Dishwasher and control method thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSeunghun Kim, Sangwoo Woo
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Abstract
Disclosed is a control method of a dishwasher (100) including a tub (2) for receiving objects to be washed, a plurality of spray arms (711, 713, 715) for spraying wash water to the objects, and a steam nozzle (42) for spraying steam to the objects, the control method including a main washing cycle of washing the objects, a rinsing cycle of rinsing the washed objects using wash water, and a drying cycle of drying the objects after the rinsing is completed, wherein the drying cycle includes spraying steam, received from a steam source, to the objects to increase a temperature of the objects (a steam spraying step) and resupplying water to the steam source in order to prevent the steam source from being heated after the steam spraying step (a cooling step).
Claims14
A control method of a dishwasher that comprises a tub configured to receive an object, a plurality of spray arms configured to spray wash water to the object, and a steam nozzle configured to spray steam to the object, the control method comprising:
- washing the object;
- rinsing the washed object using wash water;
- and
- drying the rinsed object based on completion of rinsing the object,
- wherein drying the object comprises:
- supplying water to a steam source,
- supplying power to a heater configured to provide heat to the steam source to generate steam,
- spraying steam received from the steam source to the object to increase a temperature of the object, and
- resupplying water to the steam source to prevent overheating of the steam source after spraying steam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.