WASHING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• Main Authors: KANG, MIN HEE, OAK, SEONG MIN, BAE, SEOK KEUN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 13.02.2014
• Subjects: FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LAUNDERING; LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE

A washing machine comprises: a drum which is allowed to rotate; a motor for rotating the drum; a drying unit which supplies hot-air to the inside of the drum by in-taking and heating the air inside of the drum; a driving unit which drives the motor; and a controlling unit which rotates the drum while supplying the hot-air to the inside of the drum during a drying operation. The controlling unit is set the drum to repeat rotating and stopping if the weight of the laundry contained in the drum is greater than a standard weight set in advance, and the washing machine that keeps rotating the drum can perform the optimistic drying operation if the weight of the laundry is less than the standard weight. [Reference numerals] (AA) Start; (BB,DD,FF,HH) No; (CC,EE,GG,II) Yes; (JJ) End; (S210) User's operation command is inputted?; (S212) Detect the weight of the laundry; (S214) Washing cycle; (S216) Rinsing cycle; (S218) Dehydrating cycle; (S220) Detect the weight of the laundry; (S222) Operating a heater and a ventilation fan/Supplying condensate; (S224) Weight of the laundry >= Standard weight; (S226) Rotate a drum for 20 seconds; (S228) Stop the rotation of the drum for two seconds; (S230) Drying time is passed?; (S232) Continuously rotate the drum; (S234) Drying time is passed?