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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2023
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Youngjin Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Kanghyun Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Dongpil Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
Jaeryong Park, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A washing machine includes: a housing; a tub inside the housing; a case connected with the tub; a filter attachable to or detachable from the case; a filtering flow path formed to pass through a portion of the filter; a bypass flow path formed to bypass the portion of the filter; and at least one sensor configured to obtain information about a state of the filter. The washing machine includes; a flow path switching device configured to guide water entered into the case to the filtering flow path or the bypass flow path; and a controller configured to control the flow path switching device to guide the water based on the obtained information about the state of the filter.