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Patent No.:

US 11346042 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2018

Drying apparatus and method for controlling same

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Dong Gyu Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Young Uk Yun, Suwon-si, KR;

Jin Woo Hong, Suwon-si, KR;

Kwon Jin Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Byung Han Lim, Suwon-si, KR;

Dong Sik Jin, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

Staas & Halsey LLP

Primary Examiner:

John P McCormack

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 7/00 (2006.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 58/38 (2020.01); D06F 58/34 (2020.01); D06F 103/32 (2020.01); D06F 103/50 (2020.01); D06F 105/58 (2020.01); D06F 34/26 (2020.01); D06F 105/26 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/206 (2013.01); D06F 58/34 (2020.02); D06F 58/38 (2020.02); D06F 34/26 (2020.02); D06F 2103/32 (2020.02); D06F 2103/50 (2020.02); D06F 2105/26 (2020.02); D06F 2105/58 (2020.02);
Abstract

A drying apparatus is disclosed. The drying apparatus comprises: a drum; a compressor for compressing a refrigerant; a first temperature sensor provided at an air discharge port of the drum; a second temperature sensor provided at a refrigerant discharge port of the compressor; and a processor which, when a drying cycle for an object to be dried begins, compares a first temperature sensed by the first temperature sensor with a predetermined threshold temperature so as to obtain an operation frequency of the compressor, and when a second temperature sensed by the second temperature sensor reaches a predetermined first target temperature, adjusts the operation frequency of the compressor on the basis of a third temperature calculated on the basis of the first temperature and the second temperature.

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