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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2021
Miele & Cie. KG, Gütersloh, DE;
Dirk Sieding, Lünen, DE;
Rainer Bicker, Verl, DE;
Magnus Kortenjann, Telgte, DE;
Markus Drücker, Gütersloh, DE;
Steffen Lasner, Borgholzhausen, DE;
Benedikt Fechtel, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, DE;
Marcel Zielke, Ennigerloh, DE;
MIELE & CIE. KG, Gütersloh, DE;
Abstract
A washing machine and a method for operating the washing machine having a suds container for receiving water, a rib-free drum, which is rotatably mounted in the suds container, for receiving laundry, a motor for driving the drum, and an open-loop or closed-loop control device, wherein the method has a pre-ironing phase (Vb) for pre-ironing of the laundry located in the drum, during which phase steam is conducted into the drum and the drum is moved by means of the motor into a right-left pendulum motion, the pendulum rhythm of which is controlled using open-loop or closed-loop control by means of the open-loop or closed-loop control device in such a way that the drum is at least intermittently untouched by the laundry.