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 laundry treating apparatus 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, and
- wherein the first acceleration mode and the first deceleration mode are performed consecutively.
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 to form a rotating field, a rotor configured to be rotated by the rotating field to generate power required for rotation of the drum, an exhaust duct guiding air discharged from the drum, a heat exchange part dehumidifying and heating air moving along the exhaust duct, 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, and a supply duct to guide air discharged from the exhaust duct to the air 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.