Method for controlling drum type washing machine
AssigneeDongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
InventorSung Su Joo
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Abstract
A method for controlling a drum type washing machine including a condensing duct configured to receive air from a tub, the method including supplying a first coolant into a storage unit in the condensing duct holding or maintain the first supply of the coolant in the storage unit; and supplying a second coolant into the storage unit after a preset or predetermined time period elapses is provided. The preset time period is shorter by a predetermined time length than an expected time period for thermal equilibrium between the coolant in the storage unit and the air in the condensing duct.
Claims14
A method for controlling a drum type washing machine including a condensing duct configured to receive air from a tub, the method comprising:
- supplying a first coolant into a storage unit in the condensing duct, and holding or maintaining the first coolant in the storage unit;
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- supplying a second coolant into the storage unit after a preset or predetermined time period elapses,
- wherein the preset time period is shorter by a predetermined time length than an expected time period for thermal equilibrium between the coolant in the storage unit and the air in the condensing duct, wherein the method further comprises turning off a fan in a heating duct connected to one end of the condensing duct and the supplying the second coolant occurs after turning off the fan.
A method for controlling a drum type washing machine including a condensing duct having a partition wall that separates an air passage along which air from a tub flows, the method comprising:
- supplying coolant to a storage unit in the condensing duct;
- drying laundry in the washing machine for an initial preset time period during which a temperature of the coolant in the storage unit increases, and moisture in the air passage is condensed by heat transfer between the coolant and the air;
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- replacing at least a portion of the coolant in the storage unit with new coolant, wherein drying the laundry and replacing at least a portion of the coolant alternate, and a set time period for drying the laundry after replacing at least a portion of the coolant is equal to the initial set time period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.