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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Chang Woo Son, Changwon-si, KR;
Sang Hun Bae, Changwon-si, KR;
Chul Jin Choi, Changwon-si, KR;
Dong Hyun Kim, Changwon-si, KR;
Young Bok Son, Changwon-si, KR;
Heung Jae Kim, Changwon-si, KR;
Chang Woo Son, Changwon-si, KR;
Sang Hun Bae, Changwon-si, KR;
Chul Jin Choi, Changwon-si, KR;
Dong Hyun Kim, Changwon-si, KR;
Young Bok Son, Changwon-si, KR;
Heung Jae Kim, Changwon-si, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A laundry machine including a selectively rotatable drum, a pump for supplying water to a steam generator, and a controller for determining if the pump is out of order. This determination is made by monitoring either a time period required for supplying water to a preset water level of the steam generator or electric current drawn by the pump.