Abstract: The present application provides a method for controlling a clothes treatment apparatus including: a tub storing water; a drum that is provided inside the tub and stores clothes; a heating unit that forms an eddy current in the drum to heat the drum; and a detection unit that detects foam inside the tub, the method comprising: a detection step of detecting, by the detection unit, the amount of foam inside the tub; and a separation step of, if the amount of foam inside the tub is greater than or equal to a reference amount, heating the drum by using the heating unit while the drum rotates, so as to remove the foam inside the tub.

Abstract: An aromatherapy dispensing system is disclosed. In various embodiments, the aromatherapy dispensing system includes a housing; a puck tray positioned proximate an interior section of the housing, the puck tray configured to receive a puck comprising or retaining an aromatic material; a fan assembly configured to draw ambient air into the housing, circulate the ambient air about the puck, and expel an aromatic fragrance outside of the housing into the ambient air; and a circuit module configured to store power and drive the fan assembly.

Abstract: Provided is a laundry treating apparatus including a cabinet having an inlet disposed in a front surface thereof, a tub having a tub inlet disposed therein and facing the inlet of the cabinet, wherein the tub is configured to accommodate water therein, a drum disposed inside the tub, and configured to accommodate laundry therein, a driver including a rotation shaft coupled to a rear of the tub and configured to rotate the drum, and, an induction module coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the tub that is configured to form a magnetic field for heating the drum. The induction module includes a base coupled to the outer circumferential surface, and a coil configured to generate the magnetic field. The base includes a seating surface fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the tub, a plurality of first straight ribs, a plurality of second straight ribs, and a plurality of curved ribs.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet including an inlet, a tub disposed inside the cabinet, the tub being configured to hold water, a drum disposed inside the tub, the drum including a conductive material and being configured to rotate, a driver including a rotation shaft, the driver being disposed at a rear of the tub and being configured to rotate the drum, and an induction module coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the tub, the induction module being configured to generate a magnetic field for heating the drum. Also, the tub includes a mounting surface, the induction module is mounted on the mounting surface or the induction module overlaps with the mounting surface, and the mounting surface is a flat surface, or a radius of curvature of the mounting surface is greater than a radius of curvature of the tub.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus can include a cabinet including an inlet, a tub disposed inside the cabinet, the tub being configured to hold water, a drum disposed inside the tub, the drum including a conductive material and being configured to rotate, a driver including a rotation shaft, the driver being disposed at a rear of the tub and being configured to rotate the drum, and an induction module coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the tub, the induction module being configured to generate a magnetic field for heating the drum. Also, a position of the induction module is shifted by an angle within a range from 0 degrees to 45 degrees away from an upper end of the tub that overlaps with the rotation shaft of the driver.

Abstract: Provided is a laundry treating apparatus including a cabinet having an inlet disposed in a front surface thereof, a tub having a tub inlet which is facing the inlet of the cabinet, wherein the tub is configured to accommodate water therein, a drum disposed in the tub, and configured to accommodate laundry therein, a driver including a rotation shaft coupled to a rear portion of the tub and configured to rotate the drum and a spider configured to couple the rotation shaft to the drum. Additionally, the laundry treatment apparatus may further include an induction module coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the tub that is configured to form a magnetic field for heating the drum. Further, the spider may include a central portion protruding inside of the drum, and an end portion that extends from the central portion toward a drum outer circumferential surface.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus is disclosed. A laundry treating apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a cabinet; a tub provided inside the cabinet; a drum rotatably provided inside the tub and accommodating clothes; and a first temperature measurement unit and a second temperature measurement unit that are provided in the tub and measure air temperature inside the tub during a drying cycle for drying the clothes, wherein a water storage space for receiving water is formed on the bottom surface of the tub, the first temperature measurement unit is spaced apart from the water storage space and measures the temperature of dry air, the second temperature measuring unit is provided in the water storage space, and a protruding end protruding from the bottom surface of the tub toward the drum to measure temperature faces the drum, wherein the protruding end is exposed to air during the drying cycle.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treating apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a cabinet including a front plate having a laundry opening; a tub which is provided in the cabinet and which includes a tub opening facing the laundry opening; a drum which is rotatably provided in the tub and which accommodates laundry; a tub gasket which is provided between the laundry opening and the tub opening, and which extends along the circumference of the laundry opening so as to seal the gap between the laundry opening and the tub opening; a gasket water supply part which is provided at the tub gasket, and into which water flows from the outside of the tub gasket during a drying operation for drying the laundry; and a water supply guider which is provided at the tub gasket, and which allows the water transferred from the gasket water supply part to flow along the inner peripheral surface of the tub gasket.

Abstract: A clothes treatment apparatus directly heats a drum accommodating clothes. The clothes treatment apparatus includes: a tub; a drum, made of a metal, which accommodates clothes and is rotatably provided inside the tub; and an induction module, provided in the tub so as to have a spacing from a circumferential surface of the drum, for generating an electromagnetic field to heat the circumferential surface of the drum. The induction module includes: a coil which is formed by winding a wire such that electric current is applied thereto to generate a magnetic field; and a base housing mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the tub, wherein the base housing is provided with a coil slot for defining the shape of the coil in such a manner that the wire is mounted therein so as to have a predetermined distance between wire and wire.

Abstract: Provided is a method for controlling a clothes treatment apparatus comprising: a tub for storing water; a drum rotatably provided in the tub so as to store objects to be washed; a detergent storage part for storing detergent; a storage part water supply pipe for supplying the water to the detergent storage part; a tub connection pipe for guiding, into the tub, the water discharged from the detergent storage part; a tub water supply pipe for supplying the water to the tub; a drain port penetrating the tub; and a drain pump connected to the drain port.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry care apparatus in which an induction module heats the drum uniformly using a magnetic field to dry laundry or heat wash-water, and center and front and rear regions of the drum are uniformly heated.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method for controlling a clothing treatment apparatus, the clothing treatment apparatus having: a tub for storing water; a drum rotatably provided inside the tub to store an object to be washed, and having a drum input port; a detergent storage part for storing detergent; a storage part water supply pipe for supplying water to the detergent storage part; a tub connection pipe for guiding water discharged from the detergent storage part to the drum input port; a tub water supply pipe for supplying water to the tub; a drain provided so as to pass through the tub; and a drain pump connected to the drain.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a laundry machine. More particularly, a laundry machine for generating steam by an induction heater and a control method thereof are disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, provided is a method of controlling a laundry machine including a tub, a drum rotatably arranged in the tub to accommodate an object and provided with a through hole on an outer circumferential surface thereof, and an induction heater provided to the tub, and configured to perform a steam operation. The steam operation may include heating a heating surface of the drum facing the induction heater by driving the induction heater, spraying, through a spray nozzle, water toward the heating surface heated in the heating operation, and rotating the drum such that the steam is introduced into the drum through the through hole in a space between the tub and the drum.

Abstract: A clothes treatment apparatus directly heats a drum accommodating clothes. The clothes treatment apparatus includes: a tub; a drum, made of a metal, which accommodates clothes and is rotatably provided inside the tub; and an induction module, provided in the tub so as to have a spacing from a circumferential surface of the drum, for generating an electromagnetic field to heat the circumferential surface of the drum. The induction module includes: a coil which is formed by winding a wire such that electric current is applied thereto to generate a magnetic field; and a base housing mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the tub, wherein the base housing is provided with a coil slot for defining the shape of the coil in such a manner that the wire is mounted therein so as to have a predetermined distance between wire and wire.

Abstract: A washing machine includes: a tub; a drum of metal material configured to be rotated in the tub; an induction heater configured to be fixed to the tub in a state of being separated from the drum, and to heat the drum; a first temperature sensor configured to have a tube of metal material heated by the induction heater and a thermistor disposed in the tube, at least a part of the tube being exposed between the tub and the drum; a second temperature sensor configured to be disposed in a position further away than the first temperature sensor from the induction heater in a circumferential direction, and detect a temperature of air between the tub and the drum; and a controller configured to control the induction heater based on a first detection value of the first temperature sensor and a second detection value of the second temperature sensor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes treatment apparatus and, more particularly, to a clothes treatment apparatus for directly heating a drum accommodating clothes. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, provided is a clothes treatment apparatus comprising: a tub; a drum, made of a metal, which accommodates clothes and is rotatably provided inside the tub; and an induction module, provided in the tub so as to have a spacing from a circumferential surface of the drum, for generating an electromagnetic field to heat the circumferential surface of the drum, wherein the induction module comprises: a coil which is formed by winding a wire such that electric current is applied thereto to generate a magnetic field; and a base housing mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the tub, wherein the base housing is provided with a coil slot for defining the shape of the coil in such a manner that the wire is mounted therein so as to have a predetermined distance between wire and wire.

Abstract: A washing machine includes: a tub; a drum; an induction heater disposed in a position spaced apart from the drum and configured to heat the drum; an input power source; a relay configured to interrupt a current applied to the coil of the induction heater from the input power source; a first processor configured to control the relay; and a safety device connected to a circuit connecting the first processor and the relay. The safety device includes: a first thermostat configured to operate according to a temperature of a first air between the drum and the tub, and open the circuit when the temperature of the first air is a first safety control temperature; and a thermal fuse configured to operate according to a temperature of a second air outside the tub, and open the circuit when the temperature of the second air is a second safety control temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus. The present invention includes a cabinet, a tub provided within the cabinet, a drum provided within the tub to receive a treatment target therein, the drum made of metallic material, an induction module provided to the tub to heat the drum by induction, an infrared sensor provided to the tub to measure a temperature of the drum, and a barrel lens connected to the infrared sensor so that thermal radiation radiated from the drum enters the barrel lens, wherein the barrel lens includes a guide portion guiding vertically incident thermal radiation to the infrared sensor only.

Abstract: A clothing treatment apparatus includes a tub for providing a space in which washing water is accommodated; a drum rotatably provided inside the tub; a motor for rotating the drum; and an induction heater which is arranged on the outer surface of the tub and which heats the drum. The motor can rotate the drum at a first rotational speed at which laundry accommodated inside the drum is rotated while adhered to the inner circumferential surface of the drum, during heating of the drum by the induction heater.

Abstract: A clothing treatment apparatus includes a cabinet; a container having a front surface having an opening, a rear surface having an exhaust port, and a body extending between the front surface and the rear surface; a drum in the container; an induction heater is arranged on an outer surface of the body of the container to heat the drum; a supply duct arranged on an outer side of the container and including an outlet portion connected to the front surface of the container; an exhaust duct connected to the supply duct and in communication with the exhaust port; and a ventilation portion for generating the air flow from the exhaust duct toward the supply duct. The front surface of the container includes an inlet port located outside the opening and the outlet portion of the supply duct is in communication with the inlet port of the container.