Laundry treating device
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsWoore Kim, Beomjun Kim, Sangwook Hong
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Abstract
Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus. The present invention includes a cabinet, a tub provided within the cabinet, a drum provided within the tub to receive a treatment target therein, the drum made of metallic material, an induction module provided to the tub to heat the drum by induction, an infrared sensor provided to the tub to measure a temperature of the drum, and a barrel lens connected to the infrared sensor so that thermal radiation radiated from the drum enters the barrel lens, wherein the barrel lens includes a guide portion guiding vertically incident thermal radiation to the infrared sensor only.
Claims19
An apparatus for treating laundry, comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a tub disposed in the cabinet;
- a drum disposed in the tub and configured to receive laundry therein, the drum having a circumferential surface made of a metallic material;
- a motor configured to rotate the drum;
- an induction module that is disposed at the tub and radially spaced apart outward from the circumferential surface of the drum, the induction module being configured to heat the drum by induction;
- an infrared sensor disposed at the tub outside the drum, the infrared sensor having an entrance that faces the circumferential surface of the drum to measure a temperature of the drum;
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- a barrel lens that is connected to the infrared sensor and has a hollow extending in a radial direction of the drum,
- wherein a diameter of the hollow corresponds to a diameter of the entrance of the infrared sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.