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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2005
Hyun Suk Kim, Suwon-Si, KR;
Hyung Gyoon Kim, Suwon-Si, KR;
Seon Woo Park, Suwon-Si, KR;
Seong Min Oak, Masan, KR;
Jee Hun Park, Suwon-Si, KR;
Yoon Sook Lee, Gimpo-Si, KR;
Hyun Suk Kim, Suwon-Si, KR;
Hyung Gyoon Kim, Suwon-Si, KR;
Seon Woo Park, Suwon-Si, KR;
Seong Min Oak, Masan, KR;
Jee Hun Park, Suwon-Si, KR;
Yoon Sook Lee, Gimpo-Si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Apparatus and method for eliminating wrinkles in clothes in a washing or drying machine using steam to eliminate the wrinkles in clothes, in a state in which the clothes are worn by a user or stored, as well as in a state in which washing of the clothes is terminated. The method includes determining whether or not a wrinkle-eliminating course is selected; supplying hot air to the clothes to eliminate dust from the clothes when it is determined that the wrinkle-eliminating course is selected; and supplying steam to the clothes, from which the dust was eliminated, to eliminate the wrinkles in the clothes.