Global Patent Index - EP 3412822 A1

EP 3412822 A1 20181212 - DRUM WASHING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CLEANING TUB THEREOF

Title (en)

DRUM WASHING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CLEANING TUB THEREOF

Title (de)

TROMMELWASCHMASCHINE UND VERFAHREN ZUM REINIGEN EINER WANNE DAVON

Title (fr)

MACHINE À LAVER À TAMBOUR ET SON PROCÉDÉ DE NETTOYAGE DE CUVE

Publication

EP 3412822 A1 20181212 (EN)

Application

EP 17747647 A 20170120

Priority

  • KR 20160012220 A 20160201
  • KR 20160012222 A 20160201
  • KR 20160012224 A 20160201
  • KR 20160012219 A 20160201
  • KR 2017000704 W 20170120

Abstract (en)

The present invention relates to a washing machine, and more specifically to a drum washing machine allowing a tub to be easily cleaned, and a method for cleaning the tub of the drum washing machine. To that end, the present invention, with respect to a method for controlling a washing machine comprising rinsing and spin-drying cycles, provides a method for controlling the washing machine comprising: a first water supplying step for supplying washing water to the interior of a tub while a drum is rotating at a water-supplying RPM; and first wash step, executed following the completion of the first water supply step, for accelerating the rotation of the drum from the water-supplying RPM to first-wash RPM so that a circulartory flow is created in which the washing water falls from the top of both ends of the tub while circulating along the inner circumferential surface of the tub due to the rotational power of the drum.

IPC 8 full level

D06F 33/02 (2006.01); D06F 35/00 (2006.01); D06F 37/04 (2006.01); D06F 37/22 (2006.01); D06F 37/40 (2006.01); D06F 37/42 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

D06F 23/02 (2013.01 - KR US); D06F 33/43 (2020.02 - EP KR US); D06F 37/04 (2013.01 - EP KR US); D06F 37/36 (2013.01 - KR US); D06F 37/40 (2013.01 - EP KR US); D06F 21/00 (2013.01 - US); D06F 39/085 (2013.01 - EP KR US); D06F 2103/26 (2020.02 - EP KR US); D06F 2105/02 (2020.02 - EP KR US); D06F 2105/08 (2020.02 - EP KR US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3412822 A1 20181212; EP 3412822 A4 20191120; EP 3412822 B1 20210331; EP 3412822 B9 20210818; AU 2017214013 A1 20180823; AU 2017214013 B2 20190704; CN 108603320 A 20180928; CN 108603320 B 20210205; KR 102522794 B1 20230419; KR 20180101412 A 20180912; WO 2017135602 A1 20170810

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 17747647 A 20170120; AU 2017214013 A 20170120; CN 201780009350 A 20170120; KR 2017000704 W 20170120; KR 20187021052 A 20170120