Steamer and method of controlling the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsHyewon Kim, Jeaseok Seong, Taewoo Yoo, Kyungah Lee
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Abstract
A steamer may uniformly spray steam onto laundry even when a position of a user's arm changes. The steamer may include: a handle having a hinge formed at one end in a longitudinal direction thereof; a head that is rotatably connected to the hinge and sprays steam; a motor that rotates the head about the hinge; a sensor that senses an inclination in the longitudinal direction of the handle with respect to a horizontal line; and a controller that operates the motor, based on the inclination sensed by the sensor, to rotate the head to a position at which the head may spray steam horizontally.
Claims20
A steamer comprising:
- a handle that extends in a longitudinal direction from a first end to a second end, the handle having a hinge at the second end of the handle, the hinge protruding in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction;
- a head that is rotatably coupled to the hinge at a first end of the head, and the head to spray steam from a second end of the head;
- a motor that rotates the head relative to the hinge;
- a sensor that senses an inclination of the handle with respect to a horizontal line;
- and
- a controller configured to operate the motor, based on the sensed inclination, and to rotate the head such that the head is to spray steam in a direction corresponding to the horizontal line,
- wherein the head includes:
- a heater that applies heat to water particles so that the water particles are phase-changed into steam, and
- a spray hole that sprays the steam to the outside.
A method of controlling a steamer that comprises a handle, a head, a motor, and a sensor, wherein the handle extends in a longitudinal direction, the handle having a hinge formed at one end in the longitudinal direction of the handle, the hinge protruding in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, wherein the head is rotatably coupled to the hinge, and the head to spray steam, wherein the motor rotates the head with respect to the hinge, and wherein the sensor senses an inclination in the longitudinal direction of the handle with respect to a horizontal line,
- wherein the method of controlling the steamer comprises:
- sensing, by the sensor, the inclination of the handle relative to the horizontal line;
- and
- controlling the motor to rotate the head such that the head sprays steam in a direction corresponding to the horizontal line, based on the sensed inclination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.