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公开(公告)号：US20240368816A1
公开(公告)日：2024-11-07
申请号：US18561133
申请日：2022-10-11
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Kookbae JOO , Daehyun KIM , Woore KIM
IPC: D06F33/37 , D06F23/02 , D06F33/34 , D06F33/36 , D06F34/18 , D06F39/02 , D06F39/04 , D06F39/08 , D06F103/04 , D06F105/02 , D06F105/42 , D06F105/46
Abstract: Provided is a method for controlling a clothes treatment apparatus comprising: a tub for storing water; a drum rotatably provided in the tub so as to store objects to be washed; a detergent storage part for storing detergent; a storage part water supply pipe for supplying the water to the detergent storage part; a tub connection pipe for guiding, into the tub, the water discharged from the detergent storage part; a tub water supply pipe for supplying the water to the tub; a drain port penetrating the tub; and a drain pump connected to the drain port.
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公开(公告)号：US20230092538A1
公开(公告)日：2023-03-23
申请号：US17909190
申请日：2021-03-02
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Woore KIM , Injae HAN , Sangwook HONG
IPC: D06F39/04 , D06F23/02 , D06F58/02 , D06F25/00 , D06F37/04 , D06F58/26 , D06F33/32 , D06F58/38 , D06F33/52 , H05B6/10 , F26B3/20 , F26B3/24
Abstract: A clothing management apparatus includes a cabinet, a drum an induction heater that includes a housing accommodating a coil, a first duct provided outside the drum and having an inlet communicating with an inner space of the drum, a chamber provided outside the drum and including a first inlet communicating with the first duct, a first outlet communicating with the inner space, a first flow path connecting the first inlet and the first outlet, a second inlet communicating with an outer space of the drum, a second outlet communicating with the housing, and a second flow path connecting the second inlet and the second outlet, a partition wall provided in the chamber and dividing the first flow path and the second flow path, a first impeller in a flow path communicating with the first flow path, and a second impeller in a flow path communicating with the second flow path.
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公开(公告)号：US20220356626A1
公开(公告)日：2022-11-10
申请号：US17870275
申请日：2022-07-21
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Seulgi PARK , Woore KIM , Sangwook HONG
Abstract: A washing machine includes: a tub; a drum of metal material configured to be rotated in the tub; an induction heater configured to be fixed to the tub in a state of being separated from the drum, and to heat the drum; a first temperature sensor configured to have a tube of metal material heated by the induction heater and a thermistor disposed in the tube, at least a part of the tube being exposed between the tub and the drum; a second temperature sensor configured to be disposed in a position further away than the first temperature sensor from the induction heater in a circumferential direction, and detect a temperature of air between the tub and the drum; and a controller configured to control the induction heater based on a first detection value of the first temperature sensor and a second detection value of the second temperature sensor.
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公开(公告)号：US20220290353A1
公开(公告)日：2022-09-15
申请号：US17825693
申请日：2022-05-26
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Sangwook HONG , Woore KIM , Beomjun KIM , Hyunwoo NOH
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a laundry machine. More particularly, a laundry machine for generating steam by an induction heater and a control method thereof are disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, provided is a method of controlling a laundry machine including a tub, a drum rotatably arranged in the tub to accommodate an object and provided with a through hole on an outer circumferential surface thereof, and an induction heater provided to the tub, and configured to perform a steam operation. The steam operation may include heating a heating surface of the drum facing the induction heater by driving the induction heater, spraying, through a spray nozzle, water toward the heating surface heated in the heating operation, and rotating the drum such that the steam is introduced into the drum through the through hole in a space between the tub and the drum.
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公开(公告)号：US20200217007A1
公开(公告)日：2020-07-09
申请号：US16734033
申请日：2020-01-03
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Woore KIM , Changoh KIM , Sangwook HONG
Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for treating laundry with an induction heater and controlling method thereof. In a laundry treating apparatus including an induction heater, the present invention includes a first step of setting a normal dry mode and an abnormal dry mode for controlling the induction heater with a output relatively lower than that of the normal dry mode, a second step of operating the induction heater in the normal dry mode, a third step of determining whether a dry load is a normal load or an abnormal load using at least one of a temperature of a drum and a current of a motor, and a fourth step of if the dry load is determined as the abnormal load, controlling the induction heater in the abnormal dry mode.
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公开(公告)号：US20190264371A1
公开(公告)日：2019-08-29
申请号：US16283355
申请日：2019-02-22
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Jaehyuk JANG , Woore KIM , Sangwook HONG
Abstract: A washing machine includes: a tub; a drum; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of air between the drum and the tub; an induction heater configured to heat the drum; a controller unit configured to control the induction heater within a preset control temperature range; a circuit configured to supply power to the induction heater; a first thermostat configured to operate according to a first temperature of air between the drum and the tub and open the circuit when the first temperature is a first safety control temperature; and a thermal fuse configured to operate according to a second temperature of air outside the tub and open the circuit when the second temperature is a second safety temperature corresponding to a case where the temperature of the drum is in a second safety temperature range having a larger value than the first safety temperature range.
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公开(公告)号：US20250027254A1
公开(公告)日：2025-01-23
申请号：US18714957
申请日：2022-11-30
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Sungyong KIM , Injae HAN , Kanghun LEE , Woore KIM
IPC: D06F39/04 , D06F37/26 , D06F37/30 , D06F39/02 , D06F103/18
Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus can include a cabinet including an inlet, a tub disposed inside the cabinet, the tub being configured to hold water, a drum disposed inside the tub, the drum including a conductive material and being configured to rotate, a driver including a rotation shaft, the driver being disposed at a rear of the tub and being configured to rotate the drum, and an induction module coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the tub, the induction module being configured to generate a magnetic field for heating the drum. Also, a position of the induction module is shifted by an angle within a range from 0 degrees to 45 degrees away from an upper end of the tub that overlaps with the rotation shaft of the driver.
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公开(公告)号：US20210395935A1
公开(公告)日：2021-12-23
申请号：US17465302
申请日：2021-09-02
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Beomjun KIM , Woore KIM , Sangwook HONG
IPC: D06F39/04
Abstract: A washing machine includes: a tub; a drum; an induction heater disposed in a position spaced apart from the drum and configured to heat the drum; an input power source; a relay configured to interrupt a current applied to the coil of the induction heater from the input power source; a first processor configured to control the relay; and a safety device connected to a circuit connecting the first processor and the relay. The safety device includes: a first thermostat configured to operate according to a temperature of a first air between the drum and the tub, and open the circuit when the temperature of the first air is a first safety control temperature; and a thermal fuse configured to operate according to a temperature of a second air outside the tub, and open the circuit when the temperature of the second air is a second safety control temperature.
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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：US20200270793A1
公开(公告)日：2020-08-27
申请号：US16461960
申请日：2017-11-17
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Woore KIM , Sangwook HONG
Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothing treatment apparatus comprising: a cabinet forming the exterior of the clothing treatment apparatus and provided with a door; a tub including a tub body for accommodating clothing and a tub opening in a front side thereof; a drum rotatably disposed within the tub and including a drum opening in a front side thereof; an air circulation duct including an air inlet communicating with an upper end of the tub opening, an air outlet communicating with the tub body, and a fan generating air flow inside the tub; and a guider that communicates with the air inlet and guides the air to the drum opening.
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