Method for controlling washing machine
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsAekyung Chae, Youngjong Kim
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for controlling a washing machine capable of compensating for a vibration characteristic due to an unbalanced state of a drum, by effectively controlling a ball balancer for compensating for a balance of a rotary body such as a drum. The method includes accelerating the drum having laundry therein for a first time duration (t1) until the drum reaches a reference speed from a stationary state, and decelerating the drum for a second time duration (t2) longer than the first time duration (t1) until the drum reaches the stationary state from the state having the reference speed.
Claims13
A method for controlling a washing machine having a drum where a ball balancer is installed, the method comprising:
- accelerating the drum having laundry therein for a first time duration (t1) until the drum reaches a reference speed from a stationary state;
- and
- decelerating the drum for a second time duration (t2) longer than the first time duration (t1) until the drum reaches the stationary state from the state having the reference speed.
A method for controlling a washing machine having a drum where a ball balancer is installed, wherein balls mounted in the ball balancer are uniformly distributed by acceleration and deceleration of the drum before a dehydrating process of the washing machine.
A method for controlling a washing machine having a drum where a ball balancer is installed, the method comprising:
- a washing process for performing a washing operation by supplying washing water into the drum, and by stirring laundry;
- and
- is a dehydrating process for discharging the washing water contained in the drum, and separating the washing water contained in the laundry from the laundry,
- wherein the dehydrating process comprises:
- a discharging step of discharging the washing water contained in the drum;
- a balancing step of compensating for a balance of the drum;
- and
- a dehydrating step of separating the washing water from the laundry inside the drum by rotating the drum with a high speed, and
- wherein in the balancing step, the balls disposed in the ball balancer are made to be uniformly distributed by acceleration and deceleration of the drum before the dehydrating step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.