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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2021
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Woonje Choe, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 35/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/07 (2006.01); D06F 58/02 (2006.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 58/24 (2006.01); D06F 58/45 (2020.01); D06F 101/20 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 35/008 (2013.01); A61L 2/07 (2013.01); D06F 58/02 (2013.01); D06F 58/206 (2013.01); D06F 58/24 (2013.01); D06F 58/45 (2020.02); D06F 2101/20 (2020.02);
Abstract
A laundry dryer control method includes a sterilizing drying step of increasing the internal temperature of a cabinet for sterilization, a steam-washing step of supplying steam into a drum to sterilize the drum after the sterilizing drying step, and a blowing step of circulating air inside the drum after the steam-washing step. The temperature of the drum is controlled to be greater than or equal to a reference temperature for sterilization.