US20050188471A1 - Structure for supplying hot air for drying clothes in drum type washing machine and operation control method thereof - Google Patents

Structure for supplying hot air for drying clothes in drum type washing machine and operation control method thereof Download PDF

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US20050188471A1
US20050188471A1 US11/058,419 US5841905A US2005188471A1 US 20050188471 A1 US20050188471 A1 US 20050188471A1 US 5841905 A US5841905 A US 5841905A US 2005188471 A1 US2005188471 A1 US 2005188471A1
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • the present invention relates to drum type washing machines, and more particularly, to a structure for supplying hot air, in which uniform introduction of hot air deep into an inside of a drum is made possible for enhancing drying capability and efficiency; and an operation control method thereof.
  • washing machines there are a pulsator type washing machine of a top loading type, and a drum type washing machine (in general called as a drum washing machine) having a drum laid down in a horizontal direction, substantially.
  • the drum washing machine performs the washing by a method in which laundry introduced into an inside of the drum is lifted and dropped during rotation of the drum.
  • drum washing machine Even in the drum washing machine, there are a drum washing machine of a type the drum thereof is laid down in a horizontal direction fully, and a tilted type drum washing machine of which drum is tilted at an angle from a horizontal plane, and, depending on a direction of introduction/taking out of laundry into/from the drum, there are a front loading type, and a top loading type drum washing machines.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate basic exemplary structures of above washing and drying machines, schematically.
  • the washing and drying machine is provided with a body 10 , a tub 20 mounted on an inside of the body 10 , a drum 30 rotatably mounted on an inside of the tub 20 , washing water supply pipes 51 for guiding flow of the washing water, a driving unit for driving the drum 30 , and a drying device for supplying heated air to an inside of the tub 20 .
  • a front of the body 10 there is an opening for introduction of laundry, with a door 40 thereon for opening/closing the opening. Between the front of the body 10 and the tub 20 , there is a gasket 11 .
  • the tub 20 is supported, and mounted in the body 10 .
  • the drum 30 is rotatably mounted in the tub 20 , and has a plurality of through holes 31 (see FIG. 2 ) in a circumferential surface for flow in/out of the washing water.
  • the washing water supply pipe 51 for flow of the washing water, guides the washing water from a service pipe to the inside of the tub 20 through a water supply valve 52 .
  • a detergent box 53 in the washing water supply pipe 51 for storing detergent required for washing, so that the washing water being supplied to the inside of the tub 20 carries the detergent.
  • the detergent box 53 in an upper space of the body 10 is designed to enable introduction of the detergent.
  • the washing water supply pipe 51 has an end connected to a front of an upper portion of the tub 20 for filling up the tub 20 with the washing water from a bottom thereof by free falling of the washing water.
  • the driving unit is provided with a drum driving motor 71 , and a belt 72 for transmission of a driving power from the drum driving motor 71 to the drum 30 .
  • a direct coupling type BLDC motor is used, which is mounted on a rear wall of the tub for direct transmission of the driving power from the motor to the drum.
  • the drying device is provided with a drying duct 60 for flow of air, a drying heater 61 in the drying duct 60 , and a fan 62 for forced circulation of air.
  • the drying duct 60 has one end connected to the tub 20 at a lower portion of a front side of an outside circumference thereof and the other end connected to the gasket 11 , for circulation of air through the inside of the tub 20 .
  • a cooling water supply pipe 54 for supplying cooling water to the air flowing along the drying duct 60 toward the drying heater after drying laundry to condense moisture therein.
  • the cooling water prevents drop of performance of the fan 62 , and drop of efficiency of the drying heater 61 .
  • the cooling water supply pipe 54 is connected to the water supply valve 52 for supplying washing water.
  • the water supply valve 52 is operated such that only a very low rate of water is supplied to the drying duct 60 compared to a rate of the washing water supply to the drum 30 through the washing water supply pipe 51 , if water supply to the drying duct 60 through the cooling water supply pipe 54 is required for condensing.
  • the related art drum washing machine progresses drying by rotating the drum 30 at a low speed (about 20 ⁇ 30 rpm) after washing, and spinning, the hot air, heated and dried by the drying heater, is introduced into the inside of the drum through, in general, a connection portion to the gasket 11 on the front of the drum 30 , converted into humid air by the drying action, and escapes through a lower side of a front of the drum 30 again.
  • the drying duct draws humid air from the front side of the outside circumference of the tub, the hot air fails to be introduced deep into an inside of the drum 30 , but circulates only on an entrance side and is directly discharged to a lower side of the front of the drum 30 .
  • the present invention is directed to a structure for supplying hot air in a drum washing machine and an operation control method thereof that substantially obviates one or more problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a structure for supplying hot air in a drum washing machine and an operation control method thereof, in which hot air can be blown deep into an inside of the drum, to introduce the hot air into an inside space of the drum uniformly for drying the laundry. That is, the object of the present invention is to provide a structure for supplying hot air and an operation control method thereof, which enables full use of the hot air introduced into the inside of the drum for enhancing the drying performance, and efficiency.
  • a drum washing machine includes a tub for holding washing water, a drum rotatably mounted in the tub, for introducing laundry therein, a drying heater for heating air being supplied to an inside of the drum, a drying duct forming a flow passage for supplying hot air heated by the drying heater to the inside of the drum, a fan for forced supply of the hot air heated by the drying heater to the inside of the drum, a hot air inlet at a front side of the drum for supplying the hot air to the inside of the drum, and a humid air recovery opening at a rear side of the drum for recovering humid air from the inside of the drum.
  • a drum washing machine in another aspect of the present invention, includes a tub for holding washing water, a drum rotatably mounted in the tub, for introducing laundry therein, a drying heater for heating air being supplied to an inside of the drum, a drying duct forming a flow passage for supplying hot air heated by the drying heater to the inside of the drum, a fan for forced supply of the hot air heated by the drying heater to the inside of the drum, a hot air inlet at a rear side of the drum for supplying the hot air to the inside of the drum, and a humid air recovery opening at a front side of the drum for recovering humid air from the inside of the drum.
  • a method for controlling operation of a horizontal or tilt type drum washing machine including a tub for holding washing water, a drum rotatably mounted in the tub, for introducing laundry therein, a drum driving motor for providing driving force to rotate the drum, a drying heater for heating air being supplied to an inside of the drum, a drying duct forming a flow passage for supplying hot air heated by the drying heater to the inside of the drum, and a fan for forced supply of the hot air heated by the drying heater to the inside of the drum, the method including the step of supplying the hot air to an inside of the drum while rotating the drum at a speed equal to, or higher than a speed enough to keep the laundry in the drum to be attached to, and not to fall off from, an inside surface of the drum in progressing of a drying cycle.
  • a method for controlling operation of a horizontal or tilt type drum washing machine including a tub for holding washing water, a drum rotatably mounted in the tub, for introducing laundry therein, a drum driving motor for providing driving force to rotate the drum, a drying heater for heating air being supplied to an inside of the drum, a drying duct forming a flow passage for supplying hot air heated by the drying heater to the inside of the drum, and a fan for forced supply of the hot air heated by the drying heater to the inside of the drum, the method including the steps of turning off the drum driving motor as spinning is finished, turning on the drying heater and the fan, and supplying the hot air to an inside of the drum while a rotation speed of the drum is maintained at a speed enough to keep the laundry to be attached to, and not fall off from an inside circumferential surface of the drum by turning on the drum driving motor again before the laundry attached to the inside circumferential surface of the drum in the spinning falls off therefrom.
  • a method for controlling a drying cycle of a horizontal or tilt type drum washing machine including a tub for holding washing water, a drum rotatably mounted in the tub, for introducing laundry therein, a drying heater for heating air being supplied to an inside of the drum, a drying duct forming a flow passage for supplying hot air heated by the drying heater to the inside of the drum, a fan for forced supply of the hot air heated by the drying heater to the inside of the drum, and means for determining dryness of the laundry in the drum, the method including the steps of measuring dryness of the laundry in the drum in a state the drum is stationary after finish of spinning, supplying hot air while rotating the drum at a speed equal to or higher than a speed enough to keep the laundry to be attached to, and not to fall off from, an inside surface of the drum by raising the rotating speed of the drum, if measured dryness is below preset dryness, and supplying the hot air to an inside of the drum while rotating the drum at a speed below a speed enough to keep the
  • a method for controlling operation of a horizontal or tilt type drum washing machine including a tub for holding washing water, a drum rotatably mounted in the tub, for introducing laundry therein, a drying heater for heating air being supplied to an inside of the drum, a drying duct forming a flow passage for supplying hot air heated by the drying heater to the inside of the drum, a fan for forced supply of the hot air heated by the drying heater to the inside of the drum, and means for determining dryness of the laundry in the drum, the method including the steps of after spinning, supplying the hot air to the inside of the drum while rotating the drum at a speed to maintain a state in which the laundry is kept to be attached to, and not to fall off from, but not to be attached closely to, an inside surface of the drum, detecting the dryness in the middle of above step, to progress drying while maintaining a speed to maintain a state in which the laundry is kept to be attached to, and not to fall off from, but not to be attached closely to, the inside surface of the drum
  • a method for controlling operation of a horizontal or tilt type drum washing machine including a tub for holding washing water, a drum rotatably mounted in the tub, for introducing laundry therein, a drying heater for heating air being supplied to an inside of the drum, a drying duct forming a flow passage for supplying hot air heated by the drying heater to the inside of the drum, and a fan for forced supply of the hot air heated by the drying heater to the inside of the drum, and a hot air supply structure in which a hot air inlet of the drying duct is positioned at a front side or a rear side of the drum, and a humid air recovery opening of the drying duct is positioned at the rear side or the front side of the drum opposite to the hot air inlet, the method including the steps of, in progressing a drying cycle, supplying hot air to an inside of the drum through the hot air inlet positioned at a front, or a rear of the drum, and, at the same time with this, rotating the drum at a speed enough to keep
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a side section of a related art washing and drying machine, schematically
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a front section of the washing and drying machine in FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a diagram showing a main flow path of hot air on an entrance side of a drum in a related art drum washing machine, for reference;
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a drum washing machine of the present invention showing a variation of hot air circulating structure
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a drum washing machine of the present invention showing another variation of hot air circulating structure
  • FIG. 6 illustrates a front view of a rear wall portion of a tub cut along a I-I line in FIG. 5 for showing a through hole structure in the tub;
  • FIG. 7 illustrates a flow chart showing the steps of a method for controlling operation of a drum washing machine in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 8 illustrates a flow chart showing the steps of a method for controlling operation of a drum washing machine in accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 9 illustrates a flow chart showing the steps of a method for controlling operation of a drum washing machine in accordance with a third preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 illustrates a flow chart showing the steps of a method for controlling operation of a drum washing machine in accordance with a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 11 illustrates a graph showing a rotation speed of a motor for driving the drum, and turn on/off states of drying heater and fan while drying.
  • Embodiments of the structure for supplying hot air in a drum washing machine and an operation control method thereof will be described, with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 .
  • a structure of a drum washing machine in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 4 .
  • the drum washing machine includes a tub 20 for holding washing water, a drum 30 rotatably mounted on an inside of the tub 20 , for introducing laundry therein, a drying heater 61 for heating air being supplied to the inside of the drum 30 , a drying duct 60 forming a flow passage for supplying hot air heated by the drying heater 61 , and fan 62 for forced supply of the hot air heated by the drying heater 61 to the inside of the drum 30 , wherein a hot air inlet 60 a is positioned at a front of the drum 30 , and a humid air recovery opening 60 b is positioned at a rear of the drum 30 .
  • the hot air inlet 60 a is positioned at upper side of the front of the drum 30
  • the humid air opening 60 b is positioned at a lower side of the rear of the drum 30 .
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a horizontal type drum washing machine
  • the hot air supply and exhaust structure is also applicable to the tilt type drum washing machine.
  • the hot air is introduced into the inside of the drum through an upper portion of the front of the drum 30 by the forced air blow action of the fan 62 , flows from the front to a rear of the drum along a direction of the arrow, passes a lower portion of a rear side of the drum, and is introduced into the drying duct 60 through the humid air recovery opening 60 b in the rear wall of the tub 20 .
  • a structure of a drum washing machine in accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described, with reference to FIG. 5 .
  • the drum washing machine includes a tub 20 for holding washing water, a drum 30 rotatably mounted on an inside of the tub 20 , for introducing laundry therein, a drying heater 61 for heating air being supplied to the inside of the drum 30 , a drying duct 60 forming a flow passage for supplying hot air heated by the drying heater 61 , and fan 62 for forced supply of the hot air heated by the drying heater 61 to the inside of the drum 30 , wherein a hot air inlet 60 a is positioned at a rear of the drum 30 , and a humid air recovery opening 60 b is positioned at a front of the drum 30 .
  • the hot air inlet 60 a is positioned at an upper side of the rear of the drum 30
  • the humid air opening 60 b is positioned at a lower side of the front of the drum 30 .
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a tilt type drum washing machine
  • the hot air supply and exhaust structure is also applicable to the horizontal type drum washing machine.
  • the hot air is introduced into the inside of the drum through an upper portion of the rear of the drum 30 by the forced air blow action of the fan 62 , flows from the rear to a front of the drum along a direction of the arrow, passes a lower portion of a front side of the drum, and flows toward the humid air recovery opening 60 b of the drying duct 60 along the guide flow passage 21 in the lower side of the tub 20 .
  • the tub 20 is formed of stainless steel, or plastic. Regardless of material of the tub 20 , in the rear wall of the tub, there are the hot air inlet 60 a for supplying hot air, and a hot air outlet 60 c for discharge of the hot air (see FIG. 6 ).
  • the hot air inlet 60 a and the hot air outlet 60 c each has a shape of slot, especially in a shape of an arc in view of strength of the tub rear wall, and connected to the drying duct 60 , directly.
  • the drum of the present invention has a plurality of pass through holes in an outside circumferential surface of the drum, which are not shown in the drawings.
  • FIG. 7 an operation control method in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described.
  • a drying cycle while rotating the drum at a speed equal to or higher than a speed (for an example, 100 rpm) enough to keep the laundry to be attached to, and not to fall from, but not to be attached closely to, the inside surface of the drum, the hot air is supplied to an inside of the drum, for progressing drying.
  • a speed for an example, 100 rpm
  • the speed enough to keep the laundry to be attached to, and not to fall off from, but not to be attached closely to the inside surface of the drum is a speed at which an outward acceleration acting on a point of an inside circumferential surface of the drum in a radial direction of the drum is equal to an acceleration of the gravity.
  • the hot air supplied to the inside of the drum flows in a direction along a driving shaft of the drum. That is, the hot air flows from the hot air inlet 60 a (see FIG. 4 ) in the front of the drum to the rear of the drum, or from the hot air inlet 60 a (see FIG. 5 ) to the front of the drum.
  • the hot air is supplied from the upper side of the front of the drum to the lower side of the rear of the drum, or from the upper side of the rear of the drum to the lower side of the front of the drum.
  • the hot air if the hot air is supplied in the driving shaft direction of the drum in a state the drum rotates at the speed enough to keep the laundry to be attached to, and not to fall off from an inside surface of the drum, the hot air progresses along the driving shaft direction while swirling along the inside circumferential surface of the drum.
  • the hot air progresses in a form of a swirl starting from the front side of the drum to the rear side of the drum until the hot air escapes therefrom, or the hot air progresses in a form of a swirl starting from the rear side of the drum to the front side of the drum until the hot air escapes therefrom. According to this, contact of the hot air with the laundry on the inside circumferential surface of the drum increases, to enhance the drying performance, and efficiency.
  • the drying cycle progressed thus includes an acceleration section in which the motor for driving the drum is turned on, to accelerate a rotation speed of the drum until the rotation speed reaches to a preset speed which is equal to, or higher than a speed enough to keep the laundry in the drum to be attached to, and not to fall off from the inside surface of the drum, a section for maintaining the rotation speed at the preset speed, and a section in which the rotation speed of the drum is reduced to a low speed (about 20 ⁇ 30 rpm) at which the laundry in the drum is unable to be attached to, but to fall from the inside surface of the drum, for progressing drying.
  • a preset speed which is equal to, or higher than a speed enough to keep the laundry in the drum to be attached to, and not to fall off from the inside surface of the drum
  • a section for maintaining the rotation speed at the preset speed and a section in which the rotation speed of the drum is reduced to a low speed (about 20 ⁇ 30 rpm) at which the laundry in the drum is unable to be
  • above acceleration, maintained speed, and low speed sections are performed at least once repeatedly before finish of the drying. This is for enhancing the drying efficiency by keeping exposing portions of the laundry that are not dried yet by changing positions of the laundry.
  • a rotation direction of the drum is alternated in the section drying is progressed in a low speed state in which the laundry falls from the inside surface of the drum.
  • the method for controlling drying laundry in a horizontal, or tilted type drum washing machine in accordance with the second preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of turning off a drum driving motor as spinning is finished, turning on a drying heater and a fan, and turning on the drum driving motor again before the laundry kept attached to an inside circumferential surface of the drum at the time of spinning falls to maintain a threshold speed enough to keep the laundry to be attached to the inside circumferential surface of the drum and supplying heated air into an inside of the drum, to progress drying.
  • hot air is supplied while maintaining the drum at a speed higher than the threshold speed at which the laundry kept attached to the inside circumferential surface of the drum does not fall by turning on the drum driving motor again before the speed of the drum rotating by inertia drops to a speed at which the laundry kept attached to the inside circumferential surface of the drum falls.
  • the drying heater and the fan may be turned on at the same time with turning off the drum driving motor when the spinning is finished, or the drying heater and the fan may be turned on after a predetermined time period is passed from the turning off of the drum driving motor. In this instance, no braking force is applied to the drum, so that the drum spinning in a state the drum driving motor is turned off as the spinning is finished rotates freely by the inertia.
  • the drying heater and the fan may, or may not be turned on at the same time.
  • the hot air flows along a direction of a drum driving shaft line in the drum, for which it is preferable that the hot air is supplied from a front to a rear of the drum, or vice versa, like the first embodiment.
  • the dry progressing step may include a section in which the rotation speed of the drum is maintained at a speed equal to, or higher than a speed (for an example, 100 rpm) enough to keep the laundry in the drum to be attached to, and not to fall off from, but not to be attached closely to, the inside circumferential surface of the drum, and a section in which the rotation speed of the drum is reduced to a low speed (about 20 ⁇ 30 rpm) at which the laundry in the drum is unable to be attached to the inside circumferential surface of the drum.
  • a speed for an example, 100 rpm
  • the embodiment enables to reduce a drying time period as the drying heater and the fan are turned on starting from the inertial rotation of the drum following finishing of spinning to supply hot air, and drying laundry starting from right after the finishing of spinning, and to improve drying efficiency and performance as the rotation speed of the drum is maintained at a speed higher than the speed enough to keep the laundry in the drum to be attached to the inside circumferential surface of the drum, to make the hot air to progress in a form of a swirl like the first embodiment.
  • drum washing machine of the first or second embodiment is further provided with means in the drum 30 for determining dryness (for an example, an electrode sensor: not shown) of the laundry, the following operation control method is also viable.
  • a method for controlling operation of a horizontal or tilt drum washing machine in accordance with a third preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of measuring dryness of laundry in the drum in a state the drum is stationary after finish of spinning, supplying hot air to an inside of the drum while rotating the drum at a speed equal to or higher than a speed at which an outward acceleration acting on a point of an inside circumferential surface of the drum in a radial direction of the drum is equal to an acceleration of the gravity if the dryness measured in above step is below a preset dryness, and supplying hot air to an inside of the drum while rotating the drum at a reduced speed at which the laundry is unable to be attached to the inside surface of the drum if the dryness measured in above step is higher than the preset dryness, for drying.
  • the dryness may be measured in a state before the drum is stopped fully after the finish of spinning.
  • the hot air flows in a direction the same or substantially same with a drum driving shaft in the drum. Especially, it is preferable that the hot air flows from a front to a rear of the drum, or vice versa.
  • a rotation direction of the drum is alternated in the section drying is progressed in a reduced speed state to a speed (about 20 ⁇ 30 rpm) at which the laundry falls from the inside surface of the drum.
  • a method for controlling drying operation of a horizontal, or tilt type drum washing machine in accordance with a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of, after finish of spinning, supplying hot air to an inside of the drum while rotating the drum at a speed equal to, or higher than a speed (for an example, 100 rpm) enough to keep the laundry to be attached to, and not to be fall off from an inside surface of the drum, and progressing the drying while maintaining a threshold speed which is a speed enough to keep the laundry to be attached to, and not to fall off from, an inside surface of the drum if the dryness detected in the middle of above step is below preset dryness, and progressing the drying in a reduced speed state to a speed (about 20 ⁇ 30 rpm) at which the laundry falls off from the inside surface of the drum if the dryness is higher than the preset dryness.
  • a speed for an example, 100 rpm
  • the dryness is measured in a state the drum is rotated at a speed higher than a speed enough to keep the laundry to be attached to the inside circumferential surface of the drum, and the speed of the drum is controlled to maintain, or reduce according to a result of the measurement.
  • the hot air flows in a direction the same with a drum driving shaft in a drum.
  • the hot air flows from a front to a rear of the drum, or vice versa.
  • a rotation direction of the drum is alternated in the section the drying is progress in a reduced speed state to a speed (about 20 ⁇ 30 rpm) at which the laundry in the drum falls off the inside surface of the drum.
  • the embodiment enables to reduce a drying time period as the hot air is supplied to an inside of the drum starting from the inertial rotation of the drum following finishing of spinning, to progress drying, and to improve drying performance and efficiency as the rotation speed of the drum is maintained at a speed equal to, or higher than a speed enough to keep laundry not to fall off from the inside circumferential surface of the drum so that the hot air progresses while swirling at a dryness below a preset dryness.
  • the rotation speed of the drum is reduced, to change positions of the laundry, in which the a rotation direction of the drum is alternated, for changing positions of the laundry. According to this, portions of laundry dried less than other portions are exposed newly, to which the hot air comes into contact, to dry the less dried portions.
  • a portion of the clothes is liable to be inserted in the holes in the wall of the drum if the rotation speed of the drum is high excessively. Moreover, the clothes is liable be inserted in the holes in the wall of the drum, to make circulation of the clothes difficult if the drying time period is long excessively even if the rotation speed of the drum is not so high excessively, but only is maintained at a speed (for an example; 100 rpm) enough to keep the laundry to be attached to an inside of the drum.
  • a drying finish time point can be determined as follows.
  • the finish of drying may be simply set to finish the drying at the time the set time is reached.
  • the drying may be finished by setting a drying time period, measuring the dryness when the set drying time period is reached, and extending the drying time period according to the measured dryness.
  • the finish of drying may be determined with reference to a preset dryness which is different from the set dryness in the third or fourth embodiment.
  • FIG. 11 illustrates a graph showing a rotation speed of a motor for driving the drum, and turn on/off states of drying heater and fan while drying.
  • a section for progressing drying at a speed in which the laundry can not be attached to, but fall off from the inside surface of the drum in a state the drying heater and the fan are turned on a section in which the drum driving motor is turned on to accelerate the drum to a speed higher than a speed enough to keep the, laundry to be attached to, and not to fall off from the inside surface of the drum, and a section in which the rotation speed of the drum is maintained at a speed enough to keep the laundry to be attached to, and not to fall off from the inside surface of the drum, are mixed.
  • a rotation direction of the drum can be alternated in the section in which the rotation speed of the drum is low (about 20 ⁇ 30 rpm).
  • the structure for supplying hot air in a drum washing machine and operation control method thereof has the following advantages.
  • the introduction of hot air starting from a front to a rear or vice versa deep into the drum improves drying efficiency and performance.
  • the rotation speed of the drum is maintained at a speed enough to keep laundry not to fall off from the inside circumferential surface of the drum, such that the hot air comes into contact with the laundry while progressing in swirl, the drying performance and efficiency is improved.
  • the supply of hot air to the inside of the drum starting from the inertial rotation of the drum following finish of spinning enables to shorten a drying time period.

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