Abstract:
A clothes treating apparatus includes a case, a drum (110) installed within the case and configured to accommodate a target dry item, a circulation duct (120) configured to form an air circulation flow channel allowing air to circulate therein by way of the drum (110), a heat pump cycle (140) configured to have an evaporator (142) and a condenser (144) disposed to be spaced apart from one another within the circulation duct (120), and absorb heat of air released from the drum (110) through the evaporator (142) and transmit the absorbed heat to air introduced to the drum (110) through the condenser (144), by using a working fluid circulating by way of the evaporator (142) and the condenser (144), and a dehumidification system (150) configured to dehumidify air passing through the evaporator (142).
Abstract:
A clothes treating apparatus includes a drum, an air suction unit forming a flow path of air introduced into the drum, an air exhaustion unit forming a flow path of air exhausted from the drum, a condenser heating air sucked into the drum through the air suction unit, an evaporator cooling air exhausted from the drum through the air exhaustion unit, a compressor compressing refrigerant introduced from the evaporator, and a variable expander expanding a refrigerant introduced from the condenser, and having a variable open degree. An operation method includes measuring a temperature of a refrigerant into the evaporator, and a temperature of a refrigerant into the compressor, and decreasing an open degree of the variable expander when a temperature difference between the two measured temperatures is less than a predetermined first value.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a clothes dryer (1). The clothes dryer (1) includes a casing (10) in which a first drum (4) is provided, the casing (10) being formed with an introduction opening (11a) of clothes, and a door (20) provided at the casing (10) to open or close the introduction opening (11a), the door (20) including a drum assembly (100). The drum assembly (100) includes a second drum (110) to be rotatable, so that clothes are introduced into and dried in the first and second drums.
Abstract:
A dryer (100) includes a drum (140) configured to receive a laundry item within its internal volume, a variable member (160) positioned within the drum (140) and configured to be movable in a lengthwise direction of the drum (140) to thereby vary the internal volume of the drum (140), a motor (170) disposed on a rear surface of the drum (140), the motor (170) including a rotation shaft that is configured to rotate in a forward rotation direction or a reverse rotation direction, an adjustment shaft (180) coupled to the rotation shaft and configured to extend to a preset position inside the drum (140), and a bracket (190) fitted to the adjustment shaft (180) and configured to couple the variable member (160) and the adjustment shaft (180). The coupling of the variable member (160) and the adjustment shaft (180) enables movement of the variable member (160) according to a rotation of the adjustment shaft (180).
Abstract:
Disclosed are a control method of a dryer, and a controller in which the control method can be implemented. The control method includes detecting at least one of temperature and relative humidity of air discharged from a drum rotating in one direction, comparing a variation rate of the detected at least one of the temperature and the relative humidity with a reference value to sense occurrence of entanglement inside the drum, rotating the drum in a reverse direction such that the entanglement is clear when the entanglement has occurred; and maintaining a rotational direction of the drum during a certain time such that, after the rotational direction is changed, the rotational direction of the drum is not changed back during the certain time.
Abstract:
A condensing type clothes dryer having a heat pump cycle, includes: a drum (110) where an object to be dried is accommodated; a circulation duct (120) which forms a circulation passage such that air circulates via the drum (110); and a heat pump cycle (140) having a plurality of evaporators (141 a, 141 b) disposed close to each other in the circulation duct (120), having a condenser (142) disposed at a downstream side of the evaporators (141 a, 141 b) in a spaced manner, and configured to absorb heat of air discharged from the drum (110) through the evaporators (141 a, 141 b), and to transfer the heat to air introduced into the drum (110) through the condenser (142), by using an operation fluid which circulates via the evaporators (141 a, 141 b) and the condenser (142), wherein the heat pump cycle (140) includes: a plurality of divergence pipes (146a, 146b) which form a divergence passage such that the operation fluid discharged from the condenser (142) is introduced into each of the plurality of evaporators (141 a, 141b); a plurality of electronic expansion valves (144a, 144b) installed at the divergence pipes (146a, 146b), and configured to open and close the divergence passage; and a control unit (153) configured to control a flow amount of the operation fluid to be introduced into each of the evaporators (141 a, 141 b) by controlling an open degree of the divergence passage based on a super heat degree of the operation fluid passing through each of the evaporators (141 a, 141b).