CLOTHES TREATMENT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR

Title:

CLOTHES TREATMENT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/038580

Kind Code:

A1

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 invention, 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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Inventors:

KIM BEOMJUN (KR)
KIM WOORE (KR)
PARK BIO (KR)
PARK SEULGI (KR)
JANG JAEHYUK (KR)
HONG SANGWOOK (KR)
KIM CHANGOH (KR)
NOH HYUNWOO (KR)

Application Number:

PCT/KR2017/009341

Publication Date:

March 01, 2018

Filing Date:

August 25, 2017

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

LG ELECTRONICS INC (KR)

International Classes:

D06F39/04; D06F37/06; D06F37/22; D06F37/42; D06F39/00; D06F39/08; D06F58/04; D06F58/10; D06F58/26; D06F58/28

Foreign References:

EP1914339B1	2010-03-10
US5935471A	1999-08-10
JP3861731B2	2006-12-20
KR20100129160A	2010-12-08
KR100446763B1	2004-09-01

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