Patent ID: 11885065
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D  H  Y | IPC D  H

Claim 0:
1. A clothing treatment apparatus comprising:
a main body that defines an outer appearance of the clothing treatment apparatus;
a drum rotatably disposed inside the main body and configured to accommodate an object to be dried;
a heat pump comprising a compressor and a condenser, the heat pump being configured to compress refrigerant by the compressor and to circulate the refrigerant through the condenser to thereby remove moisture in heated air discharged from the drum and circulate dehumidified air to the drum;
a blower fan configured to generate a flow of the heated air or the dehumidified air;
a first motor configured to rotate the drum;
a second motor configured to rotate the blower fan;
a third motor configured to drive the compressor;
a converter configured to convert input power received from an external power source and to supply the converted input power to at least one of the first motor, the second motor, or the third motor; and
a controller configured to control the converter and the compressor, the controller configured to:
drive the compressor at a first time point, and
drive the converter at a second time point subsequent to the first time point.