Method for washing and washing machine
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsBon Kwon Koo, Kyo Soon Chae, Byung Keol Choi, Deok Kyu Kim
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Abstract
A method for washing laundry and a washing machine, in which balancing of the laundry load is effectively carried out. The method for washing includes supplying wash water mixed with a detergent, spinning or rinsing the laundry by rotating the washing machine drum in which the laundry is located, thereby causing the laundry to be repeatedly lifted within and then fall towards the bottom of the drum. The method further involves balancing the laundry by repeatedly accelerating and decelerating the drum. The wash water is then drained.
Claims12
A method for washing laundry in a washing machine, wherein the washing machine includes a tub and a drum positioned in the tub, the method comprising:
- indicating a start of a rinse in a progress display;
- supplying wash water and detergent to the tub and drum, thereby wetting the laundry located in the drum;
- sensing a level of the wash water in the tub;
- rotating the drum thereby causing the laundry to be lifted within and to fall towards the bottom of the drum as the drum rotates;
- balancing the laundry by repeatedly accelerating and decelerating the drum while the supplied wash water is contained in the tub without draining the supplied wash water from the tub and the drum after the supplying the wash water;
- draining the wash water contained in the tub from the tub when the level of the wash water in the tub exceeds an allowable value;
- indicating a start of a spin cycle in a progress display;
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- accelerating the drum to dehydrate the laundry with draining the wash water from the tub and drum,
- wherein when the level of the wash water in the tub does not exceed the allowable value, accelerating the drum to dehydrate the laundry right after the balancing the laundry and the indicating the start of the spin cycle with skipping the draining step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.