DISHWASHER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

• Main Authors: RYU, Jung Chan, SHIN, Woo-Jin, KIM, Mi Ra
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 03.01.2018
• Subjects: COFFEE MILLS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL

Disclosed herein are a dishwasher which shortens the drying time and controls a water vapour discharge of a washing tub, and a method for controlling the same. The dishwasher includes a main body provided with an open hole and a washing tub; a door configured to open or close the open hole of the main body; a door opening/closing member configured to open or close the open hole by the door; an air curtain disposed in the main body, and configured to operate a fan such that ambient air is sucked and the sucked air is discharged; a detector configured to detect information of the fan; and a controller configured to diagnose the failure of the fan based on the detected information of the fan, to control an operation of the door opening/closing member such that the door is opened at a predetermined open time, to control an operation of the fan when the fan is a normal state during a drying operation, and to control an operation of the door opening/closing member such that an open time of the door is delayed when the fan is a failure state.