Clothes treatment apparatus, and control method for clothes treatment apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024052542-A1
Application number	US-202218278589-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 23, 2022
Priority date	Feb 23, 2021
Publication date	Feb 15, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention relates to a clothes treatment apparatus and a control method therefor, the apparatus being capable of receiving a command that changes the execution time of a course or option for performing washing or drying, and being capable of extending or shortening the execution time if the command is input.

First claim

1 - 20 . (canceled)

21 . A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
a cabinet having an opening in the front of thereon; a door coupled to the cabinet to open and close the opening; a locking portion locking the door to the cabinet; a drum provided inside the cabinet to accommodate laundry; a driving portion connected to the drum to rotate the drum; and a control panel including a power supply portion that receives a command to supply power; wherein the drive portion is provided to rotate the drum less than one revolution in a state in which the lock portion unlocks the door based on the power portion is input.

22 . The laundry treating apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the drive portion is provided to rotate the laundry below an angle at which the laundry are separated from the inner wall of the drum or the location of the laundry is changed in the drum, in a state in which the lock portion unlocks the door.

23 . The laundry treating apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the drive portion rotates the drum by less than 90 degrees in a state in which the lock portion unlocks the door.

24 . The laundry treating apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the driving portion is provided to rotate the drum within a range of 10 degrees to 45 degrees or less, and return it to its original state, in a state in which the lock portion unlocks the door.

25 . The laundry treating apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the driving portion is provided to rotate the drum within 0.3 seconds to 1 second in a state in which the lock portion unlocks the door.

26 . The laundry treating apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the control panel further comprises a display portion for displaying information on the outside, and
wherein the display portion is provided to display at least one of a weight of the laundry and an execution time of a course for treating the laundry after the drum starts to rotate.

27 . The laundry treating apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the display portion is provided to display at least one of the weight of the laundry and the execution time of a course for treating the laundry before the drum stops.

28 . The laundry treating apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the control panel further includes an execution portion that receives an execution command for executing the course, and
wherein the execution portion is provided to able to input the execution command in a state in which at least one of the weight of the laundry and the execution time of the course for treating the laundry is displayed on the display portion.

29 . The laundry treating apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the locking portion is provided to lock the door to the cabinet based on that the execution portion is input.

30 . The laundry treating apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the control panel further includes a course selection portion that receives a selection command for selecting the course, and
wherein the course selection portion is provided to allow input of the selection command while at least one of the weight of the laundry and the execution time of the course for processing the laundry is displayed on the display portion.

31 . The laundry treating apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the laundry treating apparatus further comprises a sensing portion for detecting whether the door is opened or closed, and
wherein the drive portion is provided to rotate the drum after the door opens and closes the opening.

32 . The laundry treating apparatus of claim 31 , wherein the drive portion is provided to rotate the drum again based on that the door opens and closes the opening again, even after the drum stops after rotating.

33 . The laundry treating apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the drive portion is provided to rotate the drum in a state in which the lock unit unlocks the door, wherein the driving portion is provided to rotate the drum again after the locking portion locks the door.

34 . The laundry treating apparatus of claim 33 , wherein the drive portion is provided to rotate the drum longer when the lock portion locks the door than when the lock portion unlocks the door.

35 . The laundry treating apparatus of claim 33 , wherein the driving portion is provided to rotate the drum at a larger angle when the lock portion locks the door than when the lock portion unlocks the door.

36 . The laundry treating apparatus of claim 35 , wherein the drive portion is provided to rotate the drum one rotation or more in a state in which the lock unit locks the door.

37 . The laundry treating apparatus of claim 33 , wherein the control panel further includes a display portion for displaying information on the outside,
wherein the display portion is provided to display at least one of a weight of the laundry and an execution time of a course for treating the laundry in a state in which the locking portion unlocks the door, and wherein the display portion is provided to display again at least one of the weight of the laundry and the execution time of the course for treating the laundry in a state in which the locking portion locks the door.

38 . The laundry treating apparatus of claim 37 , wherein the display portion is provided to change the execution time of the course to a remaining time of the course in a state in which the locking portion locks the door.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Kyunghoon
• Bae Suncheol
• Kim Junghun
• Cho Younghan
• Han Inwoo

Classifications

• D06F37/42

  Safety arrangements, e.g. for stopping rotation of the receptacle upon opening of the casing door · CPC title

• D06F33/32

  Control of operational steps, e.g. optimisation or improvement of operational steps depending on the condition of the laundry · CPC title

• D06F34/28 Primary

  Arrangements for program selection, e.g. control panels therefor; Arrangements for indicating program parameters, e.g. the selected program or its progress · CPC title

• D06F23/02

  and rotating or oscillating about a horizontal axis · CPC title

• D06F39/14

  Doors or covers; Securing means therefor · CPC title