公开(公告)号：WO2012044039A2

公开(公告)日：2012-04-05

申请号：PCT/KR2011/007099

申请日：2011-09-27

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC. ,  LEE, Hyuksoo ,  YE, Sungmin ,  RYOO, Byeongjo

Inventor： LEE, Hyuksoo ,  YE, Sungmin ,  RYOO, Byeongjo

IPC: D06F58/28 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/04

CPC classification number: D06F58/206 ,  F25B41/062 ,  F25B2341/0652 ,  Y02B30/72

Abstract: Disclosed are a clothes treating apparatus with a heat pump 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 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, a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant introduced from the evaporator, and a variable expander configured to expand a refrigerant introduced from the condenser, and having a variable open degree, the operation method includes measuring a temperature (Tei) of a refrigerant introduced into the evaporator, and a temperature (Tci) of a refrigerant introduced into the compressor, and decreasing an open degree of the variable expander when a temperature difference (Tci-Tei) between the two measured temperatures is less than a predetermined first value, wherein in the step of decreasing the open degree of the variable expander, an open degree decrease width when the open degree is small is set to be narrower than that when the open degree is large.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种具有热泵及其操作方法的衣物处理装置。 对于包括构造成在其中容纳待干燥物体的滚筒的衣物处理装置，构造成形成引入滚筒的空气的流动路径的空气抽吸装置，空气排出装置，其构造成形成从 鼓，冷凝器，其设置成加热通过空气吸入装置吸入滚筒的空气;蒸发器，设置成冷却通过排气装置从滚筒排出的空气;压缩机，构造成压缩从蒸发器引入的制冷剂;以及可变膨胀机 被配置为使从所述冷凝器导入的制冷剂膨胀并且具有可变开度，所述操作方法包括测量引入所述蒸发器的制冷剂的温度（Tei）和引入所述压缩机的制冷剂的温度（Tci），以及 当两个测量的温度之间的温差（Tci-Tei）小于预定值时，减小可变膨胀器的开度 终止第一值，其中在减小可变扩展器的开度的步骤中，当开度较小时，开度减小宽度被设定为比开度大时的开度减小宽度窄。

公开(公告)号：WO2021125770A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-24

申请号：PCT/KR2020/018403

申请日：2020-12-16

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： LEE, Haewoong ,  PARK, Bio ,  RYOO, Byeongjo

IPC: D06F58/22 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F58/30 ,  B01D46/00 ,  B01D46/44 ,  D06F58/38

Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus including: a cabinet having a laundry inlet and a filter insertion hole defined in a front face thereof; a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet and having a laundry storage space defined therein communicating with the laundry inlet; a duct disposed inside the cabinet, wherein the duct defines a channel for supplying air discharged from the drum back to the drum; a fan to move air along the duct; a heat exchanger including a heat-absorber to remove moisture from air introduced into the duct and a heat-emitter disposed inside the duct to heat air passing through the heat-absorber; a water collector constructed to communicate with the duct and to store therein water discharged from the water passing through the heat-absorber; a filter assembly including: a filter assembly body attachable to or detachable from the duct and constructed to be extended from or retractable into the cabinet through the filter insertion hole; a first filter disposed in the filter assembly body to filter fluid moving to the heat-absorber; and a second filter disposed in the filter assembly body to filter fluid moving to the water collector, wherein the second filter is positioned below the first filter; a water discharger detachably disposed in the cabinet and having a water storage space defined therein; a water discharger supply pipe for supplying water stored in the water collector to the water discharger; a water ejector configured to eject water into the first filter; and a water ejector supply pipe for supplying water stored in the water collector to the water ejector. Further, a method for controlling the apparatus is disclosed.

公开(公告)号：WO2021125771A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-24

申请号：PCT/KR2020/018405

申请日：2020-12-16

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： PARK, Bio ,  RYOO, Byeongjo ,  LEE, Haewoong

IPC: D06F58/30 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F58/22 ,  B01D46/00 ,  D06F58/38

Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus including: a water discharger supply pipe for supplying water stored in a water collector to a water discharger; a water supply pipe constructed to connect the water discharger and the water collector to each other; and a water collector water-level sensor for measuring a water-level inside the water collector, and a controller configured to control the laundry treating apparatus comprising: a water-level sensing operation in which the water collector water-level sensor measures the water-level of the water collector during a drying operation; and a cleaning water supply operation in which when the water-level of the water collector is lower than a predefined cleaning-related reference water-level, a water supply valve is controlled to supply water stored in the water discharger to the water collector.

公开(公告)号：WO2021125768A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-24

申请号：PCT/KR2020/018401

申请日：2020-12-16

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： CHEON, Taewon ,  KWON, Jaehwan ,  RYOO, Byeongjo

IPC: D06F58/22 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F58/30 ,  B01D46/00 ,  B01D46/44 ,  D06F58/38

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling a laundry treating apparatus, wherein the laundry treating apparatus includes: a drum having a laundry storage space defined therein; a duct defining a channel for supplying air discharged from the drum back to the drum; a fan to move air along the duct; a heat-absorber for removing moisture from air introduced into the duct; a heat-emitter disposed inside the duct to heat air passing through the heat-absorber; a water collector for storing therein water discharged from air passing through the heat-absorber; a first filter for filtering air flowing from the drum to the duct; a second filter positioned between the first filter and the heat-absorber and filtering air passing through the first filter; a water discharger having a water storage space defined therein; a water discharger supply pipe for supplying water stored in the water collector to the water discharger; a water ejector for ejecting water into at least one of the second filter or the heat-absorber; a water ejector supply pipe for supplying water stored in the water collector to the water ejector; a water supply pipe constructed to connect the water discharger and the water collector to each other; a water supply valve for controlling opening and closing of the water supply pipe.

公开(公告)号：WO2012044038A2

公开(公告)日：2012-04-05

申请号：PCT/KR2011/007098

申请日：2011-09-27

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC. ,  LEE, Hyuksoo ,  SONG, Sungho ,  YE, Sungmin ,  KIM, Seonghwan ,  RYOO, Byeongjo

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.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种用于诊断衣物处理设备的方法以及具有制冷剂泄漏检测装置的衣物处理设备。 1.一种衣物处理装置，其特征在于，该衣物处理装置具备：滚筒，其用于收容被干燥物;空气抽吸单元，其形成被导入上述滚筒内的空气的流路;排气单元，其形成从上述被处理物排出的空气的流路 鼓，通过吸气装置加热吸入鼓内的空气的冷凝器，用于冷却通过排气装置从鼓中排出的空气的蒸发器以及与冷凝器一起构成热泵的压缩机和膨胀器 所述方法包括：温度检测步骤，检测通过所述冷凝器或所述空气抽吸装置的空气的温度变化;以及判定步骤，当在所述温度检测步骤中测量的温度降低量时判定已经发生制冷剂泄漏 超过预定水平。

公开(公告)号：WO2021261918A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-30

申请号：PCT/KR2021/007897

申请日：2021-06-23

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： RYOO, Byeongjo ,  LEE, Hyuksoo ,  PARK, Bio ,  KANG, Woohee ,  KIM, Taewoong ,  CHEON, Taewon

IPC: D06F58/38 ,  D06F58/46 ,  D06F58/48 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F2103/04 ,  D06F2103/10 ,  D06F2105/26 ,  D06F2105/30 ,  D06F2105/48 ,  D06F58/206

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling a laundry treating apparatus including an efficiency increasing operation and an efficiency maintaining operation, wherein the efficiency increasing operation includes a first efficiency increasing operation, wherein the controller controls the first driver such that an RPM of the drum corresponds to a first drum RPM and controls the second driver such that an RPM of the fan corresponds to a first fan RPM to perform a first efficiency increasing process, and a second efficiency increasing operation, wherein, after the first efficiency increasing operation, the controller controls the first driver such that the RPM of the drum corresponds to the first drum RPM and controls the second driver such that the RPM of the fan corresponds to a second fan RPM higher than the first fan RPM to perform a second efficiency increasing process.

公开(公告)号：WO2021261910A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-30

申请号：PCT/KR2021/007886

申请日：2021-06-23

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： RYOO, Byeongjo ,  PARK, Bio ,  CHEON, Taewon

IPC: D06F58/38 ,  D06F58/46 ,  D06F58/48 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F2103/34 ,  D06F2105/26 ,  D06F2105/48 ,  D06F58/206

Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus including a cabinet, a drum, a fluid circulator, an air circulator including a humidity sensor, a driver, and a controller, wherein a drying operation includes an efficiency increasing process for increasing drying efficiency inside the drum, an efficiency maintaining process for maintaining the drying efficiency, and an efficiency decreasing process for reducing the drying efficiency, wherein the controller performs the drying operation while distinguishing the efficiency increasing process, the efficiency maintaining process, and the efficiency decreasing process from each other using a measured value of the humidity sensor.

公开(公告)号：WO2015068934A1

公开(公告)日：2015-05-14

申请号：PCT/KR2014/006936

申请日：2014-07-29

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： RYOO, Byeongjo ,  KIM, Hyojun

IPC: D06F58/20 ,  D06F25/00

CPC classification number: D06F58/24 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F39/088 ,  D06F58/206 ,  D06F58/22 ,  D06F58/263

Abstract: A laundry machine (100) is disclosed. The laundry machine (100) includes a tub (120), an air supply unit (160) configured to circulate air in the tub (120), a heat pump including a compressor (165), an evaporator (220), an expansion valve, and a condenser (240), the heat pump being configured to dehumidify and heat the air from the air supply unit (160), and a cooling unit (300, 400, 500) installed at the compressor (165) to cool the compressor (165) using a supplied fluid.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种洗衣机（100）。 洗衣机（100）包括桶（120），空气供应单元（160），其构造成在桶（120）中循环空气;热泵，包括压缩机（165），蒸发器（220），膨胀阀 和冷凝器（240），所述热泵构造成对来自所述空气供应单元（160）的空气进行除湿和加热;以及冷却单元（300,400,500），其安装在所述压缩机（165）处以冷却所述压缩机 （165）使用供应的流体。

公开(公告)号：WO2015016571A1

公开(公告)日：2015-02-05

申请号：PCT/KR2014/006926

申请日：2014-07-29

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： RYOO, Byeongjo ,  KIM, Jaehyun

IPC: D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F25/00

CPC classification number: D06F58/04 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F58/02 ,  D06F58/206 ,  D06F58/24

Abstract: A laundry machine (100) is disclosed. The laundry machine (100) includes a cabinet (110) defining an exterior of the laundry machine (100), a tub(120) provided to the cabinet (110), a drum (150) rotatably provided in the tub (120), a suction duct (162) positioned on an outer circumferential surface of a rear portion of the tub (120) to suction air from the tub (120), a discharge duct (168) positioned at a front of the tub (120) to supply air to the tub (120), a connection duct (163) positioned between the suction duct (162) and the discharge duct (168), the connection duct (163) being provided with a heat exchanger (200, 300) for heating of the air, and a circulation fan (167) positioned between the connection duct (163) and the discharge duct (168) to circulate the air.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种洗衣机（100）。 洗衣机（100）包括限定洗衣机（100）的外部的机壳（110），设置在机柜（110）上的桶（120），可旋转地设置在洗衣机（120）中的滚筒， 定位在所述桶（120）的后部的外周表面上以从所述桶（120）吸入空气的吸入管道（162），位于所述桶（120）的前部的排放管道（168） 空气到桶（120），位于吸入管道（162）和排放管道（168）之间的连接管道（163），连接管道（163）设置有热交换器（200,300），用于加热 空气和位于连接管道（163）和排放管道（168）之间的循环风扇（167）以使空气循环。

公开(公告)号：WO2012020943A2

公开(公告)日：2012-02-16

申请号：PCT/KR2011/005689

申请日：2011-08-02

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC. ,  RYOO, Byeongjo ,  YE, Sungmin ,  KIM, Seonghwan ,  AHN, Seungphyo ,  SONG, Sungho

Inventor： RYOO, Byeongjo ,  YE, Sungmin ,  KIM, Seonghwan ,  AHN, Seungphyo ,  SONG, Sungho

IPC: D06F58/26 ,  D06F58/20

CPC classification number: D06F58/26 ,  D06F58/02 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/206 ,  D06F58/28 ,  D06F2058/2854 ,  D06F2058/2864 ,  Y02B30/52

Abstract: Disclosed is a clothes dryer having a heat pump, the clothes dryer capable of enhancing energy efficiency by recovering waste heat to the maximum in correspondence to a capacity of the heat pump, capable of enhancing reliability by preventing overheating of a compressor and a heat exchange means, and capable of shortening drying time. The clothes dryer includes a body, a tub rotatably installed in the body, a suction duct installed at the body, and configured to suck external air and to supply the external air into the tub, an exhaustion duct configured to exhaust air having passed through the tub to outside of the body, and a heat pump having a heat exchange means for recovering waste heat by heat-exchanging air passing through the exhaustion duct, wherein part of the air exhausted via the exhaustion duct is heat-exchanged with the heat exchange means of the heat pump.

Abstract translation: 本发明公开了一种具有热泵的干衣机，所述干衣机能够通过与热泵的容量相对应地回收废热至最大限度来提高能量效率，所述干衣机能够通过防止过热而提高可靠性 压缩机和热交换装置，并且能够缩短干燥时间。 所述干衣机包括主体，可旋转地安装在所述主体中的桶，吸入管道，所述吸入管道安装在所述主体处，并且构造成吸入外部空气并将外部空气供应到所述桶中;排出管， 以及具有热交换装置的热泵，所述热交换装置用于通过热交换通过所述排气管的空气来回收废热，其中，通过所述排气管排出的部分空气与所述热交换装置进行热交换 的热泵。