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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2020
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Taehun Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jinyoung Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 19/00 (2006.01); D06F 58/38 (2020.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 58/50 (2020.01); D06F 105/58 (2020.01); D06F 103/50 (2020.01); D06F 105/26 (2020.01); D06F 103/32 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/38 (2020.02); D06F 58/206 (2013.01); D06F 58/50 (2020.02); D06F 2103/32 (2020.02); D06F 2103/50 (2020.02); D06F 2105/26 (2020.02); D06F 2105/58 (2020.02);
Abstract
In accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, a clothes dryer includes: a refrigerant pressure sensor provided in at least one of a first pipe connecting an expander to an evaporator or a second pipe connecting the evaporator to a compressor; a refrigerant temperature sensor provided in the second pipe; an electronic expansion valve configured to control a refrigerant; and a controller configured to control the electronic expansion valve based on detection values of the refrigerant pressure sensor and the refrigerant temperature sensor.