Operating method for laundry equipment including a scent supply module
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSang-Hun Bae, Sung-Ho Song, Min-Ji Kim, Yong-Cheol Jin
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Abstract
An operating method for a laundry drier which has a rotatable drum mounted inside a main body, a heater for heating the air flowing into the drum; and a scent supply module for spraying scent into the drum, comprising: a drying step of drying the laundry by supplying hot air heated by the heater; a pre-treating step of tumbling the drum while supplying air with the heater off; and a scent treating step of spraying scent onto the laundry which has passed through the pre-treating step. Since the scent is sprayed on after the pre-treating step, the scent can be effectively deposited on the laundry.
Claims18
A method for operating a laundry dryer comprising a drum rotatably mounted inside a main body, a heater for heating air flowing into the drum, and a scent supply module for spraying scent into the drum, the method comprising:
- a drying step of drying the laundry by supplying hot air heated by the heater;
- a pre-treating step of tumbling the drum while supplying air with the heater off;
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- a scent treating step of spraying scent onto the laundry passed through the pre-treating step,
- wherein the drying step comprises a remnant scent removing step of removing scent remaining in the scent supply module by temporarily spraying scent into the drum from the scent supply module.
A scent refreshing method for a laundry dryer comprising a drum rotatably mounted inside a main body, a heater for heating air flowing into the drum, and a scent supply module for spraying scent into the drum, the method comprising:
- a selecting step of selecting a scent refresh course;
- a hot air supplying step of supplying hot air heated by the heater into the drum;
- a first scent spraying step of spraying scent into the drum;
- a pre-treating step of supplying air into the drum with the heater off to cool the drum;
- a second scent spraying step of spraying scent into the drum;
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- a post-treating step of supplying air for cooling with the heater off,
- wherein a time taken for the first scent spraying step is set to be longer than a time taken for the second scent spraying step so as to remove wrinkles and odor from the laundry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.