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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2016
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Seunghun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sangwoo Woo, Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a control method of a dishwasher () including a tub () for receiving objects to be washed, a plurality of spray arms () for spraying wash water to the objects, and a steam nozzle () for spraying steam to the objects, the control method including a main washing cycle of washing the objects, a rinsing cycle of rinsing the washed objects using wash water, and a drying cycle of drying the objects after the rinsing is completed, wherein the drying cycle includes spraying steam, received from a steam source, to the objects to increase a temperature of the objects (a steam spraying step) and resupplying water to the steam source in order to prevent the steam source from being heated after the steam spraying step (a cooling step).