that is located adjacent to the water collection chamber and configured to communicate with the water collection chamber such that water guided by the at least one discharge surface is discharged through the discharge unit.

公开(公告)号：US20240318374A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18734192

申请日：2024-06-05

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Songjae LEE ,  Jungyoon HAHM ,  Jaehoon KIM ,  Minhee KANG ,  Daehwan KIM ,  Donggeun PARK ,  Incheol JANG

IPC: D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/26

CPC classification number: D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/26

Abstract: A washing machine having a drying function may include: a cabinet; a tub inside the cabinet and having an air outlet; a drying device configured to supply heated air into the tub to be discharged through the air outlet; a duct connecting the air outlet to the drying device to guide the heated air from the tub to the drying device; and a water feed pipe configured to supply water into an upper portion of the duct to cool the heated air so that moisture in the heated air condenses, wherein the duct includes a middle protrusion on a middle of an inner surface of a side of the duct to scatter water supplied into the duct and flowing along the inner surface; and a lower protrusion on the inner surface below the middle protrusion to scatter water flowing along the inner surface downward past the middle protrusion.

公开(公告)号：US12037738B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-16

申请号：US17274045

申请日：2019-09-05

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jaehyung Kim ,  Seungphyo Ahn

IPC: D06F58/44 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F34/32 ,  D06F58/10 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F73/02 ,  D06F103/28 ,  D06F105/52 ,  D06F105/58

CPC classification number: D06F58/44 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F34/32 ,  D06F58/10 ,  D06F58/203 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F73/02 ,  D06F58/206 ,  D06F2103/28 ,  D06F2105/52 ,  D06F2105/58

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a clothes treatment apparatus that comprises: a first chamber in which clothes are accommodated; a support part which is provided in the first chamber and in which the clothes are held; a driving unit for making the support part reciprocate along the width direction of the first chamber; a circulation duct for drawing air out from inside the first chamber and then resupplying the air into the first chamber; a heat exchange part for sequentially dehumidifying and heating the air that has flowed into the circulation duct; a fan provided inside the circulation duct; a moisture supply unit for supplying moisture into the first chamber; a sensing unit for measuring at least one among the concentration of dust and the concentration of odor particles contained in the air in the first chamber; and a display unit on which information is displayed.