Title:
LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2024/019242
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Disclosed is a laundry treatment apparatus including a drum providing a space in which clothes are accommodated, a circulation flow path for re-supplying air discharged from the drum to the drum, a heat exchanger including a fan impeller for moving air along the circulation flow path, a first heat exchanger for dehumidifying the air moving along the circulation flow path, and a second heat exchanger for heating air passing through the first heat exchanger, a storage in which condensate discharged from the air passing through the first heat exchanger is collected, and a drain for discharging water of the storage, wherein the drain includes a first chamber for receiving water of the storage through a chamber inlet and discharging water through a chamber drain, a second chamber positioned above the first chamber, a chamber communication hole connecting the first chamber and the second chamber, a pump impeller rotatably provided inside the first chamber, positioned below the chamber communication hole, and moving water to the chamber drain, and an exhaust flow path connecting the second chamber and the circulation flow path and guiding air inside the second chamber to the circulation flow path during an operation of the fan impeller.
Inventors:
LEE JOSEPH (KR)
KANG WOOHEE (KR)
RYOO BYEONGJO (KR)
KANG WOOHEE (KR)
RYOO BYEONGJO (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2022/019950
Publication Date:
January 25, 2024
Filing Date:
December 08, 2022
Export Citation:
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC (KR)
International Classes:
D06F58/24; D06F33/62; D06F34/14; D06F39/08; D06F103/18; D06F105/08
Foreign References:
| KR20210020398A | 2021-02-24 | |||
| JPH0637592U | 1994-05-20 | |||
| KR20160059933A | 2016-05-27 | |||
| KR20160006064A | 2016-01-18 | |||
| KR20190128468A | 2019-11-18 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KBK & ASSOCIATES (KR)
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