公开(公告)号：EP3964624A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-09

申请号：EP21194813.8

申请日：2021-09-03

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： KIM, Hyeonjoong ,  CHO, Hongjun ,  KIM, Hyojun ,  KWON, Oshin ,  HWANG, Yangguk ,  LEE, Hyuksoo ,  LEE, Yeonju

IPC: D06F37/30 ,  D06F58/08

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for treating laundry, comprising:
a drum (2) having a drum body (21) providing a space for storing the laundry, a front cover (22) forming a front side of the drum body (21), a rear cover (23) forming a rear side of the drum body (21), and a drum entrance perforating the front cover (22) to communicate with an inside of the drum body (21);
a fixed panel (151) provided to a location spaced apart from the rear cover (23);
a hollow cylindrical housing (61) fixed to the fixed panel (151);
a motor (5) having a stator (51) fixed to at least one of the fixed panel (151) or the housing (61) to form a rotating field and a rotor (52) rotated by the rotating field;
a ring gear (62) fixed to an inside of the housing (61);
a first shaft (63) having one end fixed to the rotor (52) and the other end located within the housing (61);
a driver gear (631) located within the housing (61) by being fixed to the first shaft (63);
a second shaft (65) having one end fixed to the rear cover (23) by penetrating the fixed panel (151) and the other end located within the housing (61) so as to form a concentric axis with the first shaft (63);
a base (671) located within the housing (61) and having the other end of the second shaft (65) fixed thereto; and
a driven gear (677) having a first body (677a) rotatably fixed to the base (671), a first gear (677b) provided to a circumferential surface of the first body (677a) to engage with the driver gear (631), a second body (677c) fixed to the first body (677a) and having a diameter smaller than that of the first body (677a), and a second gear (677d) provided to a circumferential surface of the second body (677c) to engage with the ring gear (62).

公开(公告)号：EP3712322A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-23

申请号：EP20168993.2

申请日：2016-05-20

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： AHN, Seungphyo ,  KIM, Seonghwan ,  PARK, Bio ,  NOH, Hyunwoo ,  LEE, Hyuksoo

IPC: D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/08 ,  D06F58/46 ,  D06F103/50 ,  D06F105/26 ,  D06F105/32

Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes dryer, comprising: a cabinet; a driving motor (140) installed inside the cabinet; a drum (110) rotated by receiving power from the driving motor (140); an air duct (111) connected to the drum (110) to form a flow path for air circulation; a blower (113) installed in the air duct (111) to circulate the air; a heat pump cycle (120) installed in the air duct (111), and including an evaporator (121) and a condenser (124) connected by a refrigerant pipe (127), to absorb heat of air flowing along the air duct (111) and supply the heat to air introduced into the drum (110); an auxiliary heat exchanger (128, 131, 231) installed in the refrigerant pipe (127) to further cool refrigerant passing through the condenser (124); and an auxiliary cooling fan (129, 132, 232) driven by receiving power from the driving motor (140) to cool the auxiliary heat exchanger (128, 131, 231).

公开(公告)号：EP2622123B1

公开(公告)日：2016-07-06

申请号：EP11829546.8

申请日：2011-09-27

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： LEE, Hyuksoo ,  YE, Sungmin ,  KIM, Seonghwan

IPC: D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/02 ,  D06F58/28

CPC classification number: D06F58/206 ,  D06F58/02 ,  D06F58/28 ,  D06F2058/2858 ,  D06F2058/2864 ,  D06F2058/287

公开(公告)号：EP3964631A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-09

申请号：EP21194763.5

申请日：2021-09-03

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： KIM, Hyojun ,  CHO, Hongjun ,  LEE, Hyuksoo ,  HWANG, Yangguk ,  KIM, Hyeonjoong ,  KWON, Oshin ,  KIM, Minji ,  LEE, Yeonju

IPC: D06F58/08

Abstract: A dryer includes a drum (20) including a drum body (21) providing a space for storing clothes, a front cover (22) forming a front surface of the drum body (21), a rear cover (23) forming a rear surface of the drum body (21), and a drum inlet (221) penetrating through the front cover (22) and communicating with the inside of the drum body (21), a fixing panel (15) disposed apart from the rear cover (23) and having a through hole (155) formed thereon, a motor (5) including a stator (51) mounted in the through hole (155), and a rotor (52) rotating by the stator (51), a power transmitter (6) including a housing (60a, 60b) fixed to the fixing panel (15), the housing (60a, 60b) including a first shaft (63a, 63b) coupled to the rotor (52), a second shaft (652a, 652b) coupled to the rear cover (23), and an interlocking gear (64a, 64b) configured to transmit a rotational force of the first shaft (63a, 63b) to the second shaft (652a, 652b) by decelerating the rotational force, and a driving unit bracket (4) mounted in the through hole (155).

公开(公告)号：EP3647480A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-06

申请号：EP19210027.9

申请日：2016-05-20

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： LEE, Hyuksoo ,  AHN, Seungphyo ,  PARK, Bio

IPC: D06F58/22 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/24

Abstract: The invention provides a clothes treating apparatus having a drying function, the clothes treating apparatus comprising: a cabinet (110); a drum (120) provided within the cabinet; a heat-exchanger (182) heat-exchanged with air exhausted from the drum (120); a lint filter (210a, 201b) disposed on an upstream side of the heat-exchanger (182) with respect to flow of air exhausted from the drum (120) to collect lint in the air, wherein the lint filter (210a, 210b) includes a frame (212) having at least one opening, and a mesh part (215) provided in the opening and allowing passage of air and restraining passage of lint; a spray tube (250a, 250b) for spraying water to the lint filter (210a, 210b) or to the heat exchanger (182) such that lint collected in the lint filter (210a, 210b) is separated from the lint filter or lint collected in the heat exchanger (182) is separated from the heat exchanger (182); and a lint collecting part (310) provided below the lint filter (210a, 210b) or below the heat-exchanger (182) to collect the separated lint, wherein the lint filter (210a, 210b) is disposed to be sloped with respect to a vertical direction of the cabinet (110), wherein water is sprayable to a rear surface of the lint filter (210a, 210b), or sprayable to an upstream side end region of the heat exchanger (182) along a flow direction of air exhausted from the drum (120), and wherein the lint collecting part (310) comprises a bottom part (312), and a side wall part (315) extending upward from the edges of the bottom part (312), wherein the bottom part (312) is arranged for the water and the separated lint to drop thereon such that the bottom part (312) allows passage of the water and restrains passage of the lint to collect the lint thereon.

公开(公告)号：EP3323933A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-23

申请号：EP16811828.9

申请日：2016-05-20

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： AHN, Seungphyo ,  KIM, Seonghwan ,  PARK, Bio ,  NOH, Hyunwoo ,  LEE, Hyuksoo

IPC: D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/24

CPC classification number: D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/28 ,  D06F2058/2858 ,  D06F2058/2877

Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes dryer, including a drum, a heat pump cycle having a first evaporator, a compressor and a condenser, and a blower for circulating air, wherein the heat pump cycle includes second to nth evaporators disposed in series with the first evaporator within an air duct; an auxiliary heat exchanger to cool refrigerant discharged from the condenser, and first to nth expansion valves to independently control flow rates of refrigerants flowing into the first to nth evaporators, wherein the dryer further includes a controller to control the compressor according to refrigerant discharge pressure of the compressor or refrigerant inlet pressure of the condenser.

公开(公告)号：EP2622123A2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-07

申请号：EP11829546.8

申请日：2011-09-27

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： LEE, Hyuksoo ,  YE, Sungmin ,  KIM, Seonghwan

IPC: D06F58/28 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/26

CPC classification number: D06F58/206 ,  D06F58/02 ,  D06F58/28 ,  D06F2058/2858 ,  D06F2058/2864 ,  D06F2058/287

Abstract: Disclosed are a clothes treating apparatus and an operating method thereof. For a clothes treating apparatus comprising a drum configured to accommodate therein an object to be dried, an air suction duct configured to form a flow path of air introduced into the drum, an auxiliary fan configured to introduce air into the air suction duct, an air exhaustion duct configured to form a flow path of air exhausted from the drum, a main fan configured to exhaust air to the air exhaustion duct from the drum, a condenser disposed to heat air sucked into the drum through the air suction duct, an evaporator disposed to cool air exhausted from the drum through the air exhaustion duct, and a compressor and an expander configured to constitute a heat pump together with the condenser and the evaporator, the method includes measuring a discharge side pressure (Pd) of the compressor, and comparing the measured discharge side pressure (Pd) with a maximum allowable pressure (Pm), and determining that the auxiliary fan does not operate when the discharge side pressure (Pd) is more than the maximum allowable pressure (Pm).

公开(公告)号：EP2622121A2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-07

申请号：EP11829544.3

申请日：2011-09-27

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： LEE, Hyuksoo ,  SONG, Sungho ,  YE, Sungmin ,  KIM, Seonghwan ,  RYOO, Byeongjo

IPC: D06F58/28 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/20

CPC classification number: D06F58/206 ,  D06F58/28 ,  D06F2058/2858 ,  D06F2058/287 ,  D06F2058/2887 ,  F25B49/005

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for diagnosing a clothes treating apparatus, and a clothes treating apparatus having a refrigerant leakage detecting means. In a clothes treating apparatus comprising a drum configured to accommodate therein an object to be dried, an air suction means configured to form a flow path of air introduced into the drum, an air exhaustion means configured to form a flow path of air exhausted from the drum, a condenser disposed to heat air sucked into the drum through the air suction means, an evaporator disposed to cool air exhausted from the drum through the air exhaustion means, and a compressor and an expander configured to constitute a heat pump together with the condenser and the evaporator, the method includes a temperature detection step of detecting a temperature change of air passing through the condenser or the air suction means, and a determination step of determining that refrigerant leakage has occurred when a temperature decrease amount measured in the temperature detection step is more than a predetermined level.

公开(公告)号：EP4549648A2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-07

申请号：EP25159271.3

申请日：2016-05-20

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： LEE, Hyuksoo ,  AHN, Seungphyo ,  PARK, Bio

IPC: D06F58/20

Abstract: The invention provides a clothes treating apparatus having a drying function, the clothes treating apparatus comprising: a cabinet; a drum provided within the cabinet; a heat-exchanger heat-exchanged with air exhausted from the drum; a lint filter disposed on an upstream side of the heat-exchanger with respect to flow of air exhausted from the drum to collect lint in the air, wherein the lint filter includes a frame having at least one opening, and a mesh part provided in the opening and allowing passage of air and restraining passage of lint; a spray tube for spraying water to the lint filter or to the heat exchanger such that lint collected in the lint filter is separated from the lint filter or lint collected in the heat exchanger is separated from the heat exchanger; and a lint collecting part provided below the lint filter or below the heat-exchanger to collect the separated lint, wherein the lint filter is disposed to be sloped with respect to a vertical direction of the cabinet, wherein water is sprayable to a rear surface of the lint filter, or sprayable to an upstream side end region of the heat exchanger along a flow direction of air exhausted from the drum, and wherein the lint collecting part comprises a bottom part, and a side wall part extending upward from the edges of the bottom part, wherein the bottom part is arranged for the water and the separated lint to drop thereon such that the bottom part allows passage of the water and restrains passage of the lint to collect the lint thereon.

公开(公告)号：EP4530389A2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-02

申请号：EP25151890.8

申请日：2021-09-03

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： KIM, Hyeonjoong ,  CHO, Hongjun ,  KIM, Hyojun ,  KWON, Oshin ,  HWANG, Yangguk ,  LEE, Hyuksoo ,  LEE, Yeonju

IPC: D06F58/08

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for treating laundry, including a drum having a drum body providing a space for storing the laundry, a front cover forming a front side of the drum body, a rear cover forming a rear side of the drum body, and a drum entrance perforating the front cover to communicate with an inside of the drum body, a fixed panel provided to a location spaced apart from the rear cover, a hollow cylindrical housing fixed to the fixed panel, a motor having a stator fixed to at least one of the fixed panel or the housing to form a rotating field and a rotor rotated by the rotating field, a ring gear fixed to an inside of the housing, a first shaft having one end fixed to the rotor and the other end located within the housing, a driver gear located within the housing by being fixed to the first shaft, a second shaft having one end fixed to the rear cover by penetrating the fixed panel and the other end located within the housing so as to form a concentric axis with the first shaft, a base located within the housing and having the other end of the second shaft fixed thereto, and a driven gear having a first body rotatably fixed to the base, a first gear provided to a circumferential surface of the first body to engage with the driver gear, a second body fixed to the first body and having a diameter smaller than that of the first body, and a second gear provided to a circumferential surface of the second body to engage with the ring gear.