Patent ID: 9194076
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a dryer comprising: receiving a mode selection in a dryer having a drying mode and a refresh mode; performing a hot air supplying step by supplying dried hot air to a drum for drying clothes and a static electricity removal step by spraying fine particles of water or steam to the drum for removal of static electricity from the clothes having dried in the hot air supplying step, when a selected mode is the drying mode; and performing a refreshing clothes step by spraying fine particles of water or steam to the drum for preventing wrinkles from forming on the clothes, a hot air supplying step by supplying dried hot air to the drum for drying the clothes after the refreshing clothes step, and a static electricity removal step by spraying fine particles of water or steam to the drum for removal static electricity generated and accumulated due to friction between clothes in the drying step, when the selected mode is the refresh mode, wherein the hot air supplying step in both the drying mode and the refresh mode includes a steam generator overflowing step for causing water in the steam generator to overflow into the drum during the supply of hot air.