Method for controlling laundry treating apparatus

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for controlling a laundry treating apparatus including a drum for holding laundry, a connection duct for exhausting air from an inside of the drum, an exhaust duct provided parallel to a length direction of the drum connected to the connection duct, a filter assembly with a filter unit provided to the exhaust duct for filtering the air and a brush for removing foreign matter from the filter unit, a brush drive unit for making the brush to reciprocate a section of the filter unit, and a position sensing unit for sensing a position of the brush.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2012-0141933 filed on December 7, 2012, which is hereby incorporated by reference as if described in its entirety herein. technical field [0003] The present invention relates to a method for controlling a laundry treating appliance provided with a filter assembly. Background technique [0004] The laundry treatment apparatus is a general term for home appliances including a washing machine, a clothes dryer for drying clothes, and a washer dryer for washing and drying clothes. [0005] Meanwhile, among laundry treating apparatuses capable of drying laundry (drying objects), there are discharge type laundry treating apparatuses and circulation type laundry treating apparatuses. [0006] That is, among laundry treating appliances capable of drying clothes, there are discharge-type laundry treating appliances that discharge high-temperature humid ai...

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[0010] However, generally, since the size of the laundry treating apparatus is set by the standard of each country, it is not easy to extend the length of the connecting pipe (the length of the connecting pipe disposed along the height direction of the drum).

The related art laundry treating apparatus has a problem in that it is difficult to increase the filtering capacity of a filter provided to the connecting pipe in terms of the length of the connecting pipe being not easily extended.

[0011] And, the prior art clothes treating apparatus is inconvenient in that whenever a user uses the clothes treating apparatus, the drying efficiency of the clothes treating apparatus can be prevented only if the user cleans the filter after determining the amount of foreign matter accumulated at the filter. decline

[0012] And, since the prior art laundry treatment equipment has a problem that the user cannot determine whether the filter is installed to the laundry treatment equipment, there is a risk that the user is easy to put the laundry treatment equipment into the laundry treatment equipment even if the filter is not installed to the laundry treatment equipment. run

[0013] And, since the related art laundry treating apparatus has a problem of not being able to determine the amount of foreign substances remaining in the filter, there is a problem that the related art laundry treating apparatus cannot notify the user of a filter cleaning time.

[0014] And, the prior art laundry treating apparatus has a problem of not being able to determine whether the decrease in drying efficiency is caused by a filter clogged with foreign substances or a pipe clogged with foreign substances.

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