Global Patent Index - EP 3296452 B1

EP 3296452 B1 20200527 - WASHING MACHINE WITH DRYING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

Title (en)

WASHING MACHINE WITH DRYING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

Title (de)

WASCHMASCHINE MIT ANTRIEBSVORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR STEUERUNG DAVON

Title (fr)

LAVE-LINGE COMPORTANT UN APPAREIL DE SÉCHAGE ET SON PROCÉDÉ DE COMMANDE

Publication

EP 3296452 B1 20200527 (EN)

Application

EP 17191812 A 20170919

Priority

KR 20160119175 A 20160919

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP3296452A1] Provided is a washing machine (1) with a drying apparatus (31) that, when alternately rotating a drum (30) in a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction, respectively, during a drying operation, rotates the drum (30) in the clockwise direction longer than in the counterclockwise direction. The washing machine (1) with the drying apparatus (31) includes: a tub (20); a drum (30) rotatably provided inside the tub (20); a drying apparatus (31) provided at an upper portion of the tub (20), configured to introduce air from the tub 820), to heat the introduced air and to supply the heated air to the drum (30) so that laundry accommodated in the drum (30) is dried; and a control unit (110) configured to rotate the drum (30) alternately in a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction, respectively, to rotate the drum (30) in the clockwise direction for a first time and to rotate the drum (30) in the counterclockwise direction for a second time that is shorter than the first time when the washing machine (1) with the drying apparatus (31) enters a drying operation.

IPC 8 full level

D06F 58/38 (2020.01); D06F 58/46 (2020.01); D06F 25/00 (2006.01); D06F 105/46 (2020.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

D06F 58/04 (2013.01 - KR); D06F 58/46 (2020.02 - EP KR US); D06F 25/00 (2013.01 - EP KR US); D06F 58/38 (2020.02 - EP KR US); D06F 2103/02 (2020.02 - EP KR US); D06F 2103/04 (2020.02 - EP KR US); D06F 2103/34 (2020.02 - EP KR US); D06F 2103/38 (2020.02 - EP KR US); D06F 2103/44 (2020.02 - EP KR US); D06F 2105/46 (2020.02 - EP KR US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3296452 A1 20180321; EP 3296452 B1 20200527; KR 102627706 B1 20240123; KR 20180031164 A 20180328

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 17191812 A 20170919; KR 20160119175 A 20160919