US 12,168,847 B2
Clothes treatment apparatus and control method therefor
Beomjun Kim, Seoul (KR); Woore Kim, Seoul (KR); Bio Park, Seoul (KR); Seulgi Park, Seoul (KR); Jaehyuk Jang, Seoul (KR); Sangwook Hong, Seoul (KR); Changoh Kim, Seoul (KR); and Hyunwoo Noh, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/382,297.
Application 18/382,297 is a continuation of application No. 17/870,290, filed on Jul. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,828,016.
Application 17/870,290 is a continuation of application No. 17/170,134, filed on Feb. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,421,369, issued on Aug. 23, 2022.
Application 17/170,134 is a continuation of application No. 16/328,100, granted, now 10,941,511, issued on Mar. 9, 2021, previously published as PCT/KR2017/009341, filed on Aug. 25, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2016-0108328 (KR), filed on Aug. 25, 2016; application No. 10-2017-0101332 (KR), filed on Aug. 9, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0101334 (KR), filed on Aug. 9, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0101338 (KR), filed on Aug. 9, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0101340 (KR), filed on Aug. 9, 2017; and application No. 10-2017-0108223 (KR), filed on Aug. 25, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0044067 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. D06F 37/30 (2020.01); D06F 21/04 (2006.01); D06F 34/24 (2020.01); D06F 37/04 (2006.01); D06F 39/04 (2006.01); D06F 58/26 (2006.01); D06F 25/00 (2006.01); D06F 34/20 (2020.01); D06F 37/26 (2006.01); D06F 37/42 (2006.01); D06F 58/04 (2006.01); D06F 103/32 (2020.01); D06F 105/28 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 39/04 (2013.01) [D06F 21/04 (2013.01); D06F 34/24 (2020.02); D06F 37/04 (2013.01); D06F 58/26 (2013.01); D06F 25/00 (2013.01); D06F 34/20 (2020.02); D06F 37/26 (2013.01); D06F 37/42 (2013.01); D06F 58/04 (2013.01); D06F 2103/32 (2020.02); D06F 2105/28 (2020.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry apparatus comprising:
a cabinet;
a tub that is disposed in the cabinet and that defines a receiving space configured to receive laundry, the tub having a tub opening at a front side of the receiving space;
a drum that is rotatably disposed inside the tub and that is made of a metal material; and
an induction module disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the tub and configured to heat the drum by generating an electromagnetic field,
wherein the induction module comprises:
a coil configured to generate an eddy current in the drum by generating a magnetic field using an electric current supplied to the coil, and
a base housing disposed at the outer circumferential surface of the tub,
wherein the base housing guides winding of the coil at a front portion of the tub and a rear portion of the tub that are spaced apart from each other, and
wherein the coil is wound in a predetermined area of the base housing and extends from a front side to a rear side of the base housing.