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AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsGon Kim, Yu Beom Kang, Sang Man Je
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Disclosed is an apparatus for controlling a hot water washing of a washing machine and method thereof, by which a hot water washing time is reduced by reducing a time for taken to heat water. The present invention includes the steps of setting a washing condition for the hot water washing, supplying the water according to the set washing condition, judging whether the water level of the supplied water is a heating water level for heating the water, heating the water if the water level of the water is the heating water level, judging whether the water level of the supplied water is a washing water level according to the set washing condition, if the water level of the supplied water is the washing water level according to the set washing condition, judging whether a temperature of the water is a heating temperature according to the set washing condition, and if the temperature of the water is a heating temperature according to the set washing condition, executing the hot water washing.
An apparatus for controlling a hot water washing of a washing machine, comprising:
In a washing machine including a water supply unit supplying water, a heater unit heating the water, a sensor unit sensing a water level of the water, and a control unit controlling the water supply unit and the heater unit, a method of controlling a hot water washing of the washing machine, comprising the steps of:
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Control of operational steps, e.g. optimisation or improvement of operational steps depending on the condition of the laundry: of washing
Parameters monitored or detected for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers: washing liquid temperature
Parameters monitored or detected for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers: washing liquid level
Systems or parameters controlled or affected by the control systems of washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers: water supply
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This application claims the benefit of Korean Application(s) No. 10-2002-0075038 filed on Nov. 28, 2002, which is/are hereby incorporated by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a washing machine, and more particularly, to an apparatus for controlling a hot water washing of a washing machine and method thereof.
The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principle of the invention. In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method of controlling a hot water washing of a washing machine according to a related art;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an apparatus for controlling a hot water washing of a washing machine according to the present invention; and
Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiment(s) of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Throughout the drawings, like elements are indicated using the same or similar reference designations where possible.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an apparatus for controlling a hot water washing of a washing machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method of controlling a hot water washing of a washing machine according to the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 2, an apparatus for controlling a hot water washing of a washing machine according to the present invention includes a water supply unit 11, a heater unit 12, a sensor unit 13, and a control unit 14.