Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drum washing machine and method for cleaning tub thereof
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Application No.: US16074109Application Date: 2017-01-20
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Publication No.: US11214909B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Sunku Kwon , Kahyung Choi , Youngho Kim , Inhyouk Seo , Youngkee Oh
- Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2016-0012219 20160201,KR10-2016-0012222 20160201,KR10-2016-0012223 20160201,KR10-2016-0012224 20160201
- International Application: PCT/KR2017/000710 WO 20170120
- International Announcement: WO2017/135603 WO 20170810
- Main IPC: D06F35/00
- IPC: D06F35/00 ; D06F33/43 ; D06F39/08 ; D06F37/06 ; D06F37/36 ; D06F103/26 ; D06F105/02 ; D06F105/08 ; D06F33/36 ; D06F33/42 ; D06F33/56 ; D06F33/69 ; D06F33/62

Abstract:
A drum washing machine implements a control method, allowing a tub of the drum washing machine to be easily cleaned. The method includes supplying washing water during a first water supplying step to the interior of the tub while a drum rotatably supported in the tub rotates at a water-supplying RPM. A first wash step is executed following completion of the first water supplying step, and includes accelerating rotation of the drum from the water-supplying RPM to a first-wash RPM to that create a circulatory flow in which the washing water falls from the top of opposite ends of the tub while circulating along the inner circumferential surface of the tub due to the rotational power of the drum. A wash draining step is started during the first wash step, and includes turning on the drain pump and controlling the amount of the washing water in the tub.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210102326A1 DRUM WASHING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CLEANING TUB THEREOF Public/Granted day:2021-04-08
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