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US 12,584,263 B2Granted
Washing machine and controlling method of washing machine
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDongpil Seo, Kanghyun Lee, Youngjin Cho, Yonghan Kim, Jaeryong Park
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Abstract
A washing machine including a housing; a tub arranged inside the housing; a drain case connected to the tub and configured to receive water from the tub; a filter detachably installed in the drain case and configured to filter material from the water; a pump connected to the drain case; and a controller configured to, while the filter is dismounted from the drain case, control the pump to discharge the water in the drain case to outside of the drain case.
Claims18
A washing machine comprising:
- a housing;
- a tub arranged inside the housing;
- a drain case connected to the tub and configured to receive water from the tub;
- a filter detachably installed in the drain case and configured to filter material from the water;
- a remaining water pump connected to the drain case;
- and
- a drain pump arranged in the drain case and configured to discharge the water received in the drain case;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- when an operation to remove the filter from the drain case is detected while the washing machine is not engaged in a draining operation, control the remaining water pump to discharge remaining water in the drain case to outside of the drain case,
- wherein the remaining water pump is configured to be driven independently from the drain pump.
8 more elements
A washing machine comprising:
- a housing;
- a tub arranged inside the housing;
- a drain case connected to the tub and configured to receive water from the tub;
- a filter detachably installed in the drain case and configured to filter material from the a pump connected to the drain case;
- a communicator configured to communicate with a user terminal;
- and a controller configured to:
- when an operation to remove the filter from the drain case is detected while the washing machine is not engaged in a draining operation, control the pump to discharge remaining water in the drain case to outside of the drain case, and
- based on reception, through the communicator, of a command for operating the pump from the user terminal, control the pump to discharge the remaining water.
5 more elements
A washing machine comprising:
- a housing;
- a tub arranged inside the housing;
- a drain case connected to the tub and configured to receive water from the tub;
- a filter detachably installed in the drain case and configured to filter material from the water;
- a pump connected to the drain case;
- an input device configured to receive a command from a user to operate the pump;
- and a controller configured to:
- when an operation to remove the filter from the drain case is detected while the washing machine is not engaged in a draining operation, control the pump to discharge remaining water in the drain case to outside of the drain case, and
- based on reception, through the input device, of the command from the user to operate the pump, control the pump to discharge the remaining water.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.