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US 2006/0075577 A1Published application
Washing machine and method of controlling the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsIn Chul Jeong, Si Moon Jeon
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Abstract
A washing machine and a method of controlling the same are provided. The washing machine includes an exhaust port, a filter, and a nozzle. Humid air in a tub is exhausted through the exhaust port to the outside. The filter filters is provided to the exhaust port to filter lint. The nozzle sprays air to the filter. The lint filtered by the filter is automatically removed, so that use convenience safety is enhanced and dry efficiency of the washing machine is improved.
Claims20
A washing machine comprising:
- a main body;
- a tub for storing washing water in an inside of the main body;
- a drum received in the tub and rotating
- a fan for supplying dry air to the tub;
- a ventilation duct for connecting the fan with the tub;
- an exhaust unit for providing a pipe through which the dry air containing humidity of an inside of the tub is exhausted from the tub;
- a filter provided to the exhaust unit, for filtering lint;
- and
- a nozzle for spraying air to the filter to remove collected lint from the filter.
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A method of controlling a washing machine, comprising:
- a dry-cycle drying a laundry by blowing air after the laundry is washed;
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- a lint-removal cycle forcibly spraying fluid to a filter to remove lint collected at the filter.
A washing machine comprising:
- a suction unit through which dry air flows to an inside of a tub;
- an exhaust unit through which humid air in the inside of the tub is exhausted;
- a filter provided to the exhaust unit, for filtering lint;
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- a lint removal unit for spraying air to the filter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.