Patents by Inventor Sang Hun Bae

Sang Hun Bae has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20140310973
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dryer having a liquid spraying function, and according to one aspect of the present invention, a laundry treating apparatus including a plurality of laundry treating courses which have different laundry treating methods is provided. The apparatus comprises: a drum for receiving the laundry; a hot air supply means for supplying hot air to the inner side of the drum; a spraying means for spraying a fragrant solution to the inside of the drum; a manipulating means including a course selecting means for selecting the laundry treating courses; and a controller for controlling the apparatus according to the instructions inputted by the manipulating means, wherein a plurality of laundry treating courses includes at least one scent spray course for spraying the fragrant solution during the laundry treating process, and the course selecting means comprises a scent spray course selecting means for selecting one of the scent spray courses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Sang-Hun BAE, Sung-Ho SONG, Min-Ji KIM, Yong-Cheol JIN
  • Patent number: 8793893
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating clothes and a method for controlling the same, which are capable of controlling or preventing formation of creases on clothes, are disclosed. The disclosed apparatus includes a drum (20), a steam generator (200) to supply steam to the drum (20), a water container (300) to store water to be supplied to the steam generator (200), the water container (300) detachable, a sensor (500) to sense whether the water container (300) is detached or attached, a water supplier (400) to supply the water stored in the water container (300) to the steam generator (200), and a controller to control an operation of the water supplier (400) based on a sensing result of the sensor (500).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Hun Bae, Jung Wook Moon, Chul Jin Choi, Dong Hyun Kim, Young Bok Son
  • Patent number: 8707743
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry machine using steam. The laundry machine includes a drum for holding laundry, a steam generator for generating steam, a water supply unit for supplying water to the steam generator, an additive supply unit for supplying additive to the steam generator, and a supply line for supplying the steam and the additive to the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Hun Bae, Dong Yoon Kim, Chul Jin Choi, Dong Hyun Kim, Young Bok Son
  • Patent number: 8695232
    Abstract: A laundry machine, more particularly, a dryer is disclosed. A dryer includes a cabinet, a drum in which a drying object is held, a steam generation device to supply steam to the drum, a water supply device to supply water to the steam generation device in order to generate steam, an additive holding part in which an additive is held, and an additive supply device to supply the additive held in the additive holding part to the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Chul Jin Choi, Sang Hun Bae, Yang Hwan Kim, Tae Hee Lee, Min Ji Kim, Ku Young Son
  • Patent number: 8695229
    Abstract: A laundry machine, more particularly, a dryer and a control method of a dryer may be disclosed. A control method of a dryer includes (a) of supplying an additive to a drum in an initial part of a drying cycle for drying a drying object; and (b) of supplying an additive to the drum in a last part of the drying cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Chul Jin Choi, Sang Hun Bae, Yang Hwan Kim, Min Ji Kim
  • Patent number: 8689462
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steam laundry drier, and more specifically to a steam laundry dryer capable of removing or preventing crease or wrinkle occurring in cloth, etc. and capable of improving assembling efficiency by easily mounting a steam generator provided to remove the crease or the wrinkle and a water supply source supplying water to the steam generator in the inside of the steam laundry drier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Hun Bae, Dong Geun Lee, Seon Il Heo, Yeon Sik Choi, Ju Han Yoon
  • Patent number: 8650772
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry machine that can prevent as well as remove wrinkles of laundry. A laundry machine includes a drum rotatable in a cabinet; a hot air heater to supply hot air to the drum by heating air; a steam generator to supply steam to the drum; a sensor to sense a laundry amount inside the drum; and a controller to control an amount of steam supplied to the drum based on sensing results of the sensor. In another aspect of the present invention, a controlling method of a laundry machine includes sensing a laundry amount inside a drum and drying the laundry by supplying hot air to the drum. In the drying of the laundry by supplying hot air to the drum, an amount of hot air is adjusted based on the laundry amount sensed in the sensing of the laundry amount inside the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Chang Woo Son, Sang Hun Bae, Chul Jin Choi, Dong Hyun Kim, Young Bok Son, Heung Jae Kim
  • Patent number: 8601642
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner is provided which can remove substances from a surface by a rotary force of a brush and a vacuum pressure operated on a suction head on which the brush is rotatably installed. The vacuum cleaner improves a user's convenience by preventing thin and long substances, such as hair or the fur of a pet dog, from being wound around the brush. The vacuum cleaner may include a suction head installed at a front end of a suction path, that sucks substances by a vacuum pressure generated by a suction motor and having a suction hole for sucking the substances, a brush installed in the suction hole and rotated to contact a surface, and a hair tunnel formed on the suction head so as not to interfere with the brush, that preferentially sucks thin and long substances from the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Youngbok Son, Jinhyouk Shin, Sang-Hun Bae, Sung-Hwa Lee
  • Patent number: 8595955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry dryer. The laundry dryer has a drum rotatably provided to a cabinet, a hot air heater heating air to supply hot air to the drum, a steam generator selectively supplying steam to the drum, and a water supply source provided to one side of the cabinet. And, the water supply source has an accommodating part for storing water supplied to the steam generator and a water supply means for supplying the water within the accommodating part to the steam generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Hun Bae, Chul Jin Choi, Dong Hyun Kim, Young Bok Son
  • Patent number: 8567219
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a washing machine, and the washing machine includes a drum rotatably installed in a cabinet, an air heater for heating air, to supply hot air to the drum, a steam generator for generating steam, and supply the steam to the drum, and a water supply unit including a nozzle for spraying the steam generated by the steam generator to an interior of the drum, and a nozzle holder having a coupler at a rear surface of the nozzle holder, to separably mount the nozzle at a position adjacent to the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yeon Sik Choi, Chang Woo Son, Dong Geun Lee, Dong Hyun Kim, Heung Jae Kim, Ju Han Yoon, Young Bok Son, Sang Hun Bae, Chul Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 8566990
    Abstract: A laundry machine and a method of controlling the laundry machine are disclosed. The laundry machine includes a steam generator (300) which generates steam to supply the steam into a drum (130), a water supply line (320) which supplies water into the steam generator (300), a filter (360) installed in the water supply line (320) to filter water, a regenerating unit (382) which regenerates the filter (360), and a controller which controls operations of the steam generator (300) and the regenerating unit (382).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Hun Bae, Jung Wook Moon, Chul Jin Choi, Dong Hyun Kim, Young Bok Son
  • Patent number: 8534097
    Abstract: Disclosed is a clothes treating apparatus with a liquid supply unit. The clothes treating apparatus comprises: a body; a drum accommodated in the body; a steam generator communicated with inside of the drum, and configured to inject steam into the drum; a reservoir configured to store liquid to be supplied to the steam generator, and having an outlet at a bottom surface thereof; a closure having a check valve, and configured to close the outlet; and a reservoir accommodation portion configured to temporarily store the liquid discharged through the check valve, and communicated with the steam generator for flow of the liquid, wherein the check valve is configured to be open only when the reservoir has been mounted to the reservoir accommodation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang-Hun Bae, Sung-Ho Song, Chul-Jin Choi, Min-Ji Kim
  • Patent number: 8453720
    Abstract: A condensing type dryer uses a heat exchanger in which condensed water can be smoothly discharged through a water-discharging slot formed in a rear end portion of a rear cover of the heat exchanger. The water-discharging slot prevents an air flowing resistance which can be caused by condensed water pooling at the rear end portion of the rear cover. Also, leakage-preventing walls enhance the heat exchanging function by ensuring a uniform flow of cold external air through the heat changer. The leakage-preventing walls prevent external air from leaking around the lateral edges of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sung-Ho Song, Jung-Geun Oh, Sang-Ik Lee, Yoon-Seob Eom, Han-Yong Jung, Sang-Hun Bae
  • Patent number: 8424220
    Abstract: A dryer and a method for controlling the same are provided. The method for controlling a dryer includes supplying steam generated in a steam generator to a drum, and supplying hot air generated in a hot air heater to the drum. The method has an advantageous effect of removing wrinkles efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Hun Bae, Chang Woo Son, Chul Jin Choi, Dong Hyun Kim, Young Bok Son, Heung Jae Kim
  • Patent number: 8365333
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry machine and a method for controlling the same, wherein the laundry machine includes a steam generator (300) for generating and supplying steam to a drum (130) and a detergent liquid flow passage (340) for providing a passage to supply detergent liquid to an inside of the steam generator (300), thereby permitting easy washing of the steam generator (300) in the laundry machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Hun Bae, Jung Wook Moon, Chul Jin Choi, Dong Hyun Kim, Young Bok Son
  • Patent number: 8365438
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dryer and a method for controlling the same. The dryer includes a selectably rotatable drum (20), a hot air heater (90) for heating air to supply hot air to the drum (20), a steam generator (200) for generating steam to supply the steam to the drum (20), and a water supply source (220) for supplying water to the steam generator, thereby removing wrinkles from clothes, effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Chul Jin Choi, Chang Woo Son, Sang Hun Bae, Jea Hyuk Wee, Young Bok Son, Young Soo Kim, Dong Hyun Kim, Chong Ryu, Dae Bong Yang
  • Patent number: 8336227
    Abstract: A drum rotatably disposed within a cabinet, a door coupled to a front of the cabinet, a front supporter to support a side of the drum, and a fragrance storage and supply assembly disposed on the front supporter and comprising a receiving part that is rotatably installed within the cabinet. A cabinet defining an outer appearance of the laundry dryer, a drum rotatably installed in the cabinet, a door to open and close a laundry passage formed by an opening in the cabinet that is configured for passage of laundry into and out of the drum, a fragrance storage and supply assembly comprising a receiving assembly to receive liquid fragrance, a storage chamber, remote from the receiving part, to store the liquid fragrance, a mount fixed to the cabinet, a hinge, rotatably joining the mount and the receiving part, wherein the receiving part rotates about the hinge from a space within an interior of the laundry dryer to a space exterior to the laundry dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang-Hun Bae, Min-Ji Kim, Ye-Ji Um, Myung-Shik Kim, Young-Soo Ha
  • Patent number: 8312642
    Abstract: A laundry machine having a steam generator is disclosed. A heater is controlled, such that steam generation coincides with a predetermined time period, whereby the steam supply time is enabled to be controlled with relative accuracy. If an error occurs when water is being supplied to the steam generator, then an error message is displayed such that a user may be informed of the error. If a predetermined time period has elapsed, then a pump is stopped to prevent an excessive amount of water from being supplied to the steam generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Hun Bae, Chang Woo Son, Ju Han Yoon
  • Patent number: 8312639
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid storage container and a clothes dryer having the same. The liquid storage container comprises: a reservoir installed at the clothes dryer, and configured to store liquid therein; a light transmitting window disposed above the reservoir; and a level indicator configured to be partially or wholly immersed into the liquid stored in the reservoir according to a level of the liquid. According to the amount of the liquid stored in the reservoir, an immersed degree of the level indicator into the liquid may become different. Accordingly, a user may easily and rapidly check a remaining amount of the liquid with his or her naked eyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Sang-Hun Bae, Min-Ji Kim, Ye-Ji Um, Myung-Shik Kim, Young-Soo Ha
  • Patent number: 8286364
    Abstract: Disclosed are a liquid storage container and a clothes dryer having the same. The liquid storage container comprises: a reservoir installed at a clothes dryer, and configured to store liquid therein; a floating member floating on the liquid, and disposed on the reservoir with a rotation angle variable according to level change of the liquid inside the reservoir; and display means configured to display information corresponding to the rotation angle of the floating member. The rotation angle of the floating member may vary according to a remaining amount of the liquid. And, the remaining amount of the liquid may be informed to a user through the display means. Accordingly, the user may easily check the remaining amount of the liquid without checking the inside of the liquid storage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang-Hun Bae, Min-Ji Kim, Ye-Ji Um, Myung-Shik Kim, Young-Soo Ha