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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2012
Applicants:
Dong Soo Lee, Seoul, KR;
Chang OH Kim, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Dong Soo Lee, Seoul, KR;
Chang Oh Kim, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/12 (2006.01); D06F 37/22 (2006.01); D06F 37/20 (2006.01); D06F 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/225 (2013.01); D06F 33/02 (2013.01); D06F 37/203 (2013.01); D06F 2202/10 (2013.01); D06F 2222/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are a washing machine and a control method thereof. The control method of the washing machine, including two or more balancing units which are independently movable, includes sensing the weight of laundry to be washed while identically maintaining a phase difference between the two or more balancing units and rotating a drum, and reducing eccentricity of the drum while moving at least one of the two or more balancing units simultaneously with rotation of the drum.