Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yong-Kwon Kim

Sang Up Lee

Sang Yeon Pyo

Yongjie Jin

Myung-Hee Ryu

Young Jin Um

Provided is a washing machine capable of preventing laundry in a rotary tub from having pigment transfer or contamination due to wash water of an auxiliary washing tub. The washing machine includes a cabinet, a tub located in the cabinet and storing wash water therein, a main washing tub rotatably disposed in the tub and having a first washing space, and an auxiliary washing tub detachably mounted to the main washing tub and having a second washing space, wherein the auxiliary washing tub includes a drain path for guiding wash water of the second washing space to a space between the tub and the main washing tub.

Washing machine

Provided is a washing machine and control method thereof. The washing machine includes at least one magnet attached to an auxiliary wash tub detachable from a main wash tub; a switching device configured to output a detection signal when the at least one magnet approaches within a preset range to the switching device; and a controller configured to determine whether the auxiliary wash tub is installed based on whether the detection signal of the switching device is output, and control a component in the washing machine based on the determination of whether the auxiliary wash tub is installed.

Washing machine and control method thereof

A washing machine includes a motor for generating power and a clutch assembly that receives the power from the motor and drives a drum and a pulsator. The clutch assembly includes a driving shaft that receives the power from the motor and rotates, a pulsator drive portion selectively receiving the power from the driving shaft to rotate the pulsator, and a drum driving portion selectively receiving the power from the driving shaft to rotate the drum, The clutch assembly is provided to selectively drive a driving portion of at least one of the drum driving portion and the pulsator drive portion. With this configuration, the washing machine capable of running various modes of a washing mode and dehydration mode is implemented.

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Yongin-si, South Korea

Yong-Kwon Kim