Clothing treatment apparatus and control method therefor
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsHansu Jung, Jaemin Kim, Sangwoo Park, Junho Lee, Lisuel Lim
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Abstract
The present specification relates to a clothing treatment apparatus and a control method therefor, the clothing treatment apparatus comprising: a plurality of inverters for controlling the motors of a drum, a compressor, and a blowing fan; a converter for converting input power input from an external source and outputting the converted power to the inverters; and a control unit for controlling the plurality of inverters and the converter.
Claims20
A clothing treatment apparatus comprising:
- a main body that defines an outer appearance of the clothing treatment apparatus;
- a drum rotatably disposed inside the main body and configured to accommodate an object to be dried;
- a heat pump comprising a compressor and a condenser, the heat pump being configured to compress refrigerant by the compressor and to circulate the refrigerant through the condenser to thereby remove moisture in heated air discharged from the drum and circulate dehumidified air to the drum;
- a blower fan configured to generate a flow of the heated air or the dehumidified air;
- a first motor configured to rotate the drum;
- a second motor configured to rotate the blower fan;
- a third motor configured to drive the compressor;
- a converter configured to convert input power received from an external power source and to supply the converted input power to at least one of the first motor, the second motor, or the third motor;
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- a controller configured to control the converter and the compressor, the controller configured to:
- drive the compressor at a first time point, and
- drive the converter at a second time point subsequent to the first time point.
A method for controlling a clothing treatment apparatus, the clothing treatment apparatus including a main body, a drum rotatably disposed inside the main body and configured to accommodate an object to be dried, a heat pump configured to compress refrigerant by a compressor and to circulate the refrigerant through a condenser to thereby remove moisture in heated air discharged from the drum and circulate dehumidified air to the drum, a blower fan configured to generate a flow of the heated air or the dehumidified air, a first motor configured to rotate the drum, a second motor configured to rotate the blower fan, a third motor configured to drive the compressor, a converter configured to convert input power received from an external power source and to output the converted input power to at least one of the first motor, the second motor, or the third motor, and a controller configured to control the converter and the compressor, the method comprising:
- driving the compressor at a first time point, and
- driving the converter at a second time point subsequent to the first time point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.