(19)
(11) EP 2 722 432 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
22.04.2015 Bulletin 2015/17

(43) Date of publication A2:
23.04.2014 Bulletin 2014/17

(21) Application number: 13189197.0

(22) Date of filing: 18.10.2013
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
D06F 58/20(2006.01)
D06F 58/26(2006.01)
 D06F 58/28(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
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 States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 22.10.2012 KR 20120117474

(71) Applicant: LG Electronics, Inc.
Seoul, 150-721 (KR)

(72) Inventors:
  • Noh, Hyunwoo
    Seoul (KR)
  • Lee, Yongju
    Seoul (KR)
  • Lee, Hyuksoo
    Seoul (KR)

(74) Representative: Ter Meer Steinmeister & Partner 
Patentanwälte mbB Mauerkircherstrasse 45
81679 München
81679 München (DE)

   


(54) Clothes treating apparatus with heat pump and control method thereof


(57) A clothes treating apparatus having a heat pump includes: a drum (110) for accommodating a dry target; a heat pump (130, 135, 150, 160) configured to cool air transmitted from the drum (110) and subsequently heat the same; a heating unit (170) configured to heat air transmitted from the heat pump (130, 135, 150, 160) to the drum (110); a sensing unit (137, 139) configured to sense a current physical parameter value of a heating medium; and a control unit (200) configured to control the heating unit (170) on the basis of the current physical parameter value of the heating medium. Speed drying can be performed, energy efficiency can be increased, and durability of the heat pump can be enhanced.







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