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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2010
Applicants:
Soonan Park, Changwon-si, KR;
Yongtae Kim, Changwon-si, KR;
Kichul Cho, Changwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 35/00 (2006.01); D06F 33/02 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/02 (2013.01); A47L 15/4212 (2013.01); D06F 39/081 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are a washing machine and a washing method. The washing machine includes a cabinet, an outer tub disposed in the cabinet and provided with an opened top through which wash water is supplied into the outer tub, an inner tub that is disposed in the outer tub to receive laundry and rotates about a vertical axis, a base that supports the cabinet and stores the wash water that is splattered from the outer tub by rotation of the inner tub, and an electrode sensor that is disposed on the base to detect the wash water splattered out of the outer tub.