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US 8,997,290 B2Granted
Method for washing and washing machine
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsWooyoung Kim, Youngho Kim, Jaehyun Kim, Moonhee Hong, Changoh Kim, Kyungchul Woo, Myonghun Im, Sangheon Lee, Jaewon Chang, Sooyoung Oh, Jongmin Lee
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Abstract
Provided is a method for washing laundry in a washing machine, wherein the washing machine includes a tub and a drum disposed inside the tub, the method comprising: supplying wash water into the tub; rotating the drum such that the laundry is attached the drum and spraying the wash water changed to whirling water into the drum; and draining the wash water from the tub.
Claims5
A method for washing laundry in a washing machine, wherein the washing machine includes:
- a cabinet,
- a drum provided in the cabinet for holding laundry,
- a tub provided in the cabinet and holding the drum for holding wash water,
- a gasket provided between the cabinet and the tub,
- a spray nozzle provided at an upper portion of the gasket to spray wash water supplied from an external water source into the drum,
- a circulation nozzle provided at the gasket to spray circulating wash water into the drum,
- the method comprising:
- supplying wash water mixed with detergent into the tub;
- spraying wash water without detergent through the spray nozzle into the drum during supplying water mixed with detergent;
- rotating the drum, circulating the wash water in the tub and spraying the circulating wash water through the circulation nozzle into the drum for soaking the laundry;
- balancing the laundry by repeating acceleration and deceleration of the drum in a state where wash water is filled in the tub;
- rotating the drum for moving a laundry against an inner wall of the drum, circulating the wash water in the tub, and spraying the circulating wash water through the circulation nozzle into the drum;
- and
- draining the wash water from the tub;
- wherein the wash water is sprayed on an inner side surface and an inner rear surface of the drum.
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