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Patent No.:

US 11885536 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2017

Clothes treating apparatus and method for controlling same

Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Cheolsoo Ko, Seoul, KR;

Hyojun Kim, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:

KED & ASSOCIATES, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Marc Lorenzi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/04 (2006.01); D06F 58/24 (2006.01); F25B 31/00 (2006.01); D06F 58/38 (2020.01); D06F 103/08 (2020.01); D06F 103/30 (2020.01); D06F 103/38 (2020.01); D06F 103/42 (2020.01); D06F 103/44 (2020.01); D06F 103/50 (2020.01); D06F 103/54 (2020.01); D06F 58/50 (2020.01); D06F 105/26 (2020.01); D06F 105/30 (2020.01); D06F 105/34 (2020.01); D06F 105/52 (2020.01); D06F 105/62 (2020.01); D06F 25/00 (2006.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 58/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 31/002 (2013.01); D06F 58/38 (2020.02); D06F 25/00 (2013.01); D06F 58/04 (2013.01); D06F 58/20 (2013.01); D06F 58/206 (2013.01); D06F 58/22 (2013.01); D06F 58/24 (2013.01); D06F 58/50 (2020.02); D06F 2103/08 (2020.02); D06F 2103/30 (2020.02); D06F 2103/38 (2020.02); D06F 2103/42 (2020.02); D06F 2103/44 (2020.02); D06F 2103/50 (2020.02); D06F 2103/54 (2020.02); D06F 2105/26 (2020.02); D06F 2105/30 (2020.02); D06F 2105/34 (2020.02); D06F 2105/52 (2020.02); D06F 2105/62 (2020.02);
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for controlling a clothes treating apparatus, the method comprising: a circulation step of circulating air by operating a fan; a heat exchange step of opening a refrigerant pipe by controlling an expansion valve, and circulating a refrigerant by operating a compressor; a circulation termination step of terminating the operation of the fan when the dryness level of clothes stored in a receiving part reaches a predetermined reference dryness level or when the elapsed time of the heat exchange step reaches a predetermined reference time; and a return step of closing the refrigerant pipe by controlling the expansion valve, and returning the refrigerant and lubricant in the refrigerant pipe to the compressor by operating the compressor.

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