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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 25/00 (2006.01); D06F 33/02 (2006.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 58/28 (2006.01); D06F 39/04 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 25/00 (2013.01); D06F 33/02 (2013.01); D06F 58/206 (2013.01); D06F 58/28 (2013.01); D06F 39/04 (2013.01); D06F 39/088 (2013.01); D06F 58/20 (2013.01); D06F 2058/287 (2013.01); D06F 2058/2864 (2013.01);
Abstract
A clothes treating apparatus having a heat pump cycle for performing a washing cycle and a drying cycle is provided. The clothes treating apparatus may include a drum configured to accommodate a item to be treated; a heat pump cycle having a first evaporator, a compressor, a condenser, and an expansion valve to heat air introduced into the drum; a circulation duct configured to form a circulation passage of air that has passed through the drum; a circulation fan configured to circulate the air; and a controller configured to drive the heat pump cycle and the circulation fan during the washing cycle to preheat at least one of the drum or the circulation duct.