Invention Application
- Patent Title: WASHING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME
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Application No.: US17551466Application Date: 2021-12-15
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Publication No.: US20220106721A1Publication Date: 2022-04-07
- Inventor: Myunghun IM , Hwanjin JUNG , Jaehyun KIM , Junghoon LEE , Kyungchul WOO
- Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Priority: KR10-2018-0001835 20180105
- Main IPC: D06F33/46
- IPC: D06F33/46 ; D06F37/14 ; D06F39/02 ; D06F33/00 ; D06F39/08 ; D06F105/06 ; D06F105/48

Abstract:
A method of controlling a washing machine. The washing machine includes a tub configured to receive water, a drum rotatably disposed in the tub, a volute pump including (i) an impeller configured to rotate in one or more directions to pump water discharged from the tub and (ii) a pump housing that defines a volute-shaped passage configured to guide water pumped by the impeller, and a circulating water supply device configured to supply water discharged from an outlet port of the volute pump into the drum. The method includes: supplying water and detergent into the tub; and rotating the impeller of the volute pump in a first direction to discharge a first amount of water from the volute pump, the first amount of water being less than a second amount of water discharged from the volute pump based on the impeller being rotated in a second direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US11680350B2 Washing machine and method for controlling the same Public/Granted day:2023-06-20
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