Global Patent Index - EP 4155453 A1

EP 4155453 A1 20230329 - LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH AN INDUCTION HEATER

Title (en)

LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH AN INDUCTION HEATER

Title (de)

WÄSCHEBEHANDLUNGSVORRICHTUNG MIT INDUKTIONSHEIZUNG

Title (fr)

APPAREIL DE TRAITEMENT DU LINGE ÉQUIPÉ D'UN DISPOSITIF DE CHAUFFAGE PAR INDUCTION

Publication

EP 4155453 A1 20230329 (EN)

Application

EP 22201834 A 20170825

Priority

  • KR 20160108328 A 20160825
  • KR 20170101338 A 20170809
  • KR 20170101334 A 20170809
  • KR 20170101340 A 20170809
  • KR 20170101332 A 20170809
  • EP 17844000 A 20170825
  • KR 2017009341 W 20170825

Abstract (en)

The present invention relates to a laundry treatment apparatus and, more particularly, to a laundry treatment apparatus for directly heating a drum accommodating clothes. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, provided is a laundry treatment apparatus comprising: a tub; a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub for receiving laundry therein, wherein the drum is made of a metal material; and an induction module disposed on the tub to be spaced from a circumferential surface of the drum for generating an electromagnetic field to heat the circumferential surface of the drum, wherein the induction module is characterized by: a coil formed of wires, wherein the coil generates a magnetic field when an electric current is applied thereto, and, a base housing mounted on an outer circumferential face of the tub, the base housing comprises fixing ribs that protrude upward from a bottom surface of the base housing and that define coil slots configured to receive the wires, wherein the coil has a track shape with a long axis extending in a front-rear direction of the drum.

IPC 8 full level

D06F 39/04 (2006.01); D06F 25/00 (2006.01); D06F 37/26 (2006.01); D06F 58/26 (2006.01)

CPC (source: CN EP US)

D06F 34/08 (2020.02 - CN); D06F 34/14 (2020.02 - CN); D06F 39/04 (2013.01 - CN EP US); D06F 58/26 (2013.01 - CN US); D06F 25/00 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 34/26 (2020.02 - US); D06F 37/267 (2013.01 - EP); D06F 58/04 (2013.01 - US); D06F 58/26 (2013.01 - EP); D06F 2103/24 (2020.02 - CN); D06F 2103/32 (2020.02 - US); D06F 2103/52 (2020.02 - CN); D06F 2105/28 (2020.02 - CN US)

Citation (applicant)

Citation (search report)

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

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

MA MD

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3505674 A1 20190703; EP 3505674 A4 20200325; EP 3505674 B1 20230607; EP 3505674 C0 20230607; CN 109844211 A 20190604; CN 109844211 B 20211126; CN 114045640 A 20220215; CN 114045640 B 20240119; CN 114045641 A 20220215; CN 114045641 B 20240405; EP 4155452 A1 20230329; EP 4155453 A1 20230329

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 17844000 A 20170825; CN 201780065177 A 20170825; CN 202111319107 A 20170825; CN 202111319129 A 20170825; EP 22201833 A 20170825; EP 22201834 A 20170825