Washing and drying integrated machine and control method

Abstract

A washing and drying integrated machine comprises a housing; a drying drum assembly configured to dry clothes and a washing drum assembly configured to wash clothes, which are respectively arranged inside the housing and operate independently. The washing and drying integrated machine further comprises a heating device, wherein the heating device is respectively connected with a drying drum in the drying drum assembly and a washing drum in the washing drum assembly via ventilating ducts. The same heating device provides hot wind to the inside of the drying drum and the inside of the washing drum. Opening or closing of valves on the ventilating ducts between the heating device and the drying drum as well as the washing drum, provide separate or simultaneous supply of heat to the drying drum and the washing drum, thereby realizing multiple purposes of the heating device.

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