Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080276659 | Clothes treating apparatus - A clothes treating apparatus is disclosed. The clothes treating apparatus includes a drum to hold laundry, a steam generating device to supply steam to the drum, a water supply source to supply water to the steam generating device, and a backflow inhibiting unit to inhibit water from flowing back from the steam generating device when the water supply source is removed. Accordingly, the clothes treating apparatus can inhibit or remove wrinkles generated at clothes, and can collect water from the steam generating device after operation of the steam generating device is terminated. | 11-13-2008 |
20080282568 | DRYER - A dryer, which can control the amount of heat generated from a heater in accordance with the clogging degree of an air passage, is disclosed. The dryer includes a heater for heating air passing through an air passage, the heater generating heat in a controlled amount, and a controller for controlling the amount of heat generated from the heater in accordance with a clogging degree of the air passage. Since the amount of generate heat is controlled in accordance with the clogging degree of the air passage, it is possible to achieve an enhancement in power consumption efficiency. | 11-20-2008 |
20080282751 | Laundry machine - A laundry machine is disclosed. The disclosed laundry machine includes a drum rotatably provided in a cabinet, a substance supply device provided in the cabinet and supplying moisture to the drum, a water supply device supplying water to the substance supply device, and a valve unit provided in the water supply device, to selectively allow water from the water supply device to be supplied to the substance supply device. | 11-20-2008 |
20080313921 | CLOGGING DETECTION METHOD FOR DRYER - A clogging detecting method for a dryer, which can accurately determine a clogging degree of an air passage, even when there is an operation deviation of a temperature control member, is disclosed. The clogging detecting method includes determining operating characteristics of a temperature control member turning on/off in accordance with a temperature of an air passage, determining a clogging degree of the air passage in accordance with a clogging reference corresponding to the determined operating characteristics, and displaying the determined clogging degree of the air passage. | 12-25-2008 |
20080313923 | CLOGGING DEGREE DECIDING METHOD FOR DRYER - A clogging degree deciding method for a dryer, which can accurately determine a clogging degree of an air passage, even when there is an influence of external environments, is disclosed. The clogging degree deciding method includes reading information as to clogging of an air passage, and displaying a clogging degree of an exhaust duct or a clogging degree of a filter in accordance with the read clogging information. The clogging information includes an ON/OFF duty ratio of a temperature control member. The displaying step includes comparing a difference between two ON/Off duty ratios finally stored with a filter-clogging determination reference value, and determining the clogging degree of the filter, based on a result of the comparison. Accordingly, it is possible to provide the clogging degrees of the exhaust duct and filter to the user. | 12-25-2008 |
20090145001 | DISPLAY DEVICE OF DRYER - A display device of a dryer, which can achieve the reliability of a function to display a clogging degree in the dryer, is disclosed. The display device includes a display unit for displaying a clogging degree of an air passage through at least one level indicator, and a controller for controlling the display unit when power is supplied, such that the level indicator flickers for a predetermined time, and then displays the clogging degree of the air passage. The display for the clogging degree of the air passage is executed, following the display of a normal operation state of the display unit. | 06-11-2009 |
20090172967 | Dryer - A laundry machine, particularly, a dryer using steam is disclosed. The laundry machine such as a washing machine, a dryer, a drying and washing machine is an apparatus which washes or dries articles such as clothes. The dryer includes a drum adapted to accommodate articles to be dried, a control panel adapted to provide an interface with a user, and a controller, wherein the control panel includes a course selection part which allows a user to select a specific course as an operation course during a steam course, which includes a steam process for supplying steam into a drum, such that the dried articles have a moisture content equal to or larger than 6%, and the controller controls an operation of the dryer to perform the selected operation course. | 07-09-2009 |
20100139329 | CONTROL PANEL ASSEMBLY FOR LAUNDRY DEVICE AND LAUNDRY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention relates to control panel assemblies for laundry devices and laundry devices with the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to an improved control panel assembly which is easy to fabricate, and easy to recognize a selected operation condition, and a laundry device with the same. The control panel assembly for a laundry device includes a button assembly ( | 06-10-2010 |