KR101199362B1 - operating method for laundry machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for operating a laundry apparatus, and more particularly, to a new operation method capable of removing wrinkles of a wrinkle removal object such as clothes using steam and hot air.

To this end, the present invention provides a clothing providing step of providing a wrinkle removal object such as clothing into the drum; Steam providing step of providing a high temperature steam into the drum by controlling the steam providing unit; And, by controlling the drive unit to rotate the drum and at the same time to control the air supply to provide a hot air in the heated state inside the drum while removing the wrinkles of the wrinkle removal object and drying: includes a progress A driving method for a laundry machine is provided.

Laundry unit, steam provision, wrinkle removal, drum rotation

Description

Operating method for laundry machine

Figure 1 is a side cross-sectional view for explaining the internal structure of the laundry apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention

2 is a plan view for explaining the internal structure of the laundry apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention

Figure 3 is a flow chart for explaining a driving method for the wrinkle removal course of the laundry machine according to an embodiment of the present invention

4 is a flowchart illustrating a control process after the refresh process is completed during the wrinkle removal course;

DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE NUMERALS

100. Main unit 110. Slot

120. Door 130. Rim

140. Washing water supply line 141,161. On-off valve

150. Detergent box 160. Steam water supply pipe

200. Tub 210. Washing water heater

220. Drainage flow path 230. Drainage pump

300. Drum 310. Drive section

400. Steam providing unit 410. Heating unit

420. Steam supply line 500. Temperature sensor

600. Air supply unit 610. Air duct

620. Drying Heater 630. Blower Fan

The present invention relates to a method of operating a laundry apparatus, and more particularly, to a method of removing wrinkles of clothes using steam.

In general, the washing apparatus includes a pulsator washing machine in which the drum is set in the vertical direction, a drum washing machine in which the drum is laid in the horizontal direction, a combined-use washing machine having a drying function, and a clothes dryer for performing drying of clothes and the like. do.

Among the above-mentioned washing apparatuses, the combined-use washing machine and the clothes dryer are usually operated to supply hot hot air into the drum to dry the wet clothes and the like.

However, the above-mentioned conventional combined drying machine and clothes dryer did not have a separate structure or operation for removing the wrinkles despite the occurrence of many wrinkles of dried clothes by the operation thereof.

In particular, the conventional combined dry washing machine and clothes dryer could not remove wrinkles for clothes in a dried state.

For this reason, the user is inconvenient to wear the clothing only by performing a separate operation, such as legs to dry the clothing completed.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned various problems with the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a method of operating a new washing apparatus capable of removing the wrinkles of the wrinkle removal object, such as clothing using steam and hot hot air. It would be.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a method of operating a new washing apparatus to achieve a state that can be worn by the user immediately after the wrinkle removal of the wrinkle removal object is completed.

Operation method of the present invention for achieving the above object is a clothing providing step of providing a wrinkle removal object such as clothing into the drum; Steam providing step of providing a high temperature steam into the drum by controlling the steam providing unit; And, by controlling the drive unit to rotate the drum and at the same time to control the air supply to provide a hot air in the heated state inside the drum while removing the wrinkles of the wrinkle removal object and drying: includes a progress It features.

Hereinafter, a laundry apparatus and a driving method thereof according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

Prior to describing an embodiment of the present invention, the washing apparatus presented in the present invention suggests that the combined washing machine is an embodiment. Of course, the laundry device may be a clothes dryer.

First, the washing apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention as shown in Figure 1 and 2 attached largely the body 100, the tub 200, the drum 300, the steam providing unit 400, the temperature It comprises a sensor 500 and the air providing unit 600.

Here, the main body 100 forms the appearance of the washing apparatus, the inlet 110 is formed on the front thereof.

In this case, the door 120 for opening and closing the inlet 110 is mounted at a portion where the inlet 110 of the main body 100 is formed, and the door 120 and the inner peripheral surface of the inlet 110 are provided. Rim 130 for sealing between the inlet 110 is mounted.

In addition, the main body 100 is provided with a wash water supply pipe 140 for supplying the wash water into the tub (200).

At this time, the main body 100 is provided with a detergent box 150, the wash water supply pipe 140 is connected to communicate with the inside of the tub 200 via the detergent box 150.

In addition, the tub 200 is provided in a state of being supported in the main body 100.

At this time, the lower portion of the tub 200 is further provided with a washing water heater 210 for heating the wash water supplied into the tub 200.

In addition, the bottom of the tub 200 is connected to the drainage passage 220 for draining the wash water.

At this time, the drainage passage 220 is provided with a drain pump 230 driven for forced drainage of the wash water.

In addition, the drum 300 is rotatably installed in the tub 200, and is mounted such that a side opened toward the inlet 110 of the main body 100 is positioned.

At this time, the driving unit 310 for rotating the drum 300 is coupled to the rear of the drum 300.

In addition, the steam providing unit 400 is configured to provide a predetermined amount of steam into the drum 300 (or tub), and at least one is provided. 2 is a plan view illustrating an example of mounting the steam providing unit 400.

The steam providing unit 400 is configured to include a heat generating unit 410 for generating steam by providing a high temperature hot air with water stored therein, and a steam supply pipe 420 for guiding the flow of the generated steam. .

At this time, the steam discharge side of the steam supply pipe 420 is preferably installed through the rim 130 to face the drum 300.

In addition, the temperature sensor 500 serves to sense a temperature inside the tub 200.

The temperature sensor is preferably provided on the space in the tub (200).

In this case, the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor 500 is used for the operation control of the steam providing unit 400 and the operation control of the air providing unit 600.

In addition, the air providing unit 600 is used for drying clothes, and is configured to provide high temperature hot air or cold air into the drum 300.

The air providing unit 600 includes an air duct 610, a drying heater 620, a blowing fan 630, and a fan motor (not shown).

Both ends of the air duct 610 are installed to communicate with the inside of the tub 200. At this time, one end of the air duct 610 is connected to the rear side of the tub 200, the other end of the air duct 610 is preferably connected to the front side of the tub 200. Of course, one end of the air duct 610 may be installed to communicate with the tub 200, and the other end may be installed to communicate with the outside of the main body 100.

In addition, the drying heater 620 is provided in the air duct 610 and is configured to heat the flow air in the air duct 610 to generate hot air.

In addition, the blowing fan 630 and the fan motor are provided in the air duct 610, so that the air in the air duct 610 is provided to the drum 300 after passing through the drying heater 620. Configured to blow.

On the other hand, reference numeral 160 is a steam water supply pipe for supplying tap water to the steam providing unit 400.

In addition, reference numerals 141 and 161 are respective opening and closing valves for opening and closing the pipes of the washing water supply pipe 140 and the steam water supply pipe 160.

Hereinafter, a driving method for removing wrinkles in the driving method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention using the structure of the above-described washing apparatus will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3.

First, prior to the operation for removing the wrinkles of the washing machine (hereinafter referred to as "wrinkling removal course") provides a wrinkle removal object (hereinafter referred to as "clothing") to remove the wrinkles into the drum 300 (S110) )

At this time, the wrinkle removal course is subjected to the wrinkled clothing in a dry state.

Of course, the dehydration is completed, clothing in a state containing a small amount of water may also be the object.

In addition, when the provision of the clothes as described above is completed, the controller (not shown) controls the steam providing unit 400 to provide a steam providing process for providing high temperature steam to the drum 300 (S120). do.

That is, by generating the steam by evaporating the steam water in the steam providing unit 400 by heating the heat generating unit 410 to provide the generated steam into the drum (300).

The steam is for the clothing to contain a small amount of water, thereby the clothing is in a state capable of smooth wrinkle removal can be achieved. In particular, when considering that the steam is a high temperature state can be more smoothly removed wrinkles of the clothing.

At this time, the steam is injected into the drum 300 through the steam supply pipe 420.

Particularly, when steam is provided into the drum 300, it is preferable to control the driving unit 310 to rotate the drum 300 so that the steam can be more smoothly provided to the clothes.

In particular, the drum 300 is not rotated in one direction, but controlled to be inverted left and right to prevent the clothes inside the drum 300 from agglomeration with each other, and the steam may be more evenly provided to all parts of the clothes. More preferably.

As described above, the steam providing process for providing steam into the drum 300 is continuously performed until the temperature inside the drum 300 reaches a preset temperature.

At this time, the preset temperature is a temperature of 40 ℃ or more, the standard of this temperature is because the temperature inside the drum 300 is the most effective temperature for removing wrinkles of the clothes is above 40 ℃.

Of course, the higher the temperature, the smoother the removal of the clothing may proceed.

However, when the temperature inside the drum 300 is too high, problems such as damage or deformation of the cloth may occur, and a problem may occur that the clothes may be excessively wet by a large amount of steam.

Therefore, while the set temperature is achieved excellent wrinkle removal performance, the damage of the cloth is preferably a temperature between 40 ℃ ~ 60 ℃, the embodiment of the present invention suggests that the temperature is 45 ℃.

Then, when the temperature inside the drum 300 reaches the set temperature by the above-described process, the steam providing unit 400 is controlled to stop providing the steam (S130).

At the same time, the drum 300 is continuously rotated during the operation time set in the state in which the steam supply is stopped, and the air supply unit 600 is controlled to provide hot air in the heated state of the drum 300 ( S140) while performing a refresh process to refresh the clothing.

The refresh process is a series of processes to remove the wrinkles to the most suitable state to wear the clothing and at the same time to dry the wet clothing by steam.

The process of providing hot air in the heated state is as follows.

First, the drying heater 620 of the air providing unit 600 is heated. As a result, the air inside the air duct 610 is heated to form a high temperature state. Along with this, the fan motor is driven to rotate the blowing fan 630. As a result, the heated air inside the air duct 610 flows along the air duct 610 and is then blown into the tub 200. Thus, the heated air blown into the tub 200, that is, the hot air, is provided during the operation time set in the drum 300.

In addition, the operation time set in the above is preferably set to be made differently depending on the amount of clothes, that is, the amount of clothes put into the drum 300. For example, when the clothing is five, the driving time is set to about 10 minutes.

The setting of the operation time is preferably made before the operation for the refresh process is started, that is, before providing steam into the drum 300, and the operation time thus set is stored in a memory (not shown).

At this time, it is preferable that the air providing unit 600 is controlled so that the temperature inside the drum 300 maintains a preset temperature range during the operation time.

That is, when the temperature inside the drum 300 detected by the temperature sensor 500 is about 45 ° C. or more, the drying heater 620 is turned off to stop the heat generation, and the drum sensed by the temperature sensor 500. When the temperature inside the inside of the 300 is approximately 40 ° C. or less, the drying heater 620 is turned on to resume the heat generation.

As a result, after the above-described series of refresh processes are performed for a set time, the drum 300 stops rotating, the drying heater 620 is turned off, and the fan motor is turned off to stop the rotation of the blowing fan 630 (S150). The wrinkle removal course is terminated by

On the other hand, if it is controlled to finish the wrinkle removal course immediately after the refresh process of the above-described wrinkle removal course is completed, because the interior of the drum 300 is made of a very high temperature is not safe to take out the clothes directly from the drum 300 Problem is caused.

In addition, the garment is not suitable for immediate wear because the garment is at a significant high temperature.

Accordingly, in another embodiment of the present invention, when the refreshing process is terminated in the aforementioned wrinkle elimination course, the air is not heated in the drum 300 by controlling the air provider 600 as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4. It is proposed that a series of blowing processes to provide further control.

At this time, the air providing unit 600 is controlled so that only the blowing fan 630 is rotated in a state in which the drying heater 620 is turned off (S151).

Of course, the blown air is air inside the drum 300, and as the air is in a high temperature state, the temperature inside the drum 300 is substantially decreased, rather than being abruptly reduced.

In particular, when forced air is blown, since the air blown by the blowing force is relatively lower than the air inside the drum 300, the temperature inside the drum 300 may be continuously reduced. Of course, as the outside air is also introduced through the gap between the tub 200 and the main body 100, the temperature inside the drum 300 may be continuously reduced.

As described above, the series of blowing processes for reducing the temperature inside the drum may be controlled to proceed until the temperature inside the drum 300 becomes below a preset temperature.

Of course, a series of processes for reducing the temperature inside the drum 300 may be controlled to proceed for a preset time.

In addition, it is more preferable that the temperature inside the drum 300 is more smoothly reduced by controlling the drum 300 to continuously rotate when the above blowing process is performed.

As a result, when the temperature inside the drum 300 reaches a predetermined temperature or less by the aforementioned series of blowing processes, the drum 300 is stopped and the fan motor is turned off to stop the rotation of the blowing fan 630 ( S152), the entire wrinkle removal course is completed.

As described above, the operating method of the laundry apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention has the effect that the satisfaction of the use of the product can be improved by only the wrinkle removal course for refreshing such as removing wrinkles of clothing. .

In particular, by providing the steam up to the set temperature inside the drum and by rotating the drum at the same time by controlling the hot air to have a high effect that the wrinkle removal course can be made as soon as possible.

Claims (11)

Clothing providing step of providing a wrinkle removal object such as clothing into the drum; Steam providing step of providing a high temperature steam into the drum by controlling the steam providing unit; And, A refresh step of controlling the driving unit to rotate the drum and simultaneously controlling the air providing unit to perform wrinkle removal and drying of the wrinkle removal object while providing hot air in a heated state inside the drum; And A blowing step of turning off the drying heater of the air providing unit and rotating the blowing fan to circulate the air inside the drum and to provide the drum to the drum again to reduce the temperature inside the drum; Method of driving a laundry machine characterized in that the progress is included. The method of claim 1, The steam providing step Operating method of the laundry machine, characterized in that proceeds until the inside of the drum reaches a predetermined temperature. The method of claim 2, The preset temperature is Operating method of the laundry machine, characterized in that the temperature between 40 ℃ ~ 60 ℃. The method of claim 1, And the drum is controlled to rotate while the steam providing step is in progress. The method of claim 1, The refresh step Operating method of the laundry machine, characterized in that controlled to proceed for a predetermined time. 6. The method of claim 5, The set time is differently set according to the amount of the wrinkle removal object operating method of the laundry machine. The method of claim 1, The air providing unit in the refresh step The operation of the washing apparatus, characterized in that the operation is controlled so that the inside of the drum is maintained in the set temperature range. delete The method of claim 1, The blowing step is The driving method of the laundry machine, characterized in that controlled to proceed until the temperature inside the drum is below a predetermined temperature. The method of claim 1, The blowing step is Operating method of the laundry machine, characterized in that controlled to proceed for a predetermined time. The method of claim 1, And the drum is controlled to rotate while the blowing step is in progress.

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