IP Library Granted Patent US 10,422,064
Granted Patent B2
US 10,422,064 · App. 15/436,101 · Granted Sep 24, 2019

Washing apparatus and control method for the same

Inventors: Su Jin Seong (Suwon-si, KR); Hyun Sook Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Woo Kyung Jung (Suwon-si, KR); Ja Yeon Seo (Suwon-si, KR); Seung-Mok Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Yu Ri Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Jong Ho Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Yong Mi Jung (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
D06F33/02D06F23/06D06F37/22D06F37/304D06F37/36D06F39/005D06F39/02D06F39/085D06F39/088D06F39/14
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Patent No.
US 10,422,064
App. No.
15/436,101
Granted
Sep 24, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A washing apparatus and control method where the washing apparatus comprises a door configured to open and close the entrance; a tub inside a main body; a diaphragm configured to connect the entrance with the opening; and a drum rotatably provided inside the tub. The washing apparatus includes a door washing nozzle to inject water for a first time in a first section and then to inject the water for a second time in a second section when a washing mode of the diaphragm is entered. The washing mode of the diaphragm including the first section in which the drum in a stopped state is accelerated to arrive at a first target rotation speed less than a second target rotation speed and the second section in which the drum at the first target rotation speed is accelerated to arrive at the second target rotation speed.

Claims (20)

1. A washing apparatus, comprising:

a main body having an entrance provided at a front side thereof;

a door configured to open and close the entrance;

a tub having an opening corresponding to the entrance and provided inside the main body;

a diaphragm configured to connect the entrance with the opening;

a drum rotatably provided inside the tub;

a door washing nozzle provided on the diaphragm to inject water to the door; and

a controller configured to control the door washing nozzle to inject the water for a first time in a first section and then to inject the water for a second time in a second section when a washing mode of the diaphragm is entered,

wherein the washing mode of the diaphragm includes the first section in which the drum in a stopped state is accelerated to arrive at a first target rotation speed and the second section in which the drum at the first target rotation speed is accelerated to arrive at a second target rotation speed,

wherein the first target rotation speed is less than the second target rotation speed.

2. The washing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the diaphragm includes a buffer provided to be bent and thus to reduce vibration generated by rotation of the drum from being transmitted to the main body, and the controller controls the door washing nozzle to provide the water to the buffer of the diaphragm.

3. The washing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a washing reinforcement nozzle provided on the diaphragm to inject the water into the drum,

wherein the controller controls the washing reinforcement nozzle to inject the water when the door washing nozzle injects the water.

4. The washing apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising a water supply pipe configured to simultaneously supply the water to the door washing nozzle and the washing reinforcement nozzle,

wherein the controller controls opening and closing of the water supply pipe so that the water supplied through the water supply pipe is injected through the door washing nozzle and the washing reinforcement nozzle.

5. The washing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller controls the drum to be rotated with a first rotational acceleration in the first section and then to be rotated with a second rotational acceleration in the second section when the washing mode of the diaphragm is entered.

6. The washing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller controls the drum to be constantly rotated for a third time when the drum arrives at the first target rotation speed.

7. The washing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an input part configured to receive a command for entering the washing mode of the diaphragm.

8. The washing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller controls the washing apparatus to enter the washing mode of the diaphragm when the washing apparatus performs at least one of a rinsing stroke and a spin-drying stroke.

9. The washing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller controls the door washing nozzle to inject the water for the first time when the drum is rotated at 300 RPM or more in the first section.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2017
From: SEONG, SU JIN; KIM, HYUN SOOK; JUNG, WOO KYUNG; SEO, JA YEON; LEE, SEUNG-MOK; LEE, YU RI; LEE, JONG HO; JUNG, YONG MI
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041420/0047 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0021157 · Feb 23, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170241060A1 · Aug 24, 2017
Cited By (2)
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