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US 5,394,582 AGranted
Safety control system of a boiling clothes washing machine
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKyung H. Moon
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Abstract
A safety control system and method for a boiling clothes washing machine has a number of paired washing water temperature detecting devices and heater temperature detecting devices, for accurately detecting the actual temperature of wash water so it will have a sufficient boiling effect on clothes to be washed and for preventing a heater from over-heating.
Claims4
A method for controlling a heating operation of a clothes washing machine including a tub and a heater for washing clothes with hot water, comprising the steps of:
- supplying a quantity of wash water into the tub in response to selection of a boiling wash mode, said quantity of wash water corresponding to a volume of clothes to be washed;
- activating said heater to heat said quantity of wash water;
- detecting a heater temperature and a wash water temperature;
- cutting off a power source to said heater alternatively in response to said detected heater temperature and said detected wash water temperature.
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