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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11591737 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 25, 2020

Washing machine and method of controlling the same

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Kyoung Sup Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Eun-Young Park, Suwon-si, KR;

Hyun Sook Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Dong-Il Back, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Jun-Young Choi, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Levon J Shahinian

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 29/00 (2006.01); D06F 31/00 (2006.01); D06F 33/00 (2020.01); D06F 33/32 (2020.01); D06F 33/72 (2020.01); D06F 34/24 (2020.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.01); D06F 39/04 (2006.01); D06F 103/16 (2020.01); D06F 103/38 (2020.01); D06F 105/28 (2020.01); D06F 105/58 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/72 (2020.02); D06F 31/005 (2013.01); D06F 33/00 (2013.01); D06F 33/32 (2020.02); D06F 34/24 (2020.02); D06F 29/00 (2013.01); D06F 31/00 (2013.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.02); D06F 39/04 (2013.01); D06F 2103/16 (2020.02); D06F 2103/38 (2020.02); D06F 2105/28 (2020.02); D06F 2105/58 (2020.02);
Abstract

A washing machine in which a first main heater is not driven while wash water stored in a first tub and wash water stored in a second tub are simultaneously heated, and a method of controlling the same. A washing machine includes: a first tub configured to store wash water; a first main heater configured to heat wash water stored in the first tub; a first sub heater configured to heat wash water stored in the first tub; a second tub configured to store wash water; and a second heater configured to heat wash water stored in the second tub, wherein a power consumption required to drive the first main heater is greater than a power consumption required to drive the first sub heater, and the first main heater is not driven while wash water stored in the first tube and wash water stored in the second tub are simultaneously heated.

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