Apparatus for treating laundry and control method thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsMinji Kim, Hyuksoo Lee, Yeonju Lee, Hyeonjoong Kim
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Abstract
A method for controlling a laundry treating apparatus includes an air supplying step of supplying heated air to the drum through the heat exchange part and a first motion executing step executed while the air supplying step is in progress. The first motion executing step alternately executes a first acceleration mode of rotating the drum at an rpm inducing a centrifugal force equal to or greater than 1G along one of a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction and a first deceleration mode of rotating the drum at an rpm inducing a centrifugal force smaller than 1G in a direction equal to a rotational direction set for the first acceleration mode.
Claims19
A method of controlling a dryer including a drum providing a space for storing laundry therein, an exhaust duct discharging air in the drum, a supply duct supplying air to the drum, and a heat exchange part heating the air supplied to the drum, the method comprising:
- an air supplying step of supplying heated air to the drum through the heat exchange part;
- and
- a first motion executing step executed while the air supplying step is in progress,
- wherein the first motion executing step comprises alternately executing (i) a first acceleration mode of rotating the drum at an rpm inducing a centrifugal force equal to or greater than 1G along one of a clockwise direction or a counterclockwise direction and (ii) a first deceleration mode of rotating the drum at an rpm inducing a centrifugal force smaller than 1G in a direction equal to a rotational direction set for the first acceleration mode,
- wherein the rotation direction of the drum is maintained during the first acceleration mode and the first deceleration mode of the first motion executing step, and
- wherein the first acceleration mode and the first deceleration mode are performed consecutively without a time gap therebetween.
A method of controlling a laundry treating apparatus including a drum providing a space for storing laundry therein, a fixed panel provided to a location spaced apart from a rear side of the drum, a stator fixed to the fixed panel to form a rotating field, a rotor configured to be rotated by the rotating field to generate power required for rotation of the drum, a panel outlet configured to perforate the fixed panel, an exhaust duct guiding air discharged from the drum to the panel outlet, a heat exchange part dehumidifying and heating air moving along the exhaust duct, an inlet configured in a manner that a multitude of perforated holes configured to perforate the fixed panel are disposed to enclose the rotor, an air inlet configured in a manner that a multitude of perforated holes perforating the rear side of the drum are disposed to form a ring enclosing a rotation center of the drum, a flow path forming part having one end fixed to the fixed panel to enclose the inlet and the other end contacting with the drum to enclose the air inlet, and a supply duct fixed to the fixed panel to guide air discharged from the panel outlet to the inlet, the method comprising:
- an air supplying step of supplying heated air to the drum through the heat exchange part;
- and
- a motion executing step executed while the air supplying step is in progress,
- wherein the motion executing step alternately executes an acceleration mode of rotating the drum at an rpm inducing a centrifugal force equal to or greater than 1G along one of a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction and a deceleration mode of rotating the drum at an rpm inducing a centrifugal force smaller than 1G in a direction equal to a rotational direction set for the acceleration mode, and
- wherein the acceleration mode and the deceleration mode are performed consecutively without a time gap therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.