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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2017
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Yoshinori Takashima, Yokohama, JP;
Takehiro Nakanishi, Yokohama, JP;
Tomoyuki Okuno, Yokohama, JP;
Toshihiro Kamii, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuyuki Shimakage, Yokohama, JP;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a washing machine includes a rotating tub configured to accommodate laundry, a water supply pipe configured to spray water over a surface of the laundry. The washing machine also includes a controller configured to execute a water supply cycle in which an operation of each of the rotating tub and the water supply pipe is controlled and water is supplied to the rotating tub. The washing machine further includes a wash cycle in which the laundry is washed and the controller executes a first cycle in which the rotating tub is rotated faster than a rotational speed in the wash cycle so as to discharge air contained inside the laundry before the wash cycle is terminated.