A laundry appliance includes a basket rotatably mounted within a cabinet and defining a chamber configured for receiving a load of clothes, a water supply valve for regulating a flow of water into the chamber, and a humidity sensor positioned within the cabinet for monitoring a chamber humidity. A controller is configured to determine that the water supply valve is open to permit the flow of water into the chamber, identify an anticipated humidity within the chamber based at least in part on the water supply valve being open, obtain the chamber humidity using the humidity sensor, and implementing a responsive action if the chamber humidity does not correspond to the anticipated humidity.

A laundry appliance includes a basket rotatably mounted within a cabinet and defining a chamber configured for receiving a load of clothes, a water supply valve for regulating a flow of water into the chamber, and a humidity sensor positioned within the cabinet for monitoring a chamber humidity. A controller is configured to determine that the water supply valve is open to permit the flow of water into the chamber, identify an anticipated humidity within the chamber based at least in part on the water supply valve being open, obtain the chamber humidity using the humidity sensor, and implementing a responsive action if the chamber humidity does not correspond to the anticipated humidity.

Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus. The laundry treating apparatus includes: a cabinet having a upper panel and a side panel extending downward from an edge of the upper panel; a tub disposed inside the cabinet; a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub; a driving part disposed under the tub, fixed to a bottom of the tub, and having a driving shaft penetrating through the bottom of the tub and fixed to the drum; and a front frame coupled to a front of the cabinet. The front frame includes: an upper frame extending in a left-right direction; a pair of support frames extending downward from left and right ends of the upper frame; and a lower frame extending along a longitudinal direction of the upper frame and coupled to the support frames at a position spaced upward from lower ends of the support frames.

Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus. The laundry treating apparatus includes: a cabinet having a upper panel and a side panel extending downward from an edge of the upper panel; a tub disposed inside the cabinet; a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub; a driving part disposed under the tub, fixed to a bottom of the tub, and having a driving shaft penetrating through the bottom of the tub and fixed to the drum; and a front frame coupled to a front of the cabinet. The front frame includes: an upper frame extending in a left-right direction; a pair of support frames extending downward from left and right ends of the upper frame; and a lower frame extending along a longitudinal direction of the upper frame and coupled to the support frames at a position spaced upward from lower ends of the support frames.

A washing machine appliance includes a cabinet with a wash tub positioned within the cabinet. The washing machine appliance also includes a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub. The wash basket is rotatable within the tub along a direction of rotation. The washing machine appliance further includes a vent extending through the wash tub from a vent inlet along a longitudinal axis and a cutoff defined at an intersection of the vent and the wash tub.

A washing machine appliance includes a cabinet with a wash tub positioned within the cabinet. The washing machine appliance also includes a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub. The wash basket is rotatable within the tub along a direction of rotation. The washing machine appliance further includes a vent extending through the wash tub from a vent inlet along a longitudinal axis and a cutoff defined at an intersection of the vent and the wash tub.

The present invention relates to a clothes treatment apparatus and, more particularly, to a clothes treatment apparatus for directly heating a drum accommodating clothes. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, provided is a clothes treatment apparatus comprising: a tub; a drum, made of a metal, which accommodates clothes and is rotatably provided inside the tub; and an induction module, provided in the tub so as to have a spacing from a circumferential surface of the drum, for generating an electromagnetic field to heat the circumferential surface of the drum, wherein the induction module comprises: a coil which is formed by winding a wire such that electric current is applied thereto to generate a magnetic field; and a base housing mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the tub, wherein the base housing is provided with a coil slot for defining the shape of the coil in such a manner that the wire is mounted therein so as to have a predetermined distance between wire and wire.

The present invention relates to a clothes treatment apparatus and, more particularly, to a clothes treatment apparatus for directly heating a drum accommodating clothes. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, provided is a clothes treatment apparatus comprising: a tub; a drum, made of a metal, which accommodates clothes and is rotatably provided inside the tub; and an induction module, provided in the tub so as to have a spacing from a circumferential surface of the drum, for generating an electromagnetic field to heat the circumferential surface of the drum, wherein the induction module comprises: a coil which is formed by winding a wire such that electric current is applied thereto to generate a magnetic field; and a base housing mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the tub, wherein the base housing is provided with a coil slot for defining the shape of the coil in such a manner that the wire is mounted therein so as to have a predetermined distance between wire and wire.

A washing machine includes: a tub; a drum of metal material configured to be rotated in the tub; an induction heater configured to be fixed to the tub in a state of being separated from the drum, and to heat the drum; a first temperature sensor configured to have a tube of metal material heated by the induction heater and a thermistor disposed in the tube, at least a part of the tube being exposed between the tub and the drum; a second temperature sensor configured to be disposed in a position further away than the first temperature sensor from the induction heater in a circumferential direction, and detect a temperature of air between the tub and the drum; and a controller configured to control the induction heater based on a first detection value of the first temperature sensor and a second detection value of the second temperature sensor.

A washing machine includes: a tub; a drum of metal material configured to be rotated in the tub; an induction heater configured to be fixed to the tub in a state of being separated from the drum, and to heat the drum; a first temperature sensor configured to have a tube of metal material heated by the induction heater and a thermistor disposed in the tube, at least a part of the tube being exposed between the tub and the drum; a second temperature sensor configured to be disposed in a position further away than the first temperature sensor from the induction heater in a circumferential direction, and detect a temperature of air between the tub and the drum; and a controller configured to control the induction heater based on a first detection value of the first temperature sensor and a second detection value of the second temperature sensor.