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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Eun Jin Park, Gyeongsangnam-do, KR;
Deug Hee Lee, Gyeongsangnam-do, KR;
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 35/00 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 33/02 (2006.01); D06F 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 35/005 (2013.01); D06F 33/02 (2013.01); D06F 35/00 (2013.01); D06F 39/00 (2013.01); D06F 39/08 (2013.01); D06F 2202/12 (2013.01); D06F 2204/06 (2013.01); D06F 2204/084 (2013.01); D06F 2204/086 (2013.01); D06F 2220/00 (2013.01); D06F 2232/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates a washing machine and a method for controlling the same. The method for controlling a washing machine, having at least one spinning course, the spinning course includes a general spinning step for driving a motor which rotates a drum rotatably mounted in a tub to rotate the drum at a speed higher than a predetermined speed for extracting water, and a foreign matter removal step for supplying water to the tub for removing foreign matters from a space between the tub and the drum, whereby permitting to maintain the washing machine clean.