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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 39/02 (2006.01); D06F 33/37 (2020.01); D06F 34/18 (2020.01); D06F 103/22 (2020.01); D06F 105/42 (2020.01); D06F 33/57 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 39/022 (2013.01); D06F 33/37 (2020.02); D06F 34/18 (2020.02); D06F 39/02 (2013.01); D06F 33/57 (2020.02); D06F 2103/22 (2020.02); D06F 2105/42 (2020.02);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a washing machine and a control method of the same. The washing machine includes: a detergent supply device which supplies a liquid additive to the tub; and a controller which controls the operation of the detergent supply device. The detergent supply device includes: a plurality of cartridges which contain the additive respectively; an electrode sensor which detects conductivity of the additive contained in the plurality of cartridges; and a pump which extracts the additive contained in the cartridge. The controller determines a type of additive contained in the cartridge based on a detection value of the electrode sensor.