Washing machine control method and washing machine
AssigneesQingdao Haier Laundry Electric Appliances Co., Ltd., Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
InventorsSheng XU, Yanfen LV
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Abstract
A washing machine including a water container and a circulating filtration pipeline with a water inlet end and a water outlet end being connected to the water container. A pump assembly and a filtering device installed on the circulating filtration pipeline and having a water inlet, a filtered water outlet and a sewage outlet. A sewage pipeline receives sewage discharged from the sewage outlet. A control valve assembly that controls the washing machine to alternately execute a circulating filtration operation to perform a circulating filtration of water in the water container and a sewage discharge operation where the sewage in the filtering device is discharged into the sewage pipeline.
Claims18
A control method for a washing machine, the washing machine comprising:
- a water container;
- a circulating filtration pipeline, with a water inlet end and a water outlet end of the circulating filtration pipeline being connected to the water container respectively, and a pump assembly being installed thereon;
- a filtering device, being configured to install on the circulating filtration pipeline and to have a first water inlet, a filtered water outlet and a first sewage outlet;
- a sewage pipeline, being configured to receive sewage discharged from the first sewage outlet;
- and
- a control valve assembly;
- wherein,
- during a washing or a rinsing process, the washing machine alternately executes:
- a circulating filtration operation, in which the pump assembly is in an open state, the control valve assembly connects the pump assembly and the first water inlet and disconnects the first sewage outlet and the sewage pipeline to perform a circulating filtration of water in the water container;
- and
- a sewage discharge operation, in which the pump assembly is in a closed state, the control valve assembly disconnects the pump assembly and the first water inlet and connects the first sewage outlet and the sewage pipeline, and the sewage in the filtering device is discharged into the sewage pipeline.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.