Invention Application
- Patent Title: LAUNDRY MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME
- Patent Title (中): 洗衣机及其控制方法
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Application No.: US14029524Application Date: 2013-09-17
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Publication No.: US20140223667A1Publication Date: 2014-08-14
- Inventor: Heunggi KIM , Jaemun KIM , Chanwoo JUNG , Kilryong LEE
- Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Applicant Address: KR SEOUL
- Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: KR SEOUL
- Priority: KR1020130015376 20130213; KR1020130015377 20130213
- Main IPC: D06F39/00
- IPC: D06F39/00

Abstract:
A laundry machine and a control method of the same are disclosed. The disclosed method, which controls a laundry machine to execute a refreshing course through supply of steam, includes a course selection operation of selecting one of a plurality of washing courses, a steam water supply operation of supplying wash water to a tub up to a water level for generation of steam while preventing the wash water to pass through a drum, when the refreshing course is selected, a steaming operation of heating the wash water by driving a washing heater, thereby generating steam, and a refreshing operation of refreshing the laundry by alternately executing, after the steaming operation, a tumbling driving operation to tumble the laundry within the drum through rotation of the drum and a spin driving operation to rotate the laundry within the drum in close contact with an inner surface of the drum, in accordance with high-speed rotation of the drum.
Public/Granted literature
- US10227722B2 Laundry machine having a refreshing operation and control method of the same Public/Granted day:2019-03-12
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