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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2006
Applicants:
Seog Kyu Park, Changwon-si, KR;
IN Geun Ahn, Changwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Seog Kyu Park, Changwon-si, KR;
In Geun Ahn, Changwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A novel washing method that is capable of smoothly washing laundry with low washing water consumption and low power consumption is disclosed. The control method is applied to a washing machine having a steam generation unit. The control method comprising a step of discharging water out of the steam generation unit when a rinsing operation of the washing machine is carried out.