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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2010
Applicant:
Ju Dong Lee, Bupyeong-gu, KR;
Inventor:
Ju Dong Lee, Bupyeong-gu, KR;
Assignee:
Daewoo Electronics Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 39/04 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A steam control device and method of a washing machine are disclosed. The steam control method includes determining whether an instruction of course washing with steam is input; opening a water supply valve to supply water into a steam generator if the instruction of course washing is input; detecting a temperature of water supplied to the steam generator using a temperature sensor; and checking a water supply time corresponding to the detected water supply temperature and supplying water to the steam generator for the water supply time.