Patent classifications
D06F33/40
Laundry treating appliance for drying laundry
A method of operating a laundry treating appliance with a treating chamber for treating a load of laundry the method comprising supplying a rinse to the treating chamber during a rinse cycle, rotating the treating chamber at a tumbling speed, spinning the treating chamber in an extraction cycle to remove excess moisture from the load of laundry, sensing a parameter indicative of a remaining moisture content value in the load of laundry, comparing the remaining moisture content value to a pre-determined remaining moisture content value.
WASHING MACHINE AND SPIN-DRYING CONTROL METHOD FOR WASHING MACHINE
The present invention relates to a washing machine and a spin-drying control method for the same, the washing machine including an inner tub, a drain pump, a motor and a control unit that controls the drain pump and the motor and carries out a spin-drying cycle including a sub spin-drying cycle and a main spin-drying cycle. The control unit changes a preset rotation time of the inner tub in the main spin-drying cycle according to the rotation speed of the inner tub during the sub spin-drying cycle, or determines whether to change the spin-drying time of the main spin-drying cycle according to a current value of the drain pump during the main spin-drying cycle, thereby improving spin-drying efficiency.
OPTIMIZED DRYING CYCLE ACROSS A PAIR OF LAUNDRY APPLIANCES
A method of operating a pair of laundry appliances is provided. The pair of laundry appliances includes a washing machine appliance and a dryer appliance. The method includes determining a first moisture extraction curve of a spin cycle of the washing machine appliance and determining a second moisture extraction curve of the dryer appliance. The method further includes rotating a basket of the washing machine appliance at an extraction speed for a predetermined period of time. The predetermined period of time is based on the first moisture extraction curve and the second moisture extraction curve.
LAUNDRY MACHINE APPARATUS INCLUDING WATER DETECTION AND METHOD OF OPERATING A LAUNDRY MACHINE
A method of operating a laundry machine apparatus includes determining that an amount of water above a predetermined amount is present within a tub, setting a limited rotational velocity of the drum, and determining a laundry load characteristic in order to rotate the drum at a standard rotational velocity above the limited rotational velocity.
LAUNDRY MACHINE APPARATUS INCLUDING WATER DETECTION AND METHOD OF OPERATING A LAUNDRY MACHINE
A method of operating a laundry machine apparatus includes determining that an amount of water above a predetermined amount is present within a tub, setting a limited rotational velocity of the drum, and determining a laundry load characteristic in order to rotate the drum at a standard rotational velocity above the limited rotational velocity.
WASHING MACHINE APPLIANCES AND METHODS FOR ADDRESSING OUT-OF-BALANCE STATES
A washing machine appliance may include a cabinet, a tub, a wash basket, and a controller. The tub may be positioned within the cabinet. The tub may define a tub outlet and a tub inlet. The wash basket may be rotatably mounted within the tub. The wash basket may define a chamber for receipt of articles for washing. The controller may be mounted to the cabinet and configured to initiate a washing operation. The washing operation may include flowing a volume of liquid to the tub, initiating a spin phase requiring rotation of the wash basket following flowing the volume of liquid to the tub, determining an out-of-balance (OOB) state within the wash basket, determining a user OOB preference following determining the OOB state, and adjusting the spin phase according to the determined user OOB preference.
WASHING MACHINE APPLIANCES AND METHODS FOR ADDRESSING OUT-OF-BALANCE STATES
A washing machine appliance may include a cabinet, a tub, a wash basket, and a controller. The tub may be positioned within the cabinet. The tub may define a tub outlet and a tub inlet. The wash basket may be rotatably mounted within the tub. The wash basket may define a chamber for receipt of articles for washing. The controller may be mounted to the cabinet and configured to initiate a washing operation. The washing operation may include flowing a volume of liquid to the tub, initiating a spin phase requiring rotation of the wash basket following flowing the volume of liquid to the tub, determining an out-of-balance (OOB) state within the wash basket, determining a user OOB preference following determining the OOB state, and adjusting the spin phase according to the determined user OOB preference.
METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GARMENT PROCESSING DEVICE
The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling a garment processing device, the method comprising: a foreign-material separating step of rotating a drum rotatably provided inside a tub that stores water such that friction occurs between garments inside the drum and the water; a drain step of discharging the water inside the tub to the outside of the tub; a first maintenance step of maintaining the rate of rotation of the drum, after same has reached a preconfigured first rate, at the first rate; a first measurement step of measuring the degree of imbalance occurring in the drum while the drum rotates at the first rate; a second maintenance step of increasing the rate of rotation of the drum to a predetermined second rate, if a first measured value measured in the first measurement step is equal to/below a preconfigured first reference value, and then maintaining same at the second rate; a second measurement step of measuring the degree of imbalance occurring in the drum while the drum rotates at the second rate; stopping the drum from rotating if a second measured value measured in the second measurement step is equal to/below a preconfigured second reference value; and a dewatering step of accelerating the drum to a third rate configured to be higher than the second rate, thereby removing water from the garments. The dewatering step is stopped if the degree of imbalance of the drum measured during the drum is accelerated to the third rate is larger than a predetermined imbalance reference value, and the imbalance reference value is configured on the basis of the second measured value.
METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GARMENT PROCESSING DEVICE
The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling a garment processing device, the method comprising: a foreign-material separating step of rotating a drum rotatably provided inside a tub that stores water such that friction occurs between garments inside the drum and the water; a drain step of discharging the water inside the tub to the outside of the tub; a first maintenance step of maintaining the rate of rotation of the drum, after same has reached a preconfigured first rate, at the first rate; a first measurement step of measuring the degree of imbalance occurring in the drum while the drum rotates at the first rate; a second maintenance step of increasing the rate of rotation of the drum to a predetermined second rate, if a first measured value measured in the first measurement step is equal to/below a preconfigured first reference value, and then maintaining same at the second rate; a second measurement step of measuring the degree of imbalance occurring in the drum while the drum rotates at the second rate; stopping the drum from rotating if a second measured value measured in the second measurement step is equal to/below a preconfigured second reference value; and a dewatering step of accelerating the drum to a third rate configured to be higher than the second rate, thereby removing water from the garments. The dewatering step is stopped if the degree of imbalance of the drum measured during the drum is accelerated to the third rate is larger than a predetermined imbalance reference value, and the imbalance reference value is configured on the basis of the second measured value.
WASHING MACHINE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR AND CONTROL PANEL THEREFORE
A washing machine includes a drum, a drum motor coupled to the drum; a driving circuit and a processor. The driving circuit is configured to supply a driving current to the drum motor so that the drum motor rotates. The processor is configured to control the driving circuit to accelerate the drum motor from the first rotational speed to a second rotational speed based on a gradient of the fluctuating magnitude of the driving current supplied to the drum motor while controlling the driving circuit to rotate the drum motor at a first rotational speed.