Title:
LAUNDRY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/080748
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a laundry apparatus, more particularly, a laundry apparatus for heating a drum by an induction heater and a control method thereof. According to an embodiment, the method of controlling a laundry apparatus including a tub, a drum, an induction module mounted on the tub to heat the drum through induction heating, and a circulation pump configured to pump wash water inside the tub and supply the pumped wash water to an upper portion of the drum includes a water supply step of supplying wash water into the tub through a water supply valve, a fabrics soaking step of circulating the wash water by operating the circulation pump and performing fabrics soaking by driving the drum after termination of the water supply step, a heating step of performing heating by driving the induction heating module after termination of the fabrics soaking step, and a main washing step of performing washing by driving the drum after termination of the heating step, wherein the heating step is performed while a water level of the wash water is lower than a lowest end of the drum, the heating step including heating the drum, the wash water, and fabrics by driving the drum, the circulation pump, and the induction heating modle.
Inventors:
KIM CHANGOH (KR)
HONG SANGWOOK (KR)
HONG SANGWOOK (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2019/013337
Publication Date:
April 23, 2020
Filing Date:
October 11, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC (KR)
International Classes:
D06F33/30; D06F39/04; D06F39/08
Foreign References:
KR20090017804A | 2009-02-19 | |||
KR20170049213A | 2017-05-10 | |||
KR20110016224A | 2011-02-17 | |||
KR100531334B1 | 2005-11-29 | |||
KR20180072336A | 2018-06-29 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KBK & ASSOCIATES (KR)
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