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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2024
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Hidekazu Funakoshi, Yokohama, JP;
Osamu Kazama, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Katsumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuyuki Sonoda, Yokohama, JP;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A washing machine includes a controller for controlling a series of washing processes. In a first process, the controller sets a clutch to a first mode in which a rotation of a motor is transferred to a rotating tub via a reducer, and controls the motor to allow the rotation tube to rotate with a first rotation speed which is greater than or equal to a certain rotation speed set to generate a centrifugal force to make laundry stuck to an internal wall of the rotating tub. In a second process after the first process, the controller sets the clutch to a second mode in which the rotation of the motor is transferred to the rotating tub without being through the reducer, and controls the motor to allow the rotating tub to rotate with a second rotation speed which is greater than the first rotation speed.