This application provides a fabric heating and drying bucket with a foldable structure, configured to heat and dry fabric and including a base with a heating structure and an accommodating structure arranged above the base and configured to accommodate the fabric, where the accommodating structure has a first form and a second form under action of external restraining force; and the first form of the accommodating structure is a folded form of compressing and folding the accommodating structure above the base, the second form of the accommodating structure is a three-dimensional form of extending the accommodating structure into accommodating space above the base, the first form and the second form can be converted into each other under the action of the external restraining force, and a wale for hanging the fabric is installed above the accommodating structure.

A laundry appliance or method of coordinating engagement with a laundry appliance may provide a cabinet and a motor in mechanical communication with a rotating element disposed within the cabinet. The method may include receiving an owner input defining a time period of a restricted state and holding the laundry appliance in the restricted state at the defined time period, the restricted state prohibiting activation of the motor.

A laundry appliance or method of coordinating engagement with a laundry appliance may provide a cabinet and a motor in mechanical communication with a rotating element disposed within the cabinet. The method may include receiving an owner input defining a time period of a restricted state and holding the laundry appliance in the restricted state at the defined time period, the restricted state prohibiting activation of the motor.

A laundry treating apparatus includes a washing machine provided with a tub, a washing drum inside the tub, and a washing machine driving unit to rotate the washing drum; a dryer provided with a drying drum, and a dryer driving unit including a supplying unit to provide air into the drying drum and a heat exchanger to heat the air, the dryer being provided on the washing machine in a stacked state; a dryer interface provided with the dryer including a dryer display and a dryer input unit; a washing machine interface provided with the washing machine including a washing machine display and a washing machine input unit; and a preheating request unit provided on the dryer interface or the washing machine interface to input a preheating request signal for preheating the drying drum in the middle of a washing course executed by the washing machine.

A laundry treating apparatus includes a washing machine provided with a tub, a washing drum inside the tub, and a washing machine driving unit to rotate the washing drum; a dryer provided with a drying drum, and a dryer driving unit including a supplying unit to provide air into the drying drum and a heat exchanger to heat the air, the dryer being provided on the washing machine in a stacked state; a dryer interface provided with the dryer including a dryer display and a dryer input unit; a washing machine interface provided with the washing machine including a washing machine display and a washing machine input unit; and a preheating request unit provided on the dryer interface or the washing machine interface to input a preheating request signal for preheating the drying drum in the middle of a washing course executed by the washing machine.

An autonomously cleanable lint filter assembly disposed in a closed air loop for a combination washing and drying machine includes a housing disposed upstream of a fan configured to pull airflow through the lint filter assembly from an air outlet of the combination washing and drying machine, two or more mesh filters spaced apart and disposed within the housing, a spring loaded axle extending through the housing and receiving thereabout the two or more mesh filters, three or more drain holes disposed within a lower half of the housing, two or more annular flanges disposed on an inner surface of the housing configured to receive thereon in a reversible face seal mating under force imparted by airflow one of the two or more mesh filters, and at least two spray nozzles disposed within the housing configured to deliver sprays of liquid to one of the two or more mesh filters.

An autonomously cleanable lint filter assembly disposed in a closed air loop for a combination washing and drying machine includes a housing disposed upstream of a fan configured to pull airflow through the lint filter assembly from an air outlet of the combination washing and drying machine, two or more mesh filters spaced apart and disposed within the housing, a spring loaded axle extending through the housing and receiving thereabout the two or more mesh filters, three or more drain holes disposed within a lower half of the housing, two or more annular flanges disposed on an inner surface of the housing configured to receive thereon in a reversible face seal mating under force imparted by airflow one of the two or more mesh filters, and at least two spray nozzles disposed within the housing configured to deliver sprays of liquid to one of the two or more mesh filters.

A dryer including a main body which includes a user interface; a drum to accommodate a material to be dried; a motor configured to provide a rotation force to the drum; a heat pump device including a compressor, and configured to heat air to be supplied to the drum; an electrode sensor configured to output a pulse when contacting the drying material; a current sensor configured to output a sensed value corresponding to a magnitude of current flowing through the motor; and a controller configured to receive a drying course selected through the user interface, and output a control signal to control the motor and the compressor.

A dryer including a main body which includes a user interface; a drum to accommodate a material to be dried; a motor configured to provide a rotation force to the drum; a heat pump device including a compressor, and configured to heat air to be supplied to the drum; an electrode sensor configured to output a pulse when contacting the drying material; a current sensor configured to output a sensed value corresponding to a magnitude of current flowing through the motor; and a controller configured to receive a drying course selected through the user interface, and output a control signal to control the motor and the compressor.

A laundry treating apparatus includes a drum for receiving laundry; a motor for driving the drum; a drying unit for drying the laundry by heating the drum; and a memory for storing a control temperature table in which a control temperature according to the lapse of drying time of the laundry is recorded, wherein the drying unit operates on the basis of a control temperature table obtained by shifting the stored control temperature table at least one time.