Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Washing machine and method of controlling the same
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Application No.: US17105342Application Date: 2020-11-25
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Publication No.: US11591737B2Publication Date: 2023-02-28
- Inventor: Kyoung Sup Kim , Eun-Young Park , Hyun Sook Kim , Dong-Il Back , Jun-Young Choi
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Main IPC: D06F29/00
- IPC: D06F29/00 ; D06F31/00 ; D06F33/00 ; D06F33/32 ; D06F33/72 ; D06F34/24 ; D06F34/28 ; D06F39/04 ; D06F103/16 ; D06F103/38 ; D06F105/28 ; D06F105/58

Abstract:
A washing machine in which a first main heater is not driven while wash water stored in a first tub and wash water stored in a second tub are simultaneously heated, and a method of controlling the same. A washing machine includes: a first tub configured to store wash water; a first main heater configured to heat wash water stored in the first tub; a first sub heater configured to heat wash water stored in the first tub; a second tub configured to store wash water; and a second heater configured to heat wash water stored in the second tub, wherein a power consumption required to drive the first main heater is greater than a power consumption required to drive the first sub heater, and the first main heater is not driven while wash water stored in the first tube and wash water stored in the second tub are simultaneously heated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210079578A1 WASHING MACHINE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2021-03-18
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