Laundry treating apparatus with liquid spraying function

• US 9,145,637 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2010
• Issued: 09/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Bae, Sang-Hun, Song, Sung-Ho, Kim, Min-Ji, Jin, Yong-Cheol
• Primary Examiner(s): Rinehart, Kenneth
• Assistant Examiner(s): SULLENS, TAVIA L
• Application Number:
  US13/203,391
• Publication Number:
  US 20120017457A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,992 Days
• Field of Search: 34/90, 34/88, 34/89, 343/89, 343/90, 343/29, 343/37, 343/48, 343/57, 344/86, 343/42, 68/5.R, 68/5.C, 68/121.8, 814/2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 2101/20 Operation modes, e.g. delicate laundry washing programs, service modes or refreshment cycles
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 34/28 Arrangements for program selection, e.g. control panels therefor; Arrangements for indicating program parameters, e.g. the selected program or its progress
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 58/203 Laundry conditioning arrangements

Abstract

The present invention relates to a dryer 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 spray course for spraying the fragrant solution during the laundry treating process, and the course selecting means comprises a scent spray course selecting means for selecting one of the scent spray courses.

Claims

1. A laundry treating apparatus having a plurality of laundry treating courses with different laundry treating methods, the apparatus comprising:

a drum configured to accommodate the laundry;

a hot air supply means configured to supply hot air to an inner side of the drum, the hot air supply means comprising;

a suction duct configured to transfer air to the drum, and

a heater provided in the suction duct and configured to heat the air;

a nozzle configured to spray a fragrant solution into an inner portion of the drum;

a manipulating panel comprising a course selection means configured to select the laundry treating courses and a scent spraying cancellation button; and

a controller configured to control the apparatus according to an instruction inputted by the manipulating panel,

wherein the plurality of laundry treating courses comprises scent spray courses for spraying the fragrant solution during the laundry treating process,

wherein the course selection means comprises a scent spray course selection means for selecting one of the scent spray courses,

wherein the controller is configured to control such that a fragrant solution spraying process is not carried out while performing a laundry treating course selected by the course selection means when the scent spraying cancellation button is selected, and

wherein the scent spraying cancellation button is deactivated when a course selected by the course selection means does not include a scent spraying process.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the manipulating panel further comprises a scent strength adjustment button, and the controller controls such that the scent strength is adjusted according to a scent strength selected by the scent strength adjustment button.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the scent strength adjustment button is deactivated when a course selected by the course selection means does not include a scent spraying process.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least some of the scent spray courses have different scent spray timings.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the manipulating panel further comprises a scent strength adjustment button, and the controller controls such that the scent strength is adjusted according to a scent strength selected by the scent strength adjustment button.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the scent strength adjustment button is deactivated when a course selected by the course selection means does not include a scent spraying process.