公开(公告)号：US20150322612A1

公开(公告)日：2015-11-12

申请号：US14802869

申请日：2015-07-17

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Eun Jin PARK ,  Deug Hee LEE

IPC: D06F35/00 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F39/08

CPC classification number: D06F35/005 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F35/00 ,  D06F39/00 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F2202/12 ,  D06F2204/06 ,  D06F2204/084 ,  D06F2204/086 ,  D06F2220/00 ,  D06F2232/08

Abstract: The present invention relates a washing machine and a method for controlling the same. The method for controlling a washing machine, having at least one spinning course, the spinning course includes a general spinning step for driving a motor which rotates a drum rotatably mounted in a tub to rotate the drum at a speed higher than a predetermined speed for extracting water, and a foreign matter removal step for supplying water to the tub for removing foreign matters from a space between the tub and the drum, whereby permitting to maintain the washing machine clean.