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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 39/04 (2006.01); D06F 33/34 (2020.01); D06F 33/44 (2020.01); D06F 33/72 (2020.01); D06F 34/16 (2020.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01); H05B 6/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/72 (2020.02); D06F 33/34 (2020.02); D06F 33/44 (2020.02); D06F 34/16 (2020.02); D06F 39/04 (2013.01); D06F 39/083 (2013.01); H05B 6/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A clothing treatment apparatus includes a tub for providing a space in which washing water is accommodated; a drum rotatably provided inside the tub; a motor for rotating the drum; and an induction heater which is arranged on the outer surface of the tub and which heats the drum. The motor can rotate the drum at a first rotational speed at which laundry accommodated inside the drum is rotated while adhered to the inner circumferential surface of the drum, during heating of the drum by the induction heater.