Patent ID: 9175433
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A control method of a laundry treatment apparatus configured to supply steam and/or air to an accommodating space accommodating laundry therein, the control method comprising: a water supplying step supplying water to a moisture generating device configured to supply steam; a steam supplying step supplying steam to the accommodating space by heating of water inside the moisture generating device, the steam supplying step applying a horizontal motion to the laundry for a predetermined time period, simultaneously with the supplying steam; a cooling step cooling the laundry; and a drying step supplying heated air having a predetermined temperature to the accommodating space using a heat pump, wherein the cooling step is operated after the steam supplying step and prior to the drying step, wherein the cooling step supplies unheated air to the accommodating space by using a fan, not the heat pump, for a predetermined time period to lower an internal temperature of the accommodated space and the predetermined temperature of the heated air in the drying step.