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US 2021/0262149 A1Published application
Laundry treating apparatus and method for controlling the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsManseok LEE, Sangho CHO, Yein PARK
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a laundry treating apparatus that is provided to supply steam into a drum accommodating laundry therein and to supply hot water or the steam to a region outside the drum to also sterilize the region outside the drum, and a method for controlling the same.
Claims32
A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a drum disposed in the cabinet and configured to accommodate laundry therein;
- a circulating flow passage configured to supply air discharged from the drum into the drum;
- a heat-exchanger disposed inside the circulating flow passage and configured to condense moisture in the air or to heat the air;
- a steam supplier configured to heat water and to generate steam, the steam supplier being configured to supply the steam into the drum or the circulating flow passage;
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- a sterilizer connected to the steam supplier and configured to supply the heated water or the steam from the steam supplier to a region outside the drum.
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A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a drum disposed in the cabinet and configured to accommodate laundry therein;
- a circulating flow passage configured to supply air discharged from the drum into the drum;
- a heat-exchanger disposed inside the circulating flow passage and configured to condense moisture in the air or heat the air;
- a steam supplier configured to heat water and to generate steam, the steam supplier being configured to supply the steam into the drum or the circulating flow passage;
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- a sterilizer connected to the steam supplier and configured to supply the heated water or the steam from the steam supplier to a region outside the drum based on a temperature of the heated water being greater than or equal to a sterilization temperature.
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A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet that defines an external appearance of the laundry treating apparatus;
- a drum disposed in the cabinet and configured to accommodate laundry therein;
- a circulating flow passage configured to supply air discharged from the drum into the drum;
- a fan configured to blow the air along a duct,
- a heat-exchanger disposed inside the circulating flow passage and configured to condense moisture in the air or heat the air;
- a steam supplier configured to heat water and to generate steam, the steam supplier being configured to supply the steam into the drum or into the circulating flow passage;
- a water collector disposed in or extended from the circulating flow passage and configured to collect condensed water from the heat-exchanger;
- a water storage configured to receive the condensed water from the water collector and to discharge the condensed water outward of the cabinet;
- a washer configured to supply the condensed water collected in the water collector to the heat-exchanger to thereby wash the heat-exchanger;
- a sterilizer configured to supply the heated water or the steam from the steam supplier to at least one of the water collector, the water storage, or the washer;
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- an input unit comprising a process input unit configured to receive a command for operating the fan and the heat-exchanger, and a sterilization input unit configured to receive a command for operating the steam supplier and the sterilizer,
- wherein the sterilizer is configured to supply the heated water or the steam to the heat-exchanger until operation of the fan and the heat-exchanger is terminated based on the process input unit receiving an input.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.