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Title:
LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/031895
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Disclosed is a laundry treatment apparatus including a drum formed of a metal material and provided to accommodate laundry therein, an induction module spaced apart from a circumferential surface of the drum and provided to heat the circumferential surface of the drum via a magnetic field that is generated when current is applied to a coil, and a lifter formed of a metal material and provided in the drum to move the laundry inside the drum when the drum rotates. The lifter is provided so as to be recessed in a direction in which a distance between the induction module and the lifter, which face each other, increases.

Inventors:
NOH HYUNWOO (KR)
KIM CHANGOH (KR)
HONG SANGWOOK (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2018/009133
Publication Date:
February 14, 2019
Filing Date:
August 09, 2018
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Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC (KR)
International Classes:
D06F58/26; D06F39/04
Foreign References:
EP1914339B12010-03-10
US20070295035A12007-12-27
US20170191202A12017-07-06
KR950014358U1995-06-16
US20130081432A12013-04-04
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KIM, Yong In et al. (KR)
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