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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2020
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A laundry treatment apparatus includes a washing machine module and a drying machine module that are integrally installed in a common cabinet, and a single drying module configured to produce dry hot air. The laundry treatment apparatus has a reduced product size and performs a method for drying laundry in a washing drum and a drying drum. The method includes detecting a dryness in real time while performing drying processes simultaneously in the washing drum and the drying drum by the common drying module, and controlling an amount of supplied dry hot air and an amount of recovered dry hot air to be different to reduce an overall drying process time and electric power consumption. The drying processes performed in the drying machine of the washing machine are simultaneously completed to improve convenience for a user.