A machine for washing or drying laundry, having a stationary part, a tub, a drum rotatably accommodated in the tub, and a drive motor. The drive motor comprises a stator or housing component connected to the machine, a rotor having a rotor shaft connected with the drum, and bearings arranged in the stator or a housing component, and the rotor shaft is rotatably mounted by the bearings. One or more spring or damping elements connects the stator or housing component to the stationary part.

A method for controlling a laundry washing machine. The method includes: performing a tub loading process comprising operating supply valve(s) to provide a first volume of water through a detergent supply system and into a tub to fill the tub with wash liquid; performing a washing process comprising rotating a drum to agitate laundry in in the presence of the wash liquid; performing a static rinsing process comprising operating a pump to remove a free volume of wash liquid from the tub without rotating the drum; and performing one or more rinsing processes comprising: operating the supply valve(s) to provide a volume of clean rinse water to the tub, operating the pump to remove the rinse water from the drum, and operating the motor to spin the drum at high speed to extract rinse water from the laundry, while continuing to operate the pump.

A washing machine appliance or drive assembly, as provided herein, may include an agitator drive shaft, a stationary housing, and a motor. The agitator drive shaft may extend along a drive axis. The stationary housing may be disposed about the agitator drive shaft. The motor may be operably connected to the agitator drive shaft to drive rotation thereof. The motor may include a rotor, a stator, a support bushing, and a linear fastener. The rotor may be fixed to the agitator drive shaft. The stator may be rotationally positioned radially inward from the rotor. The support bushing may be ultrasonically welded within the stator. The linear fastener may extend through the fastener to the stationary housing.

A method of controlling a laundry treatment apparatus, the method including: determining whether bubbles have been generated in a tub of the laundry treatment apparatus in a state in which a second washing apparatus of the laundry treatment apparatus is operated based on a sequence of operations; and based on a determination that bubbles have been generated, reducing bubbles by (i) adding at least one first operation to the sequence of operations or (ii) replacing at least one second operation of the sequence of operations, is disclosed.

Provided are a washing machine and a method for controlling the same. The method for controlling a washing machine includes supplying water to a tub, driving a driving unit to perform tumbling to rotate a drum disposed in the tub, calculating a water level variation in the tub, and displaying freeze state information on a display unit when the calculated water level variation is less than a reference water level variation.

A washing machine including a main body, a tub, a drum, and a driving device. The driving device includes a drum shaft, a motor, and a planetary gear assembly. The planetary gear assembly includes a sun gear connected to a rotor, a carrier connected to the drum shaft, a planetary gear to transmit a rotary power of the sun gear to the carrier, an internal gear engaged with the planetary gear, and a sealing member configured to seal a gap between the carrier and the internal gear.

Disclosed is a drum washing machine, including: an outer tank, configured in a shell; a drum, configured in the outer tank and capable of rotating by using a horizontal shaft or an inclination shaft inclining relative to a horizontal direction as a center; a rotating body, configured at a rear part of the drum and having protruding parts in contact with washings on a surface of the rotating body; a driving part, capable of operating in a first drying form and a second driving form, wherein the first driving form refers to a driving form which enables the drum and the rotating body to rotate at different rotating speeds, and the second driving form refers to a driving form which enables the drum and the rotating body to rotate integrally at the same rotating speed; and a control part.

An electric motor suitable for use in a laundry machine comprises an improved stator and/or rotor design.

The present disclosure provides a washing machine capable of sprinkling water on washings contained in a washing tank without dead angle. The washing machine includes an outer tank capable of storing water, a cylindrical washing tank contained in the outer tank, used for containing the washings and capable of rotating, and a water path for absorbing water stored in the outer tank and discharging the water into the washing tank from an upper side. The washing tank is provided with through holes for allowing water to flow between the washing tank and the outer tank. Discharging ports for discharging water into the washing tank from the upper side through the water path are arranged around whole area of the circumferential direction S of the washing tank.

Disclosed herein are a washing machine and a method of controlling the same. The washing machine includes a motor configured to generate a rotational force, an inverter module with a plurality of switching circuits installed therein and configured to adjust a driving current supplied to the motor, and a controller configured to detect whether a fault signal is generated by an overcurrent in the inverter module and to control opening and closing of at least one of the plurality of switching circuits based on a detection result of the occurrence of fault signal when controlling the driving of the motor.