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Clothes treating apparatus and method for controlling the same

a technology for treating apparatus and clothes, applied in the direction of liquid/gas/vapor textile treatment, other washing machines, cleaning using liquids, etc., to achieve the effects of improving safety, preventing safety incidents, and improving safety

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-07-03
LG ELECTRONICS INC
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The present invention is a clothes treating apparatus and method for controlling it that can prevent safety incidents caused by steam and hot air. It achieves this by detecting the opening and closing of the door and stopping or re-operating certain operations of the clothes treatment device accordingly. The apparatus can also prevent the door from being opened and closed randomly during the preheating and cooling steps. These features improve the safety of the clothes treating apparatus and allow for the safe and efficient operation of the clothes treatment device.

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However, the clothes treating apparatus according to the prior art uses steam and hot air upon regenerating clothes, and this may lead to the problem of a safety incident caused by high-temperature steam and hot air in the event a user arbitrarily opens the door provided on the casing.

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[0027]FIGS. 1 to 5 illustrate a clothes treating apparatus 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0028]Referring to FIG. 1, the clothes treating apparatus 100 includes an outer casing 110 and an inner casing 120 disposed within the outer casing 110 and defining a clothes treatment space 125. The outer casing 110 has a doorway 111 formed on the front face, through which clothes are put in and taken out. A door 112 for opening and closing the doorway 111 is rotatably disposed at one side of the outer casing 110. Top and bottom parts of the door 112 are hinged to the outer casing 110.

[0029]An opening and closing sensor 113 for detecting the opening and closing of the door 112 is disposed on the door 112 and the outer casing 110. The opening and closing sensor 113 includes a first contact 113a formed on the back face of the door 112 and a second contact 113b formed on the front face of the outer casing so as to correspond to the first contact 113a. Anode power and cat...

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Abstract

A clothes treating apparatus and a method for controlling the same can prevent a safety incident caused by steam and hot air and improve the safety of the clothes treating apparatus by preventing the door from being opened and closed randomly in the steam step and the dry step.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to a clothes treating apparatus and a method for controlling the same, and more particularly, to a clothes treating apparatus, which can improve the safety of the clothes treating apparatus, and a method for controlling the same.[0003]2. Discussion of the Related Art[0004]Generally, a clothes treating apparatus is an apparatus for regenerating clothes. That is, the clothes treating apparatus performs the function of removing creases and smells of clothes kept inside using stream and hot air.[0005]Such a clothes treating apparatus firstly supplies steam into a casing to treat clothes, and then supplies dry air into the casing to dry the clothes. Hence, the clothes treating apparatus has the advantage of clothes ironing effect, as well as reducing the number of washing times by eliminating contamination sources on clothes.[0006]However, the clothes treating apparatus according to the prior ar...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): D06F33/00
CPCD06F58/10D06F73/02D06F2103/40D06F2105/22D06F2105/44D06F2105/62
Inventor HONG, SOG KIEKIM, JONG SEOK
Owner LG ELECTRONICS INC