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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2011
Pyounghwan Kim, Changwon-si, KR;
Hyungyong Kim, Changwon-si, KR;
Seogkyu Park, Changwon-si, KR;
Youngkee OH, Changwon-si, KR;
Deughee Lee, Changwon-si, KR;
Eunjin Park, Changwon-si, KR;
Taehyok Kwon, Changwon-si, KR;
Pyounghwan Kim, Changwon-si, KR;
Hyungyong Kim, Changwon-si, KR;
Seogkyu Park, Changwon-si, KR;
Youngkee Oh, Changwon-si, KR;
Deughee Lee, Changwon-si, KR;
Eunjin Park, Changwon-si, KR;
Taehyok Kwon, Changwon-si, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a control method of a washing machine which minimizes damage to laundry to be washed. The control method includes executing a washing cycle to wash laundry to be washed by supplying wash water, dissolving detergent in wash water and washing the laundry, executing a rinsing cycle to rinse the laundry by draining wash water, spin-drying the laundry, and rinsing the laundry, and executing a spin-drying cycle to spin-dry the laundry by draining wash water and spin-drying the laundry, wherein the dissolving of the detergent is carried out at a water level lower than a predetermined reference water level.