WO2010120147A2 - Laundry treating apparatus with liquid spraying function - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a drier having a liquid spraying function, and according to one aspect of the present invention, a laundry treating apparatus including a plurality of laundry treating courses which have different laundry treating methods is provided. The apparatus comprises: a drum for receiving the laundry; a hot air supply means for supplying hot air to the inner side of the drum; a spraying means for spraying a fragrant solution to the inside of the drum; a manipulating means including a course selecting means for selecting the laundry treating courses; and a controller for controlling the apparatus according to the instructions inputted by the manipulating means, wherein a plurality of laundry treating courses includes at least one scent spraying course for spraying the fragrant solution during the laundry treating process, and the course selecting means comprises a scent spraying course selecting means for selecting one of the scent spraying courses.

Description

Clothing processing unit with liquid spray function

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dryer having a liquid spray function, and more particularly, to a clothes treating apparatus having a liquid spray function for a function such as odor addition in addition to drying cloth.

The clothes treating apparatus such as a general dryer or a washing machine having a drying function includes a drum rotatably installed in the main body and hot air supply means for supplying high temperature hot air into the drum. In the input state, the hot air is supplied into the drum to evaporate the moisture contained in the cloth.

Recently, not only the drying of the cloth, but also the de-wrinkle, softening, de-odor, de-static and scent of the cloth after drying is completed. Garment treatment apparatuses with various additional functions have gained good response in the market. This additional function is exerted by injecting a liquid such as steam or fragrance liquid into the drum during the drying process. To this end, a reservoir for injecting the liquid into the clothes treating apparatus and a liquid stored in the reservoir are stored in the drum. It will include an injection means for injecting.

Through this, it is possible to perform the function of wrinkle removal, odor removal, antistatic and softening by spraying steam inside the drum, and spray the fragrance liquid to add the desired fragrance.

On the other hand, these additional functions may be performed by the user selecting a course that is set in advance or by the user selecting only a specific function, all of the user's intention is provided on the operation button provided on the operation panel of the clothing processing apparatus Can be entered by

1 illustrates an example of a conventional operation panel. Although the operation panel illustrated in FIG. 1 does not include the means for operating the above-described additional function, it can be seen that a plurality of operation buttons are provided. Specifically, the operation panel includes a power button 10, a course selection button 12 for selecting respective courses set in advance, and an operation / pause button 14 for starting or stopping the operation of each course. A drying level button 16 for selecting a drying degree, a temperature adjusting button 18 for designating a temperature of hot air supplied at drying, a drying time setting button 20 for selecting a drying time, and various states And a beep setting button 22 for setting the size of the beep sound for notifying the user, an option selection button 24 for setting various options, and the like.

Each of these buttons can be selected depending on the course selected, and some cannot be selected. Therefore, in order to operate the buttons smoothly, the user must be familiar with each operating relationship. In some cases, operating a button that should not be selected may invalidate the previous selection or cause a malfunction of the device.

In such a situation, when a means for manipulating the above-described additional function is added, the operation convenience is inferior due to many buttons, and a / s request cases are frequently caused due to simple inexperience.

In addition, although the above-described additional function may perform various functions depending on the combination thereof, in the related art, only the steam or the fragrance liquid may be sprayed, and thus, the means for more actively utilizing the additional function may be used. in need.

The present invention has been made to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art as described above, to provide a clothes processing apparatus having an operation means that can be operated more efficiently and easily various functions of the clothes processing apparatus having a liquid ejection function It's a technical challenge.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above technical problem, a clothes processing apparatus including a plurality of clothes processing courses for changing the clothes processing method, a drum for receiving laundry; Hot air supply means for supplying hot air into the drum; Injection means for injecting a fragrance liquid into the drum; Operation means including a course selection means for selecting the clothes processing course; And a control unit for controlling the device according to the instruction input by the operation means, wherein the plurality of clothes processing courses include at least one fragrance spraying course for spraying the fragrance liquid during the clothes processing process, and selecting the course. The means is provided with a garment treating apparatus including a fragrance spray course selecting means for selecting one of the fragrance spray courses.

In the above aspect of the present invention, the fragrance spraying process is not a separate selection button to provide a fragrance spraying course, the user does not operate the fragrance spraying operation means after selecting the drying course, the fragrance spraying just by selecting the fragrance spraying course Allow the process to be performed to facilitate manipulation of the fragrance spraying function.

In this case, the clothes processing apparatus may include a plurality of fragrance spraying courses having different fragrance spraying points in the garment processing process.

In addition, the manipulation means further includes a fragrance intensity adjusting means, and the control unit may be controlled to control the fragrance intensity according to the fragrance intensity selected by the fragrance intensity adjusting means.

On the other hand, the operation means further includes a fragrance injection canceling means, the control unit may be controlled so that the fragrance liquid injection process is not performed during the clothing treatment course selected by the course selection means when the fragrance injection canceling means is selected. have. In this way, when the fragrance injection process is included in the selected course, the user may selectively cancel fragrance injection.

Here, the fragrance intensity adjusting means and the fragrance injection canceling means may be configured as a push button, each of which may be composed of a separate button, or may be composed of one push button.

Here, the fragrance intensity adjusting means may be deactivated when the course selected by the course selecting means does not include a fragrance spraying process. Deactivation means a state that is controlled so that the manipulation is not performed even if the user attempts manipulation through the adjusting means. In addition, the perfume injection canceling means may also be deactivated when the course selected by the course selection means does not include a perfume injection process.

In this case, the manipulation means may be further provided with a display means for displaying the visual strength or audible when the fragrance intensity adjusting means and the fragrance injection canceling means are deactivated, through which the user can operate through the means. You can check in advance whether it is possible.

In addition, the fragrance spray course selection means of the course selection means may further include a recognition means for visually distinguishing the remaining course selection means. Through this, the user can guide the correct course selection.

Here, the recognition means may include light emitting means arranged around or on the bottom of the course selection means.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, a clothes treating apparatus including a plurality of clothes treating courses different from a clothes treating method, comprising: a drum accommodating laundry; A plurality of storage containers for storing fragrance liquid and water to be sprayed onto the laundry contained in the drum; Spraying means for selectively spraying fragrance liquid and water respectively stored in the plurality of storage containers into the drum; Operating means including a course selecting means for selecting the clothes treating course and a medium selecting means for setting the type of liquid to be sprayed; And a control unit for controlling the device according to the instruction input by the operation means, wherein the plurality of clothes treatment courses include a plurality of liquid injection courses for injecting the fragrance liquid or water during the clothes treatment process. The selecting means is provided with a garment treating apparatus including a liquid spray course selecting means for selecting one of the liquid spray courses.

In the above aspect of the present invention, it includes a plurality of liquid injection courses for injecting a variety of liquids, such as water or fragrance liquid in the drying process, and these are to be selected by the course selection means, respectively, through which the user has a separate operation means It is possible to spray the desired liquid only by the course selection means without the need for operation.

Here, when the type of liquid to be injected is selected by the medium selection means, the liquid injection course selection means for selecting a course in which the non-selected liquid is injected may be deactivated.

In addition, the manipulation means may further include a fragrance intensity adjusting means and the fragrance injection canceling means as described above. In this case, the fragrance intensity adjusting means may be deactivated when the course selected by the course selecting means does not include a fragrance spraying process or when water is selected by the medium selecting means. In addition, the fragrance injection canceling means may also be deactivated when the course selected by the course selection means does not include a fragrance injection process or when water is selected by the medium selection means.

In order to allow the user to easily recognize the deactivation state, the manipulation means includes a display capable of visually or audibly displaying the liquid spray course selecting means, the fragrance intensity adjusting means, and the fragrance spray canceling means when the deactivation means is deactivated. Means may additionally be provided.

In addition, the fragrance injection course selection means of the liquid injection course selection means may further include a recognition means for visually distinguishing the remaining course selection means. Here, at least one course selection means is arranged between the perfume spray course selecting means and the water spray course selecting means among the liquid spray course selecting means so that the perfume liquid spray course selecting means and the water spray course selecting means are adjacent to each other. It is possible to prevent a false operation that may occur.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, a clothes treating apparatus including a plurality of clothes treating courses different from a clothes treating method, comprising: a drum accommodating laundry; Hot air supply means for supplying hot air into the drum; A storage container for storing liquid to be sprayed on laundry contained in the drum; Injection means for injecting a liquid stored in the storage container into a drum; Medium recognizing means for recognizing a kind of liquid stored in said storage container; Operation means including a course selection means for selecting the clothes processing course; And a control unit for controlling the device according to the instruction input by the operation means, wherein the plurality of clothes processing courses include a plurality of liquid injection courses for injecting the liquid in the clothes processing process. A liquid spray course selecting means for selecting one of the liquid spray courses, and the controller recognizes the type of liquid stored in the storage container by the medium recognition means, and stores the liquid spray course selected means in the storage container. There is provided a garment treating apparatus for deactivating course selection means corresponding to a course for injecting liquid and other liquids.

According to the above aspect of the present invention, it is possible to recognize the type of liquid stored in the storage container and to deactivate a part of the course according to the result so that the user can be prevented from erroneous operation.

Here, the medium recognizing means may include an electrode sensor having a pair of electrodes in contact with the liquid, it is possible to identify the type of liquid by measuring the degree of voltage drop for each type of liquid through the electrode sensor do.

On the other hand, the operation means may additionally be provided with a display means for displaying a visual or audio when some of the liquid injection course selection means is inactive.

In addition, the manipulation means may additionally include the aforementioned fragrance intensity adjusting means and the fragrance injection canceling means. The fragrance intensity adjusting means may be deactivated when the course selected by the course selecting means does not include a fragrance spraying process or when water is stored in the storage container. The course selected by this does not include a fragrance spraying process or may be deactivated when water is stored in the storage container.

In addition, the fragrance injection course selection means of the liquid injection course selection means may further include a recognition means for visually distinguishing the remaining course selection means, the fragrance liquid injection course selection means and water injection of the liquid injection course selection means At least one course selection means may be arranged between the course selection means.

According to the aspects of the present invention having the configuration as described above, since the user can adjust the fragrance spraying to the desired degree by the course selection means, the ease of operation is greatly increased.

In addition, by providing a means for selecting the additional functions associated with the liquid injection, it is possible to control various types of functions for each individual, and these means can be activated only when the selection is possible, thereby preventing misoperation or unnecessary operation. .

1 is a front view showing an example of an operation panel of a conventional dryer.

2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a clothes treating apparatus according to the present invention.

3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2.

4 is a perspective view schematically showing the embodiment shown in FIG.

5 is a graph showing a change in the intensity of the fragrance with temperature.

6 is a front view showing an operation panel included in the above embodiment.

7 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG.

8 is a front view showing another embodiment of the operation panel.

9 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG.

Fig. 10 is a front view showing another embodiment of the operation panel.

11 is a front view showing another embodiment of the operation panel.

12 is a front view showing still another embodiment of the operation panel.

FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing operation of the embodiment shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail an embodiment of a clothes treating apparatus having a liquid ejecting function and an operation method thereof according to the present invention.

2 is a perspective view schematically showing an embodiment of a clothes treating apparatus having a liquid ejecting function according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the internal structure of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 is a perspective view schematically showing the internal structure of the embodiment shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 2 as an example applied to a dryer, the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 includes a main body 102 constituting an external appearance of a device, and a front surface of the main body 102 is a drying object. An inlet 104 for injecting the phosphorus garment into the body 102 is formed. The inlet 104 is opened and closed by a door 106, and an operation panel 108 in which various operation buttons for operating the dryer are disposed above the inlet 104. Of course, the present invention is not necessarily limited to a dryer, but may be applied to any clothes treating apparatus having a drying function, for example, a washing machine having a drying function.

Meanwhile, a drawer cover 110 is provided at one side of the operation panel 108, and a cartridge to be described later is mounted inside the drawer cover 110. The cartridge contains a liquid to be sprayed onto the drum, specifically a fragrance liquid, and the fragrance liquid is a mixture in which water and the fragrance stock solution are mixed at a predetermined ratio.

Dryer which is a clothes treatment apparatus of the present invention is provided with a drum 120 rotatably installed in the main body 102 so that a drying object can be dried therein, and the drum 120 is supported by a supporter from the front and the rear. It is rotatably supported. In addition, the drum 120 is connected to the driving motor 150 provided at the lower portion of the dryer by the power transmission belt 122 to receive the rotational force. In addition, a suction duct 130 is installed at the rear of the drum 120, and a heater 140 is installed at an inlet of the suction duct 130 to heat the sucked air. In addition, a filter 180 for filtering foreign matters such as lint contained in the air discharged from the drum 120 is installed at the front lower side of the drum 120, and after filtering the foreign matter, the air is completely discharged to the outside of the dryer. 170 and 190 are installed.

Blowing fans 160 are installed in the ducts 170 and 190 to suck air in the drum 120 and force air to the outside of the dryer. That is, the duct 190 is installed so that one end thereof communicates with the outside of the main body 100, and serves to guide the air forcedly blown by the blowing fan 160 to the outside of the dryer. The blower fan 160 shown in the present embodiment is a full blower fan of a type that exists on the duct where the air is exhausted from the drum and sucks the air discharged from the drum toward the exhaust duct. However, depending on the dryer configuration, the blowing fan may be located in the suction duct 130 through which hot air is supplied to the drum, and the heated air inside the suction duct may be pushed into the drum. This type is referred to as a push type.

The power transmission belt 122 for driving the drum is connected to the pulley formed at one side of the drive motor 150, and the drive shaft of the blower fan is driven at the other side of the drive motor 150 to drive the blower fan 160. It is connected. Therefore, in this embodiment, when the drive motor 150 rotates, the drum and the blowing fan rotates at the same time. The system that drives the drum and the blower fan simultaneously using a single motor is called a one motor system.

However, an example may be considered in which a drum driving motor for rotating the drum 120 and a fan motor for rotating the blower fan 160 are each formed of separate motors.

4 is a simplified perspective view of a fragrance supply module of a type in which a drum and a cartridge inside a dryer are inserted into a drawer. Referring to this, a drawer 112 is mounted on a rear surface of the drawer cover 110, and the drawer 112 is configured to move in and out with the drawer cover 110. The cartridge 113 is housed therein. The cartridge 113 is a hollow container to store the flavoring liquid injected through the injection hole 114 formed in the upper surface therein. On the other hand, the cartridge 113 is coupled to the injection pump 115 through a check valve (not shown), etc., the liquid stored in the cartridge 113 is injected at a high pressure by the pump 115 It is moved along the connecting hose 116. In addition, the connection hose 116 is connected to the nozzle 118 installed on the upper portion of the suction duct 130 is fixed to the rear supporter for rotatably supporting the drum 120. Through this, the fragrance liquid stored in the cartridge 113 is sprayed into the drum 120 through the suction duct 130 in the atomized state. In the present embodiment, the nozzle is installed in the suction duct 130 as an example, but not necessarily limited thereto, the nozzle 118 may be installed on the rear of the drum to spray the fragrance liquid directly into the drum. There will be.

An electrode sensor (not shown) is installed in the cartridge 113 or the connection hose 116 to recognize the type of liquid stored in the cartridge. The electrode sensor includes a pair of electrodes, it is possible to recognize the type of liquid by measuring the degree of voltage drop due to the resistance of the liquid between the electrodes.

On the other hand, in Figure 4, only one cartridge can be mounted in the dryer at the same time, so the user must replace the cartridge to selectively spray the fragrance liquid or water. However, an example may be considered in which two cartridges may be mounted at the same time, and each cartridge may store water and a fragrance liquid, respectively.

The spraying liquid has different spraying timing and spraying amount depending on each drying course. The drying course provided in the dryer may be broadly classified into a general drying course having a general meaning of drying the wet cloth and a fragrance spraying course for improving the state of the non-wet cloth.

The general drying course includes a hot air supply step of supplying high temperature hot air into the drum to perform drying, and a fragrance liquid spraying step of spraying the fragrance liquid into the drum in a state where the drying is completed to stop the hot air supply. This makes it possible to add aroma while drying wet cloth. Here, the time for supplying the hot air in the hot air supply step should vary depending on the type of cloth, so that the general drying course includes a plurality of courses according to each cloth. In the case of the general drying course, the step of spraying the fragrance liquid after the drying is completed may be selectively performed by the user. That is, the user may be able to spray the fragrance liquid only when desired, and for this purpose, the operation panel is provided with means for selecting whether or not to dispense the fragrance liquid. This will be described later.

The fragrance spray course is a course mainly for improving the condition of the cloth in addition to the drying function, is a course for performing functions such as odor removal, wrinkle removal, static electricity removal and softening in addition to the fragrance. Specifically, the fragrance spray course by adding a scent by spraying the fragrance liquid after supplying hot air for a relatively short time, for example 5 to 10 minutes compared to the general drying course, and removes odors and static electricity A fragrance for carrying out the softening action is included. At this time, the spraying fragrance liquid may be sprayed about 10cc over 10 seconds after the completion of drying, the hot air supplied before the spraying of the fragrance liquid softens the cloth and increases the surface temperature of the cloth so that the fragrance is better coated on the cloth . In addition, the bad smell soaked in the cloth is exhausted by the hot air is effective in removing the smell.

In addition, the fragrance refresh course for spraying the fragrance liquid during the hot air supply for 15 to 20 minutes, and spraying the fragrance liquid again before the cooling step after the hot air supply is completed. The fragrance liquid sprayed during hot air supply may be sprayed for about 30 cc over 1 minute after about 4 minutes have passed since the start of hot air supply, and the sprayed fragrance liquid is vaporized by evaporation by the hot air and thus vaporized. Once the steam is in contact with the cloth, it not only removes the wrinkles, odors and static electricity from the fabric, but also softens the fabric by preventing the fabric from becoming too dry. In this process, the fragrance component is exhausted to the outside of the drum together with the hot air and subsequently diluted by the hot air continuously supplied so that no fragrance is added to the fabric. After the hot air supply step is finished, a fragrance solution of about 10 cc is sprayed for 10 seconds to add flavor to the fabric.

In addition, a refresh course for injecting the fragrance liquid only during the supply of hot air for 15 to 20 minutes is included. The refreshing course removes only the function of the fragrance in the fragrance refresh course by spraying the fragrance liquid only during the supply of hot air. However, in the refresh course, the amount of fragrance spraying is set to about 50cc more than the fragrance refresh course to enhance the effect due to the steam supply.

On the other hand, the refresh course can be applied even when water is stored in the cartridge. That is, by spraying water into the drum during the drying process it can be to perform the above-mentioned wrinkles, static electricity removal and softening. Therefore, when only one cartridge is mounted, the refreshing course is performed by spraying fragrance liquid or water according to the type of liquid stored in the cartridge, and when the two cartridges are mounted, the refreshing course is sprayed by spraying water. Can be done. Here, when the fragrance liquid is stored in the cartridge when only one cartridge is installed in consideration of the fact that the fragrance liquid is relatively expensive compared to water, the refresh course is not performed or a beep sound is generated. You can also tell it to replace the cartridge with water stored.

Hereinafter, the flavor spray will be described in detail.

The fragrance spraying method is largely divided into (1) pretreatment step, (2) fragrance step, and (3) post-treatment step.

This will be described below schematically.

(1) The pretreatment step is a process that makes the fragrance fresh and swells so that the fragrance can be doubled to the fabric. Supplying the fragrance to the drum in the dryer according to the present invention relates to spraying the fragrance after drying the laundry and the dehydration of the laundry in the dryer, but is not necessarily limited to the user to take out the clothes stored in the closet for a long time It is also possible to carry out the fragrance feeding process according to the invention before using the garment. This is because clothing stored in long-term intestines may be wrinkled or wrinkled during storage, or may have an intestinal odor. In this case, when the pretreatment step is performed before supplying the incense, the cloth of the garment is inflated, and thus, the incense may be better deposited in the incense treatment step.

(2) The fragrance treatment step is a process of pumping the fragrance liquid stored in the fragrance supply module described above and spraying the fragrance liquid into the drum through the nozzle to cut the fragrance on the cloth. In the fragrance supply module described above, an example in which the fragrance liquid is pressurized to a constant pressure using a pump in a storage tank or a chamber in which the fragrance liquid is stored is injected into the drum through a nozzle. However, according to the embodiment, the fragrance liquid is not pumped by the pump. The fragrance may be supplied into the drum by opening the supply passage through which the fragrance is supplied, or a separate evaporation unit may be configured to evaporate the fragrance liquid to supply the inside of the drum so that the fragrance is better evaporated from the fragrance liquid. In this case, the evaporation unit may be installed at various positions such as the front supporter, the rear supporter, or the inside of the duct into which the fragrance is introduced.

(3) In the post-treatment step, the fragrance sprayed by the drum is distributed evenly on the clothes, and is carried out to evenly dry the clothes, and the post-treatment steps include a cooling process, a drying process, and a recooling process. The cooling process is a process in which the fragrance sprayed inside the drum is easily transferred between the fabrics, and the drying process is a process in which the fragrance sprayed to the drum is dried in the fragrance treatment step. This is a process to allow the user to take out the clothing. However, in the refresh stroke, there may be no cooling during the initial fragrance injection, which will be described below.

Hereinafter, the (1) pretreatment step, (2) flavor treatment step and (3) the post-treatment step will be described in detail.

(1) pretreatment step

The basic method of the pretreatment step is to first tumble the drum (rotating the drum at a constant speed by the drive means), which may be performed in one or two directions. The cloth accommodated in the drum by the tumble goes through a process of rising and falling with the drum, and through this process, the cloth is inflated and foreign matters that may be stuck to the cloth are removed and are thus fresh.

In addition, the time during which the tumble is performed in the pretreatment step is preferably longer than the time required in the fragrance treatment step in order to fully exhibit the effect of the pretreatment step. According to the experiment, the tumble time is about 4 to 5 minutes. Is suitable.

In addition, air may be supplied to the drum during the tumble, which is performed by operating a blower fan provided in the dryer. This is because if the air is circulated by the blower fan to the drum in the tumble process, the abnormal odor remaining between the cloths can be removed, and the air can pass between the cloths, making it easier to penetrate the fragrance material.

In this case, the air supplied to the drum may be hot air heated by a heater, and when the hot air is supplied, the tissue of the cloth becomes more flexible and the fresh effect may be better. If hot air is supplied, the process of lowering the temperature inside the drum immediately before entering the fragrance treatment step is necessary. This means that when the fragrance is sprayed onto the cloth while the drum or the cloth temperature is high, the fragrance is not deposited on the fabric. This is because the strength of the fragrance deposited on the fabric is reduced because it evaporates and flies away.

 As such, in the step of injecting the fragrance, it is necessary to recognize the temperature inside the drum, and the temperature may be based on the temperature of a specific point inside the drum or by measuring the temperature of the cloth tumbling in the drum. For example, the temperature of the air discharged from the dryer drum may be measured.

 The intensity of the user's feeling of the fragrance deposited on the clothes from the drum is subjective, but experiments show that the degree to which the user feels the intensity of the fragrance is stronger when the temperature inside the drum is lower when the fragrance is sprayed onto the clothes. Got it. In a typical dryer drying process, a cooling process is performed to supply unheated air after finishing drying to remove the laundry from the drum, thereby lowering the temperature of the laundry so that the consumer taking out the laundry does not feel hot. In addition, when the user looks at the temperature at which the user takes out the laundry on the basis of the drum exit temperature, it was found that the intensity of incense felt by the consumer at about 47 degrees is much weaker than that of the consumer at about 30 degrees.

Referring to FIG. 5, the contents are shown in a graph. In the graph, the horizontal axis represents the temperature of the drum at the time when the fragrance is injected into the drum, and the vertical axis represents the magnitude of the intensity of the scent felt by the consumer. In this embodiment, the temperature was measured based on the outlet temperature of the drum. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto, and the temperature of the drum may be measured at other parts of the drum, and the temperature measured at other parts of the drum may be compared with the intensity of the fragrance at this time. However, when the temperature is measured at different parts of the drum, there may be a slight difference in terms of the numerical value and the graph of FIG. 5, but the shape of the general graph is the same.

According to this embodiment, looking at Figure 5, the user can feel the aroma from the cloth, the temperature at the time when the fragrance is injected into the drum is approximately from the temperature inside the drum from about 40 degrees or less, when the temperature is 20 degrees or less It was found that the intensity of the was too strong to have a degree of rejection depending on the user. Thus, the optimum temperature for treating fragrance is between about 40 degrees and 20 degrees. Here, the user will want to process the fabric within a short time, and, in consideration of this, when the temperature inside the drum is between about 35 degrees and 25 degrees, it can be controlled to have a suitable fragrance intensity within a suitable time. Most preferably, the optimum results were obtained in terms of time and fragrance strength when the drum temperature was controlled at about 30 degrees at the time of fragrance injection. Here, the internal temperature of the drum was based on the drum outlet temperature, but the temperature of the drum may be used by measuring the temperature of another point inside the drum instead of the outlet temperature. However, when using the temperature of the other point of the drum may be somewhat different from the outlet temperature of the drum, and according to the experiment there was a difference of about 3 degrees around.

The fragrance intensity, which is the intensity that the user feels when the fragrance is deposited on the fabric, can be variously determined according to the user's needs.The dryer control panel is provided with a select button so that the user can select a desired intensity through the key input unit. In order to control the fragrance intensity corresponding to the button selected by the user, the dryer controller may control the temperature inside the drum to be different. For example, after the user selects a course that can run the fragrance treatment, the desired intensity is set through the fragrance intensity control unit that can select the intensity of the fragrance, and when the operation button of the dryer is pressed, the control unit controls the intensity of the fragrance selected by the user (Eg strong, medium, weak) and control the temperature inside the drum according to the selected fragrance intensity. To do this, the control unit reads the temperature value of the temperature sensor (here, the drum outlet temperature sensor) and sets the fragrance spray pump or the shut-off valve for the set time when the drum outlet temperature is 25 degrees when the intensity of the fragrance control unit selected by the user is 'strong'. Operating to spray or evaporate the fragrance material in the drum to treat the fragrance on the fabric. In the same way, when the intensity of the user-selected fragrance control unit is 'medium', when the outlet temperature of the drum is 30 degrees, and when the intensity of the user-selected fragrance control unit is 'weak' the fragrance when the outlet temperature of the drum is 35 degrees. The injection pump or on / off valve is operated for a set period of time to treat the fragrance of the fabric in the drum.

At this time, instead of the temperature value, it is possible to control by setting a cooling time (time for supplying air not heated by the heater) corresponding to the heading intensity. In addition, the fragrance intensity can be adjusted by varying the fragrance injection time, which will be described in detail in the next fragrance treatment step.

(2) fragrance treatment step

The feature of the fragrance treatment step is that the drum is tumbled while injecting fragrance from the fragrance supply module into the drum for a predetermined time. In addition, the injection amount of the fragrance injected into the drum is determined by the mass flow of the injected fragrance liquid or the operation time of the pump or the opening time of the opening / closing valve, and the like. The injection amount of the fragrance will be determined according to the intensity of the fragrance selected by the user. In other words, the stronger the intensity of the fragrance control unit selected by the user, the longer the fragrance is injected by controlling the pump operation time and the like to adjust the injection amount. Hereinafter, various embodiments of the flavor treatment step according to the present invention will be described.

1) First embodiment

In the first embodiment, continuous spraying and interrupted spraying will be described in the method of spraying incense to the drum.

In the present embodiment, continuous injection is a case where the incense is injected from the incense supply module to the drum is continuously injected, intermittent injection is intermittently sprayed to the drum by repeatedly turning on or off the pump or on-off valve of the incense supply module If it is. Such continuous injection and intermittent injection are distinguished according to the amount of laundry to be put into the drum. When the controller of the dryer detects the quantity of water injected into the drum and determines that the quantity is small, continuous spraying is performed. When the quantity of detected quantity of the controller is determined to be large, intermittent spraying is performed.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the process of processing fragrance may include a case in which the user selects a fragrance treatment operation and a general dry operation including a fragrance injection process. If the user selects the perfume treatment operation, selecting the perfume treatment operation; Detecting a quantity of quantity by the dryer control unit; Performing intermittent injection when the quantity detected in the quantity detection step is large; If the quantity detected in the quantity detection step is small, the step of performing a continuous injection; comprises. At this time, in the intermittent injection step, the fragrance is sprayed to the drum while repeating the on / off time for a predetermined time according to the detected quantity.

In addition, when the user selects a general dry operation including a fragrance injection process, selecting a drying operation; Detecting a quantity of quantity by the control unit; A drying operation step of drying the clothes; A fragrance spraying step of injecting incense to the drum; In the fragrance spraying step, if the quantity detected by the control unit is large, intermittent injection is carried out, and if the quantity detected by the control unit is small, continuous spraying is performed. In intermittent injection, the fragrance is sprayed while the on / off is repeated for a predetermined time according to the detected quantity. In addition, the time for spraying the fragrance (continuous spray or intermittent spray) may be determined based on the intensity or quantity of the fragrance selected by the user, or may be determined in consideration of both.

The reason why the fragrance is intermittently sprayed when the quantity is large is that, when the quantity is small, the sprayed fragrance can easily be uniformly deposited on the fabric. Because it can. Therefore, in the case of a large amount of incense, the fragrance may be effectively deposited on the fabric by injecting the fragrance from the fragrance supply module to the drum for a predetermined time and then tumbling the drum to mix the cloth with each other. Through this process, the fragrance is uniformly deposited on the fabric, thereby improving the uniformity of the fragrance.

According to the experiment, it is preferable to perform continuous spraying when the siege is 1 to 2 kg, and to perform intermittent spraying when it is 3 kg or more. And, in the case of intermittent injection, the intermittent interval, that is, the time when the pump is turned off, is the time taken for the cloth to rotate in the drum as the drum rotates (that is, the cloth falls along the drum and then falls, causing the cloth to loosen or blend. Time to process), this time is preferably about 5 seconds. In addition, the time when the pump of the fragrance supply module is turned on in the intermittent injection is preferably set to be the same or greater than the last on time. For example, if the volume is 3kg, the time when the pump of the fragrance supply module is turned on / off during the intermittent injection process when the user selects the fragrance intensity as 'medium' is 15 seconds on, 5 seconds off, 15 The process proceeds from seconds on, 5 seconds off and 20 seconds on.

2) Second embodiment

In the second embodiment, the present invention relates to a process in which a fragrance is used in a short time after being used or stored, and not a drying course performed after washing and dehydration. -up process) ". At this time, a separate quantity detection is unnecessary, and the fragrance spraying has a continuous spraying process.

Looking at the progress of the touch-up process according to this embodiment, the step of selecting a touch-up process; Cooling step; And it comprises a fragrance spraying step. At this time, the cooling step is performed immediately before the fragrance spraying step, and the fragrance is sprayed continuously in the fragrance spraying step.

In another embodiment of the touch-up process, there may be a step in which the user selects the intensity of the fragrance. In this case, when the touch-up process is performed, selecting the touch-up process; Selecting a fragrance intensity; Cooling step; And it comprises a fragrance spraying step. In this case, the amount of incense is adjusted according to the intensity of the incense selected by the user. The amount of incense can be controlled by the operation time of the pump or the valve of the incense supply module.

3) Third embodiment

In the third embodiment, when the fragrance is sprayed onto the clothes inside the drum to achieve the purpose of removing wrinkles or deodorizing clothes, this process is referred to as a "refresh process". This process may be performed on laundry that has been washed and dehydrated, or may be performed on clothes that are in use or in storage.

Looking at the refresh process according to the present embodiment, the step of selecting a refresh process; A first fragrance spraying step; Cooling step; It comprises a second fragrance spraying step. At this time, the fragrance spraying step is carried out by a continuous spraying process for continuously spraying the fragrance. In addition, the time in which the fragrance is injected in the first fragrance spraying step is set longer than the time in which the fragrance is sprayed in the second fragrance spraying step, which is sprayed with more fragrance in the first fragrance spraying step to remove wrinkles and deodorize the fabric. The effect is to achieve. Between the first fragrance spraying step and the second fragrance spraying step may further include a drying step of drying the cloth by supplying hot air, which is wetted by the fragrance sprayed onto the drum in the first fragrance spraying step. If it is there it is to dry.

Further, in another embodiment of the refresh process, the user may select the intensity of the scent, and when the refresh process is performed, selecting the refresh process; Selecting the intensity of the scent; A first fragrance spraying step; Cooling step; It comprises a second fragrance spraying step. When the user selects the intensity of the fragrance, the fragrance is injected by adjusting the fragrance injection amount according to the intensity of the selected fragrance. Incense injection amount is controlled by adjusting the operating time of the pump or valve of the incense supply module.

In the fragrance treatment step described above, the blower fan of the dryer may be continuously operated to supply air into the drum while the drum is being rotated, and the drum is rotated while the fragrance is sprayed, but the air is supplied to the drum. The blower fan of the dryer may be turned off so as not to.

(3) post-processing steps

In the post-treatment step, after the fragrance injection step of injecting incense is completed, the cooling process is performed for a predetermined time by supplying air to the drum by operating the blower fan with the heater off. This is to allow the fragrance component to be transferred to and adhere to the cloth without being evaporated from the cloth through the cooling step immediately after the fragrance spraying.

In the post-treatment step, the drying process may further include a drying process in order to remove moisture that may remain in the fabric by the fragrance sprayed in the fragrance spraying step, and to give a comfortable feeling. Supply hot air to the inside. In addition, after the drying process is performed, a cooling process is further included so that the user taking out the garment does not feel hot. The temperature of the cooling process is higher than the temperature of the cooling process for fragrance spraying in the fragrance treatment step. The post-treatment step immediately after fragrance spraying should be shorter than the pretreatment step prior to the fragrance treatment because the fragrance evaporates if the process is too long.

On the other hand, the amount of the fragrance liquid sprayed in each course can be arbitrarily adjusted by the user. That is, the user can adjust the intensity of the fragrance by further increasing or decreasing the value set for each course. Such a course selection and adjustment of the fragrance intensity may be performed through the operation panel 108 described above.

6 illustrates an example of such an operation panel 108. A power button 10 is provided on the left side of the operation panel 108, and a course selection knob 30 is provided on the right side of the power button 10. It is arranged. In the following description, the same reference numerals are given to buttons overlapping the buttons described with reference to FIG. 1, and description thereof will be omitted.

The outer circumferential portion of the course selection knob 30 describes an item corresponding to each course provided in the dryer, and rotates the course selection knob 30 to display one of the items and a display line of the knob 30 (not shown). ), The user can select the course provided. Here, the item corresponding to the reference numeral 30a among the above items corresponds to the fragrance refresh course among the above-described courses, and the item corresponding to the reference numeral 30b corresponds to the refresh course, and there is another course between the fragrance refresh course and the refresh course. And as a result, are disposed opposite each other about the knob 30 to prevent user confusion. Thus, the user can select either of the two courses by rotating the knob 30. As described above, in the case of the refreshing course, the fragrance liquid or the water is sprayed only in the hot air supply process, and thus the fragrance is not added.

On the other hand, an operation / pause button 14 is provided on the right side of the knob 30, a drying level button 16 on the right side thereof, and a temperature control button 18 for designating a temperature of hot air supplied during drying. ), A beep setting button 22 for setting a beep volume for informing the user of various states, an option selection button 24 for setting various options, and the like. On the upper part of the dry level button 16 is provided a dry level display means 16a for displaying a set state. The dry level display means 16a is composed of a plurality of LED elements, and the dry level button 16 Each press of the LED element emits light of a corresponding level. The same applies to the temperature display means 18a disposed above the temperature control button 18.

The right side of the temperature control button 18 is provided with a strength control button 40. The fragrance intensity adjustment button 40 is configured to adjust the intensity of the fragrance every time the user presses, the set fragrance intensity is transmitted to the user through the fragrance intensity display means (40a). In addition, a recharging lamp 40b is provided at the top of the fragrance intensity indicating means 40a to indicate when the fragrance liquid is insufficient in the cartridge. The recharging lamp 40b can emit light not only when the fragrance liquid is insufficient, but also when a cartridge for storing the fragrance liquid is not mounted in the dryer. Of course, it may be provided with a separate lamp for whether or not the cartridge is mounted.

Meanwhile, after recognizing the liquid stored in the cartridge by the electrode sensor, a lamp may be provided to inform the user of a liquid that is not selectable in the liquid recognized by the user. For example, when the inside of the cartridge is filled with water, when the user selects a course including the fragrance spraying process, the lamp may be turned on to indicate that the user's selection is wrong.

In this case, the fragrance intensity adjustment button 40 is activated only when the course selected by the knob 30 sprays the fragrance liquid, and otherwise the function is not operated even when the button is pressed. Therefore, the user can prevent the malfunction by pressing the fragrance adjustment button 40 unnecessarily, and is configured to adjust the intensity of the fragrance sequentially after the course is selected, the convenience of use is also increased.

To this end, an LED device (not shown) is installed below the direction adjusting button 40 to visually recognize the user when the direction adjusting button 40 is activated. Reference numeral 24a in the option button 24 may be set to dry only for a predetermined time through the drying time setting button 24a as a drying time setting button.

The operation of the above embodiment will now be described with reference to FIG. First, when the user rotates the knob 30 and selects a desired course, the controller included in the dryer determines whether the selected course is a course that can be flavored, that is, whether to inject a fragrance after drying. To check, if the fragrance is possible course activates the fragrance intensity adjustment button 40. If the user presses the fragrance adjustment button 40 while the course without a fragrance is set, that is, the refresh course is output, a beep sound is output to indicate an incorrect selection, and there is no button input for a predetermined time or the operation is performed. When the / pause button is pressed, the selected stroke is carried out.

After that, if the course can be flavored, it is checked whether the course is for perfume. That is, the general drying course of the course corresponds to the course that the user can choose whether or not the fragrance, and the fragrance refresh course corresponds to the fragrance course because the fragrance is the basic matter. Therefore, when the selected course is a fragrance course, the fragrance intensity is basically set to a 'NORMAL' step unless a specific value is input by the user and thus corresponds to the 'NORMAL' step through the fragrance intensity indicating means 40a. Then, the lamp is turned on, and after the user adjusts the direction of the intensity control button 40, the direction is changed and displayed accordingly, and then proceeds to the stroke and the control button 40 is not pressed for a predetermined time or operates / When the pause button is pressed, the selected stroke is carried out. If the selected course is a general drying course in which the fragrance may be selected, the lamp provided in the fragrance intensity indicating means 40a is turned off so that the user recognizes that the fragrance intensity should be adjusted.

At this stage, if the user makes no selection or presses the operation / pause button, the fragrance proceeds to a general drying course without a step, and pressing the fragrance adjustment button 40 corresponds to the changed fragrance intensity accordingly. When the intensity indication means 40a is turned on and there is no button input for a predetermined time or the operation / pause button is pressed, the selected stroke is performed.

On the other hand, when the fragrance intensity adjustment button can be selected in the above process, that is, when the fragrance intensity adjustment button 40 is activated, the user is allowed to turn on or flash the LED element of the fragrance intensity adjustment button 40 so that In the drying process it is sprayed to add aroma, it will be recognized that the strength can be adjusted. This may be indicated in other ways as well. That is, by installing a separate LED indicating that the fragrance is injected in the drying process near the knob 30 to light or flash it, or after installing the LED in each course, the fragrance is distinguished from the course and the course not The lighting form or color or the arrangement or shape of the LED can be changed to make it possible.

In addition to the method of using the LED, it is also possible to consider a different course printing color around the knob 30, print a bar of different colors, or output a specific sound. In this case, the sound may be output only when the fragrance part is a course or may output different sounds when the fragrance part is a course and a course that is not.

Thereafter, the user presses the fragrance control button 40 to input information on the intensity of the fragrance to a desired degree to the controller, and the controller is configured to dry the fragrance liquid corresponding to the input fragrance intensity information. After completion it will be sprayed. In addition, the operation panel may be provided with a button for allowing a user to directly select a load amount and a type of cloth in connection with spraying the fragrance liquid.

On the other hand, the embodiment can be modified in other forms. That is, in the case of a general drying course among the courses, it is possible to allow the user to select whether or not to spray the odor, and a means for this is provided in the operation panel, which can be realized through the directional intensity control button. FIG. 8 is a variation of the fragrance adjustment button, wherein the selection step of the fragrance adjustment button 40 'is made into four stages, but the fragrance is not made in the' NO SCENT 'stage. In this case, the 'NO SCENT' step is activated so that selection can be made only when the general drying course is selected from the course of the intensity control button 40 '. That is, the selectable course is divided into a fragrance-only course, a fragrance-selectable course and a fragrance-free course, and in the case without a fragrance, the fragrance intensity adjustment button is deactivated and the fragrance is selectable. In the case of the course, the 'NO SCENT' step is selectable. In the case of the fragrance part, the incense intensity control button is activated, but the 'NO SCENT' step is not selectable.

This process is illustrated in FIG. When the user turns on the dryer and inputs the course C through the knob 30, the controller checks the course input in step S1. If the fragrance is not possible by checking the course (step S2), the operation is terminated after performing the selected course, but if the fragrance is available, the fragrance is again checked whether the process is essential. (Step S3).

If the fragrance is an essential course, that is, if the fragrance is a dedicated course, go to step S4 to disable 'NO SCENT', and if the fragrance is an optional course, go to step S5 and After allowing the user to select a desired intensity, the selected course is performed according to the set information (S6).

10 shows another embodiment of the operation panel 108. The same reference numerals are given to the same buttons as those shown in FIG. 6 among the buttons shown in FIG. 10, and redundant descriptions thereof will be omitted. Among the items listed on the outer periphery of the course selection knob 30, reference numeral 30c denotes the aforementioned perfume portion course, 30d corresponds to the fragrance refresh course, and 30e corresponds to the refresh course. In addition, a drying time setting button 26 is provided on the right side of the temperature control button 18, and drying time display means 26a for displaying the set drying time is disposed above the drying time setting button 26. have. In addition, a beep sound setting button 24b for adjusting the beep sound is provided on the option button 24 side.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 10, compared to FIG. 6, the fragrances listed in the knob 30 are further increased, so that various types of drying courses can be intuitively selected. Here, the 'NO SCENT' step is activated when the general drying course is selected, so that the course selection and option setting can be performed through several steps as in the embodiment of FIG. 8 described above.

11 shows another embodiment of the operation panel 108. The same reference numerals are assigned to the same buttons as those shown in FIG. 6 or 10 among the buttons shown in FIG. 11, and overlapping descriptions thereof will be omitted. Reference numeral 30f among items listed on the outer periphery of the course selection knob 30 is for selecting one of the flavor refresh course and the refresh course, and 30g corresponds to the course described above. Here, when the user selects the 30f item by turning the knob 30, the course finally selected is determined by the heading adjustment button 40.

That is, by adjusting the fragrance intensity adjustment button 40, the fragrance intensity is displayed by adjusting any one of 'VERY STRONG', 'STRONG' or 'NORMAL', and the fragrance refresh course is selected. The refresh course is chosen. As a result, fewer items are listed around the knob 30 compared to the courses that can be actually selected, so the arrangement around the knob is simplified and the visibility is improved, making selection easier and enabling the user-settable options at each step. It makes operation easier by telling the user what to choose.

12 shows yet another embodiment of the operation panel 108. In Fig. 12, the fragrance unit groups the course and the refresh course into the FRESH course 30h, and further includes a medium selection button 42. That is, when the user selects the FRESH course 30h, the medium selection button 42 is activated, thereby allowing the user to select whether or not to be flavored. If the user selects 'MIST' through the medium selection button 42, the aforementioned refresh course is performed. If the user selects 'SCENT', the fragrance refresh course is performed. Of course, in some cases, instead of the fragrance refresh course, the fragrance may be performed.

When the user selects 'SCENT', the fragrance intensity adjustment button 40 is activated. Here, the step that can be selected by the direction adjustment button 40 does not include the above 'NO SCENT' step. This is because the user has already selected the perfume, so if 'NO SCENT' is included, the perfume may be canceled and cause a malfunction.

The operation of the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. When a course is selected by the user, it is checked whether the selected course is a course that can be enjoyed. If the course is not available, the intensity control button is deactivated. If there is no button input for a certain period of time or if the operation / pause button is pressed, the selected stroke is performed. If the direction adjustment button is pressed while the direction adjustment button is deactivated, a beep sound is output to notify the user that the wrong selection is made and wait for the button input again.

When the selected course is a course capable of flavoring, the fragrance intensity indicating means is operated so that a lamp corresponding to 'NORMAL', which is basically a selected intensity intensity level, is turned on. In this state, when the operation / pause button is pressed, the selected stroke is performed. Meanwhile, if the medium selection button is activated in the step and the user selects 'MIST' through the medium selection button, a course without flavor is performed. Here, the medium selection button is set to 'SCENT' as a default value when the selected course is a course that can be flavored. Accordingly, if the user does not select 'MIST', the fragrance is set to be enabled, and at the same time, the fragrance intensity adjustment button is activated to be in a button input standby state. In this step, if the input through the direction adjustment button is not for a certain time or the operation / pause button is pressed, the administration proceeds, and if there is an input through the direction adjustment button, the corresponding direction is displayed and then proceed with the administration. do.

On the other hand, when the selected course is a course for perfume, the medium selection button is deactivated. Therefore, when the fragrance course is selected, the basic level 'NORMAL' is displayed through the fragrance intensity display means, and if no key input is made for a predetermined time or the operation / pause button is pressed, the stroke is performed and the fragrance intensity adjustment button If there is an input, the changed step is displayed and the stroke is executed.

The media selection button 42 and the intensity control button 40 of the operation panel 108 shown in FIG. 12 may be integrated to include a direction control button 40 of the type shown in FIG. 8. Can be. In this case, when 'NO SCENT' is selected by the fragrance intensity adjustment button 40, the refresh course is performed, and in the other case, since the fragrance refresh course is performed, the arrangement of the operation panel may be more concise.

Referring to Fig. 14, another embodiment of the operation panel is shown.

In FIG. 14, a power button 210 is provided on the left side of the operation panel 208, and a course selection knob 230 is disposed on the right side of the power button 210. In the following description, the same reference numerals are given to buttons overlapping with the buttons described in FIG. 1, and description thereof will be omitted.

The outer circumferential portion of the course selection knob 230 describes an item corresponding to each course provided in the dryer, and rotates the course selection knob 230 to display one of the items and a display line of the knob 230 (not shown). ), The user can select the course provided. An operation / pause button 214 is provided on the right side of the knob 230, a drying level button 216 on the right side thereof, a temperature control button 218 for designating a temperature of hot air supplied during drying, and And an option selection button 224 for setting various options.

On the upper part of the dry level button 216 is provided a dry level display means 216a for displaying a set state. The dry level display means 216a is composed of a plurality of LED elements, and the dry level button 216 Each press of the LED element emits light of a corresponding level. The same applies to the temperature display means 218a disposed above the temperature control button 218.

The fragrance selection button 240 is provided on the right side of the temperature control button 218. The fragrance selection button 240 is a button for selecting whether to spray the fragrance liquid after the course is selected by the knob 230, and performing the course. Accordingly, when the user presses the fragrance selection button 240, the LED 240a disposed on the upper portion of the LED 240a lights to recognize the user that the fragrance liquid injection is selected, and the control unit sprays the fragrance liquid after the drying process. . In addition, when the user presses the fragrance selection button 240 without making a course selection, the fragrance liquid may be injected without a drying process. In addition, the upper portion of the fragrance selection button 240 is provided with a recharge lamp (240b) to inform when the lack of fragrance liquid in the cartridge. The recharging lamp 240b may emit light not only when the fragrance liquid is insufficient, but also when a cartridge for storing the fragrance liquid is not installed in the dryer. Of course, it may be provided with a separate lamp for whether or not the cartridge is mounted.

The fragrance intensity setting button 240b is provided adjacent to the fragrance selection button 240. The fragrance intensity setting button 240b is configured to adjust the intensity of fragrance each time the user presses, and the set fragrance intensity is transmitted to the user through the fragrance intensity display means 250a.

Here, the fragrance intensity control button 240b is activated only when the fragrance liquid is set to be injected by the fragrance selection button 240, and the function is not operated even when the button is pressed. Therefore, the user can prevent the malfunction by pressing the fragrance intensity adjustment button 240b unnecessarily, and after selecting the fragrance liquid injection is configured to adjust the intensity of the fragrance in order to increase the ease of use.

To this end, an LED device (not shown) is installed below the direction adjustment button 240b to visually recognize the user when the direction adjustment button 240b is activated. Reference numeral 224a in the option button 224 may be set to dry only for a predetermined time through the drying time setting button 224a as a drying time setting button.

On the other hand, in addition to the aroma control button 240b shown in Figure 14 may be provided with various kinds of detail setting means. As an example, the apparatus may further include a quantity input button or a quality input button adjacent to the fragrance intensity control button, and the user may set the amount of the drying object and the type of cloth, and the controller may thus Based on the input information, it is possible to determine the optimum amount of fragrance injection.

FIG. 15 illustrates another example of the operation unit illustrated in FIG. 14, and prints or attaches a rectangular pattern 260 around the fragrance selection button 240 and the fragrance intensity adjustment button 240b. Through this, the user can recognize that two buttons located inside the pattern 260 are functionally related to each other, thereby making it easier to operate the device. If the above-described amount input button and the form input button are additionally provided, all of them may be located in one pattern.

FIG. 16 illustrates another example of the operation means illustrated in FIG. 14, integrating the fragrance selection button and the fragrance intensity control button into one button. In FIG. 16, reference numeral 224b denotes a beep setting button for setting or releasing various warning sound outputs, 226 denotes a drying time setting button described above, and 226a denotes display means for displaying a set drying time. In the example shown in FIG. 16, the set incense intensity is displayed in four stages on the LED 250a provided on the top of the intensity adjustment button 240b. However, in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 16, when the user selects the course through the knob 230 and presses the operation button 214 without the fragrance control button 240b, the general drying course without the fragrance liquid injection is performed. After the course is selected, when the fragrance intensity to be sprayed is input through the fragrance intensity adjustment button 240b, the fragrance liquid is injected after performing the drying course.

In the example shown in FIG. 16, the above-described quantity and quality input buttons may be provided.

Claims (31)

1. Claims [1] A garment treating apparatus comprising a plurality of garment treatment courses for different garment treatment methods.

   A drum for receiving laundry;

   Hot air supply means for supplying hot air into the drum;

   Injection means for injecting a fragrance liquid into the drum;

   Operation means including a course selection means for selecting the clothes processing course; And

   A control unit for controlling the device in accordance with the instructions input by the operation means,

   The plurality of clothing treatment course includes at least one fragrance spray course for spraying the fragrance liquid in the clothing treatment process,

   And the course selecting means includes a fragrance spray course selecting means for selecting one of the fragrance spray courses.
2. The method of claim 1,

   At least some of the plurality of fragrance spray course is a clothes processing apparatus, characterized in that different from the fragrance spraying point.
3. The method of claim 2,

   The operation means further includes a direction of strength adjustment means,

   The control unit clothes control apparatus characterized in that for controlling the fragrance intensity is adjusted according to the fragrance intensity selected by the fragrance intensity adjusting means.
4. The method of claim 3,

   The operation means further includes a fragrance injection canceling means,

   The control unit is a clothes processing apparatus characterized in that when the fragrance injection canceling means is selected so that the fragrance liquid injection process is not performed during the clothing treatment course selected by the course selection means.
5. The method of claim 3,

   The fragrance intensity adjusting means is deactivated when the course selected by the course selection means does not include a fragrance spraying process.
6. The method of claim 4, wherein

   And the perfume injection canceling means is deactivated when the course selected by the course selection means does not include a perfume injection process.
7. The method of claim 5,

   And said display means is further provided with display means for visually or audibly displaying said fragrance intensity adjusting means and said fragrance injection canceling means.
8. The method of claim 1,

   The fragrance spray course selection means of the course selection means further comprises a recognizing means for visually distinguishing the remaining course selection means.
9. Claims [1] A garment treating apparatus comprising a plurality of garment treatment courses for different garment treatment methods.

   A drum for receiving laundry;

   Spraying means for selectively spraying fragrance liquid or water into the drum;

   Operating means including a course selecting means for selecting the clothes treating course and a medium selecting means for setting the type of liquid to be sprayed; And

   A control unit for controlling the device in accordance with the instructions input by the operation means,

   The plurality of clothes treatment courses include a plurality of liquid injection courses for injecting at least one of the fragrance liquid and water in the clothes treatment process,

   And the course selecting means includes a liquid spraying course selecting means for selecting one of the liquid spraying courses.
10. The method of claim 9,

    And when the type of liquid to be sprayed is selected by the medium selecting means, the liquid spraying course selecting means for selecting a course in which the non-selected liquid is sprayed is deactivated.
11. The method of claim 9,

    The operation means further includes a direction of strength adjustment means,

    The control unit clothes control apparatus characterized in that for controlling the fragrance intensity is adjusted according to the fragrance intensity selected by the fragrance intensity adjusting means.
12. The method of claim 11,

    The operation means further includes a fragrance injection canceling means,

    The control unit is a clothes processing apparatus characterized in that when the fragrance injection canceling means is selected so that the fragrance liquid injection process is not performed during the clothing treatment course selected by the course selection means.
13. The method of claim 11,

    And the fragrance intensity adjusting means is deactivated when the course selected by the course selecting means does not include a fragrance spraying process or when water is selected by the medium selecting means.
14. The method of claim 12,

    And the perfume spray canceling means is deactivated when the course selected by the course selecting means does not include the perfume spraying process or when water is selected by the medium selecting means.
15. The method of claim 13,

    The manipulation means is a clothes processing apparatus, characterized in that the display means is further provided for displaying the visual or audio when the intensity adjustment means is deactivated.
16. The method of claim 9,

    At least one course selection means is disposed between the fragrance liquid injection course selection means and the water injection course selection means of the liquid injection course selection means.
17. Claims [1] A garment treating apparatus comprising a plurality of garment treatment courses for different garment treatment methods.

    A drum for receiving laundry;

    Hot air supply means for supplying hot air into the drum;

    Injection means for injecting a liquid into the drum inside the drum;

    Medium recognizing means for recognizing the kind of the liquid;

    Operation means including a course selection means for selecting the clothes processing course; And

    A control unit for controlling the device in accordance with the instructions input by the operation means,

    The plurality of clothes processing courses includes a plurality of liquid injection courses for injecting the liquid in the clothes processing process,

    The course selecting means includes a liquid spraying course selecting means for selecting one of the liquid spraying courses,

    The control unit recognizes the type of liquid stored in the storage container by the medium recognizing means and deactivates the course selection means corresponding to a course for injecting a liquid different from the liquid stored in the storage container among the liquid injection course selection means. Processing unit.
18. The method of claim 17,

    And the medium recognizing means comprises an electrode sensor having a pair of electrodes in contact with the liquid.
19. The method of claim 17,

    And said display means is further provided with display means for displaying visually or audibly when some of said liquid spray course selection means are deactivated.
20. A drum for receiving laundry;

    Hot air supply means for supplying hot air into the drum;

    Injection means for injecting a fragrance liquid into the drum;

    Operating means including course selection means and option selection means for determining details of the selected course; And

    A garment processing apparatus comprising a control unit for controlling a device in accordance with an instruction input by the operation means,

    The clothes processing apparatus includes a plurality of clothes processing courses different from a clothes processing method, and the plurality of clothes processing courses include at least one fragrance spray course for spraying the fragrance liquid during a clothes processing process.

    Clothing processing apparatus that each of the fragrance spray course can be selected independently by the course selection means.
21. The method of claim 20,

    The clothes treating apparatus includes a plurality of fragrance spraying courses having different points of fragrance spraying during a garment treatment process.
22. The method of claim 20,

    The course selecting means includes a knob switch.
23. The method of claim 20,

    The course selecting means comprises a number of push buttons corresponding to each course.
24. A drum containing a treatment object;

    Hot air supply means for supplying hot air into the drum;

    Injection means for injecting a fragrance liquid into the drum;

    Operating means including course selection means and option selection means for determining details of the selected course; And

    A garment processing apparatus comprising a control unit for controlling a device in accordance with an instruction input by the operation means,

    The clothes processing apparatus includes a plurality of clothes processing courses different from a clothes processing method, and the plurality of clothes processing courses include a plurality of fragrance spray courses for spraying the fragrance liquid during a clothes processing process.

    Some of the fragrance spray course is selected by sequentially operating the course selection means and option selection means.
25. A drum containing a treatment object;

    Hot air supply means for supplying hot air into the drum;

    Injection means for injecting fragrance liquid or water into the drum;

    Operating means including course selection means and option selection means for determining details of the selected course; And

    A garment processing apparatus comprising a control unit for controlling a device in accordance with an instruction input by the operation means,

    The clothes processing apparatus includes a plurality of clothes processing courses that differ in a clothes processing method, and the plurality of clothes processing courses include a plurality of liquid injection courses for spraying the fragrance liquid or water during a clothes processing process.

    And some of the liquid spray courses are selected by sequentially operating the course selecting means and the option selecting means.
26. The method of claim 1,

    And said operation means includes a fragrance selecting means for selecting whether or not a fragrance liquid is injected and a detail setting means for setting details relating to the fragrance liquid injection.
27. The method of claim 26,

    The detail setting means includes a fragrance intensity adjusting means for setting the fragrance intensity by the fragrance liquid,

    The control unit is a clothing processing apparatus for controlling the fragrance intensity is adjusted according to the fragrance intensity selected by the fragrance intensity adjusting means.
28. The method of claim 26,

    The detail setting means further includes a quantity input means for inputting the amount of the object to be dried,

    The control unit is a clothing processing apparatus, characterized in that for controlling the degree of spraying fragrance liquid in accordance with the input amount information.
29. The method of claim 26,

    The detail setting means further includes a foam input means for inputting the type of the object to be dried,

    The control unit is a clothes processing apparatus, characterized in that for controlling the degree of spraying fragrance liquid in accordance with the type of the drying object.
30. The method of claim 26,

    And said detail setting means is activated only when said fragrance selecting means is selected.
31. The method of claim 30,

    Apparel processing apparatus, characterized in that the display means for additionally displaying the visual or audio when the detail setting means is activated.

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