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Patent No.:

US 11306424 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 01, 2018

Laundry treating apparatus and method for controlling the apparatus

Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Oshin Kwon, Seoul, KR;

Keunjoo Kim, Seoul, KR;

Jaeyong Jeong, Seoul, KR;

Byunghyun Moon, Seoul, KR;

Dongsoo Lee, Seoul, KR;

Aekyung Chae, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:

Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jason Y Ko

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/16 (2006.01); D06F 33/36 (2020.01); D06F 29/00 (2006.01); D06F 34/18 (2020.01); D06F 103/04 (2020.01); D06F 103/18 (2020.01); D06F 103/24 (2020.01); D06F 103/46 (2020.01); D06F 105/02 (2020.01); D06F 105/46 (2020.01); D06F 105/54 (2020.01); D06F 105/58 (2020.01); D06F 105/60 (2020.01); D06F 101/00 (2020.01); D06F 101/20 (2020.01); D06F 33/34 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/36 (2020.02); D06F 29/005 (2013.01); D06F 37/16 (2013.01); D06F 33/34 (2020.02); D06F 34/18 (2020.02); D06F 2101/00 (2020.02); D06F 2101/20 (2020.02); D06F 2103/04 (2020.02); D06F 2103/18 (2020.02); D06F 2103/24 (2020.02); D06F 2103/46 (2020.02); D06F 2105/02 (2020.02); D06F 2105/46 (2020.02); D06F 2105/54 (2020.02); D06F 2105/58 (2020.02); D06F 2105/60 (2020.02);
Abstract

A laundry treating apparatus may include a main drum and an auxiliary drum selectively mounted on or separated from the main drum. A method for controlling the laundry apparatus may include rotating the main drum to cause a centrifugal force for discharging water from the auxiliary drum before supplying washing water into the auxiliary drum. The method may include one of washing laundry in the main drum while the auxiliary drum is separated from the main drum, washing laundry in only the auxiliary drum while the auxiliary drum is mounted on the main drum, or washing laundry simultaneously in the auxiliary drum and the main drum while the auxiliary drum is mounted on the main drum.

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