公开(公告)号：US20250003131A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-02

申请号：US18712934

申请日：2022-11-23

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Seungphyo AHN ,  Dongsoo LEE ,  Jaehwan KWON

IPC: D06F33/60 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F33/68 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F37/36 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F105/48 ,  D06F105/52

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus (clothing processing apparatus) and a control method for the same are disclosed, and the laundry treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a cabinet; a tub: a drum; and a control unit provided to control rotation of the drum and perform a spin-drying cycle of clothes, wherein: the spin-drying cycle includes a first spin-drying cycle and a second spin-drying cycle; in the first spin-drying cycle, the rpm of the drum decreases immediately after increasing up to a peak rpm set in the control unit, so as to perform a peak motion of the drum; and in the second spin-drying cycle, the rpm of the drum increases up to a hold rpm set in the control unit, is kept at the hold rpm for a predetermined time, and then decreases, so as to perform a hold motion of the drum.

公开(公告)号：US20240295064A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-05

申请号：US18575388

申请日：2022-06-30

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Dami CHOE

IPC: D06F34/32 ,  A61L2/07 ,  A61L2/24 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/30 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F39/40 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/62 ,  D06F105/40 ,  D06F105/52 ,  D06F105/58

CPC classification number: D06F34/32 ,  A61L2/07 ,  A61L2/24 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/30 ,  D06F39/088 ,  D06F39/40 ,  D06F58/203 ,  A61L2202/11 ,  A61L2202/122 ,  A61L2202/17 ,  A61L2202/26 ,  D06F2103/08 ,  D06F2103/62 ,  D06F2105/40 ,  D06F2105/52 ,  D06F2105/58

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus including a cabinet, a drum provided inside the cabinet to accommodate laundry, a driver to provide power to rotate the drum, a steam part to supply steam to an inside of the drum, a water supply to supply water to the steam part, a manipulation portion to receive a command for selecting a course or option for performing one or more of rotation of the drum or a supply of steam to the inside of the drum, a controller to generate insufficiency information that steam is not capable of being generated, and a display portion to display the insufficiency information. The display portion can display the insufficiency information at any one of a booting time point at which power is supplied to the display portion, a selection time point of the course or option, an execution time point at which the course or option is executed, and a completion time point at which the course or option is completed, when the insufficiency information is generated.

公开(公告)号：US20240271354A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-15

申请号：US18645251

申请日：2024-04-24

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Geonho LEE ,  Dokyeong KIM ,  Minhyung LEE ,  Youngsu LEE ,  Hocheol LEE ,  Seungeun CHUNG

IPC: D06F58/36 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F34/32 ,  D06F58/08 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F103/04 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/46 ,  D06F103/58 ,  D06F105/30 ,  D06F105/58

CPC classification number: D06F58/36 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F34/32 ,  D06F58/08 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F2103/04 ,  D06F2103/08 ,  D06F2103/46 ,  D06F2103/58 ,  D06F2105/30 ,  D06F2105/58

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a dryer that performs an ice removal operation. To this end, provided are: a drum configured to receive a drying item, at least one first sensor configured to detect a presence of the drying item in the drum, a pump chamber configured to store condensate, a drain pump configured to discharge the condensate from the pump chamber, and a controller configured to, when detecting the drying item in the drum based on a signal of the at least one first sensor, limit a number of forced drains of the drain pump to reduce a water level of the pump chamber.

公开(公告)号：US11976409B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-07

申请号：US17050675

申请日：2019-04-25

Applicant: LAVATEC LAUNDRY TECHNOLOGY GMBH

Inventor： Wolf-Peter Graeser ,  Joachim Krause

IPC: D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/02 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F95/00 ,  D06F103/02 ,  D06F103/04 ,  D06F103/06 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/12 ,  D06F103/24 ,  D06F103/32 ,  D06F103/34 ,  D06F103/36 ,  D06F105/24 ,  D06F105/28 ,  D06F105/30 ,  D06F105/32 ,  D06F105/48

CPC classification number: D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F95/00 ,  D06F58/02 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F2103/02 ,  D06F2103/04 ,  D06F2103/06 ,  D06F2103/08 ,  D06F2103/12 ,  D06F2103/24 ,  D06F2103/32 ,  D06F2103/34 ,  D06F2103/36 ,  D06F2105/24 ,  D06F2105/28 ,  D06F2105/30 ,  D06F2105/32 ,  D06F2105/48

Abstract: A disclosed dryer includes a receptacle configured to contain material to be dried, an air duct configured to route recirculating air and/or fresh air to the receptacle, a heating device configured to heat the recirculating air, and at least one sensor. The sensor is configured to determine a relative humidity and/or temperature, and the air duct includes at least one adjusting element configured to modify a portion of recirculating air routed to the receptacle. The dryer further includes a control or regulating device configured to control or regulate the portion of recirculating air routed to the receptacle and/or a heating capacity of the heating device during a drying process. A disclosed method includes controlling a portion of recirculating air routed to the receptacle and/or a heating capacity of the heating device. Further, a mixture of recirculating air and fresh air are varied during heat-up, drying, and cool-down phases.

公开(公告)号：US11913160B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-27

申请号：US17532063

申请日：2021-11-22

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Barbara A. Balinski ,  Floyd G. Jackson ,  Karl David McAllister

IPC: D06F25/00 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/20 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/36 ,  D06F105/24 ,  D06F103/02 ,  D06F103/40 ,  D06F105/12 ,  D06F105/22 ,  D06F105/28 ,  D06F105/30 ,  D06F101/00

CPC classification number: D06F39/04 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/20 ,  D06F2101/00 ,  D06F2103/02 ,  D06F2103/08 ,  D06F2103/36 ,  D06F2103/40 ,  D06F2105/12 ,  D06F2105/22 ,  D06F2105/24 ,  D06F2105/28 ,  D06F2105/30

Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to a treating cycle of operation. The laundry treating appliance comprises a treating chamber for receiving the laundry that is selectively accessible through a door movable between opened and closed positions. The method comprises determining at the end of a laundry treating cycle whether the door has been opened and subsequently reclosed and reducing humidity in the treating chamber after the determination that the door has been reclosed.

公开(公告)号：US11686041B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US16472996

申请日：2016-12-28

Applicant: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag

Inventor： Federico Del Maschio ,  Giorgio Pattarello

IPC: D06F58/38 ,  D06F103/04 ,  D06F103/10 ,  D06F103/38 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F105/12 ,  D06F105/56 ,  D06F25/00

CPC classification number: D06F58/38 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F2103/04 ,  D06F2103/08 ,  D06F2103/10 ,  D06F2103/38 ,  D06F2105/12 ,  D06F2105/56

Abstract: An appliance having a drying chamber for performing a drying cycle, a capacitive sensing arrangement within the drying chamber and configured to generate an electric signal indicative of a degree of humidity of a load contained in the drying chamber, and a control unit arranged for carrying out at least one among: estimating a mass of the load; estimating a residual humidity of the load; estimating a residual time to the end of the drying cycle, and detecting an end of the drying cycle according to the electric signal.

公开(公告)号：US11686036B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US16667172

申请日：2019-10-29

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Woore Kim ,  Beomjun Kim ,  Sangwook Hong

IPC: D06F39/12 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F58/30 ,  D06F58/16 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F34/14 ,  D06F58/38

CPC classification number: D06F39/12 ,  D06F34/14 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F39/083 ,  D06F58/16 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F58/30 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F2103/08

Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus. The present invention includes a cabinet, a tub provided within the cabinet, a drum provided within the tub to receive a treatment target therein, the drum made of metallic material, an induction module provided to the tub to heat the drum by induction, an infrared sensor provided to the tub to measure a temperature of the drum, and a barrel lens connected to the infrared sensor so that thermal radiation radiated from the drum enters the barrel lens, wherein the barrel lens includes a guide portion guiding vertically incident thermal radiation to the infrared sensor only.

公开(公告)号：US11542655B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-03

申请号：US17210756

申请日：2021-03-24

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Shinwon Kim ,  Ingeun Ahn ,  Seonil Heo

IPC: D06F58/50 ,  D06F58/30 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/32 ,  D06F103/42 ,  D06F103/54 ,  D06F103/58 ,  D06F105/30 ,  D06F105/36 ,  D06F105/46 ,  D06F105/58 ,  D06F105/62 ,  D06F58/02

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus may comprise a cabinet that defines an exterior design; a drum rotatably mounted in the cabinet and configured to accommodate laundry; a drive unit or motor configured to rotate the drum; a hot air supply unit or hot air blower configured to supply high-temperature air to the drum and in communication with the drum; a collection portion or liquid chamber provided to collect water condensed from the drum and in communication with the hot air supply unit; and a drainage pump configured to discharge the water collected in the collection portion outside the cabinet such that the laundry treating apparatus may sense whether the condensate collected in the collection portion is frozen and thaw the frozen condensate. A control method of the laundry treating apparatus may be provided to thaw and operate the laundry treating apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US20220186419A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-16

申请号：US17543870

申请日：2021-12-07

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC

Inventor： Woonje Choi ,  Boosung Kim ,  Sejin Kang

IPC: D06F34/10 ,  D06F34/06 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F58/48 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F58/44 ,  D06F29/00 ,  D06F105/28 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F105/52 ,  D06F105/40

Abstract: A method for controlling a laundry treatment apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treatment apparatus includes an upper treatment device and a lower treatment device. The upper treatment device includes a drying drum in which target laundry to be dried is placed, an upper driver to rotate the drying drum, a circulation passage unit through which air flows into or out of the drying drum, a heat exchanger to dehumidify and heat the air, and a steam generator to supply steam to the drying drum. The lower treatment device includes a tub to store wash water therein, a washing drum provided in the tub so that target laundry to be washed is put into the washing machine and the laundry is washed and dried, a tub heater provided in the tub to heat the wash water, and a lower driver to rotate the washing drum. The method for controlling the laundry treatment apparatus includes performing, by the lower treatment device, a washing course including a water supply step, a washing (rinsing) step, and a dehydration step, and performing, by the upper treatment device, a drying course including a hot air supply step, a fan operation step, and a dryness sensing step, wherein the lower treatment device performs the washing course by changing a configuration of at least one of an operation of the tub heater, an execution time of the washing course, and an operation of the lower driver according to a progress state of the drying course, thereby performing the washing course.

公开(公告)号：US11142863B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-12

申请号：US16659900

申请日：2019-10-22

Applicant: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

Inventor： David Scott Dunn ,  Jivko Ognianov Djerekarov ,  Brian Michael Schork

IPC: F26B7/00 ,  D06F58/20 ,  F26B21/08 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/36 ,  D06F103/50 ,  D06F105/24 ,  D06F105/26

Abstract: A dryer appliance and a method of operating the same are provided. In one aspect, the dryer appliance includes a drum rotatably mounted within a cabinet. The drum defines a chamber that is in fluid communication with a conditioning system of the dryer appliance. The conditioning system heats air circulating therethrough and removes water from the process air. A collection tank collects the water and a drain pump removes water from the collection tank intermittently when the water reaches a predetermined level. The frequency at which the drain pump removes water from the collection tank is utilized to determine the moisture extraction rate indicative of the rate at which moisture is removed from the clothes. The moisture extraction rate is utilized to control the mass flow rate of refrigerant in a heat pump sealed system or the process air flow rate through the closed loop air circuit.