Abstract: A method of laundering fabric including: (a) calculating a final amount of water to be added to a final wash bath; (b) calculating the amount of energy needed to heat this final amount of water to a desired final temperature; (c) contacting an amount of water that is less than the final amount water with fabric to form an intermediate wash bath, wherein a detergent composition is contacted to the fabric during the formation of the intermediate wash bath, or prior to the formation of the intermediate wash bath; (d) heating the water that contacts the fabric during (c) with the energy calculated in (b) such that the intermediate wash bath has a temperature above the desired final temperature; (e) washing the fabric in the intermediate wash bath for at least 3 minutes; (f) contacting the remaining amount of water to the intermediate wash bath to form the final wash bath having the desired final temperature; (g) washing the fabric in the final wash bath for at least 5 minutes; and (h) rinsing the fabric.

Abstract: A microbubble generator is formed from at least two of a flow path constituting section that constitutes a flow path through which a liquid is passable, and a decompression member including a colliding section that is fitted into the flow path constituting section and locally reduces a cross-sectional area of the flow path to generate microbubbles in the liquid that passes through the flow path. This microbubble generator includes an outlet connecting to a negative pressure producing section of the decompression member, an outside air introduction port provided in the flow path constituting section to introduce outside air, and an outside air introduction path communicating between the outside air introduction port and the outlet.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device comprises: a display and a processor, wherein, when at least one condition among the time required to treat an object and an object treatment completion time is input, the processor identifies a plurality of object treatment courses that comply with the condition, identifies the order of priority of the plurality of object treatment courses according to predetermined criteria, and controls the display to provide a list listing information about the plurality of object treatment courses on the basis of the identified order of priority, wherein the object treatment is a process in which an object is cleaned or dried by means of at least one among a cleaning operation and a drying operation.

Abstract: A device for controlling the opening/closing of a door wing of a piece of furniture having a body having at least a sidewall and a back and defining an inner cavity, includes a casing mountable on the furniture body; an inextensible cable, associable at a first end with the door wing and extending with respect to the casing between a retracted position of the door wing in a closed position, and an extracted position of the door wing in an opened position, tilted downwards with respect to the body of the piece of furniture; and an elastic displacement connected to the cable and movable with respect to the casing. The casing is arranged outside the back, with a first guide provided for guiding the cable along the sidewall, and a second guide provided for perpendicularly deviating the cable with respect to the first guide.

Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine that performs a washing process in response to a type of a contaminant in laundry in a 5G environment, a method for controlling a washing machine, and a server for supporting washing. The washing machine according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a processor, a memory operably coupled to the processor and for storing at least one code executed in the processor, and a driver for controlling rotation of an inner tub so as to perform a washing operation on laundry. The memory may store a code to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to identify a type of a contaminant in the laundry, determine a first washing process corresponding to the type of the contaminant, and control the driver based on the first washing process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for handling laundry and a control method thereof, wherein the device for handling laundry, equipped with a plurality of washing units that wash independently of one another, sets a washing course in order that, when washing is being carried out by a first washing unit and a second washing unit at the same time, a specific operation is not carried out by the first washing unit and the second washing unit at the same time, the washing course being set by combining the washing courses of the plurality of washing units, and thus, operational delays resulting from simultaneous operation are prevented, vibrations are reduced, momentary increases in power consumption are prevented, protecting the device for handling laundry and improving energy consumption efficiency.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry handling apparatus and a control method therefor, the laundry handling apparatus being provided with multiple laundry units performing laundry independently of each other. If a first laundry unit and a second laundry unit simultaneously perform laundry and if laundry is not collected after any one laundry unit has completed laundering, the laundry handling apparatus operates with added laundry time according to the laundry time of the other laundry unit, thereby preventing the laundry from creasing and being damaged, and changes the laundry time such that the first and second laundry units finish laundering at the same time, thereby having the effect of facilitating laundry collection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry processing apparatus and a control method therefor, and to a laundry processing apparatus having a plurality of washing parts for performing washing independently of each other, the apparatus: determining whether the plurality of washing parts simultaneously perform washing; and determining whether a simultaneous operation is performed on the basis of the time required when water is supplied, so as to determine an error for the simultaneous operation on the basis of a standard different from an error determination standard during a single operation, thereby reducing the errors frequently occurring because of the simultaneous operation in a normal state.

Abstract: An Internet of Things washing machine control method comprises the steps of, when a power module of the washing machine detects a startup signal, starting up the washing machine, and enabling a communication module to start to connect with the Internet; judging whether the communication module is successfully connected with the Internet, if yes, activating a remote control function and entering the next step, and if no, directly entering the next step; judging whether the washing machine receives an operating command of running a clothes washing program, if yes, executing the operating command and entering the next step, and if no, directly entering the next step; judging whether to shut down the washing machine, if yes, entering the next step, and if no, returning to the step; sending a shutdown signal to the power module, shutting down the washing machine, and powering off the communication module.

Abstract: A washing machine having separate washing arrangements, comprising a housing (1), and, arranged within said housing (1), a first automatic washing system (2) and a second automatic washing system (3). The housing (1) contains a first washing area (4) for accommodating the first automatic washing system (2) and a second washing area (5) for accommodating the second automatic washing system (3), said first washing area (4) and second washing area (5) being arranged one on the left and the other on the right. The vertical plane upon which are located the axis of the first automatic washing system (2) and the axis of the second automatic washing system (3) and the vertical plane of the center line of the top of the present washing machine form an angle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes treating system and a control method therefore and, more particularly, to a clothes treating system comprising an external terminal and a clothes treating device formed to be able to communicate with the external terminal, wherein the clothes treating device comprises a power input unit, a course selection unit formed for selecting a course among preconfigured courses, and an execution input unit for driving the clothes treating device according to the selected course; and the external terminal is formed to display information on an external environment and one or more recommended courses preconfigured on the basis of the information on the external environment, after power is input to the clothes treating device and before an execution command is input through the execution input unit.

Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a rotatable container at least partially defining a treating chamber, a motor for rotating the treating chamber, and an electric heater for heating liquid supplied to or in the treating chamber by simultaneously operating the electric motor to effect the rotation of the treating chamber and operating an electric heating element to heat liquid.

Abstract: A circuit configuration for operating a household device contains a power supply connector, an electrical load that is connected via a power connection cable to the power supply connector, and a controller for an endangering component. The controller is connected via a power connection cable to the power supply connector. A device for switching the controller on and off is arranged between the controller and the power supply connector. Safety equipment for disconnecting the controller from the power supply connector is arranged between the power supply connector and the device for switching. In order to supply the controller with electrical power even when the safety equipment is active, the electrical load is connected between the power supply connector and the safety equipment. A connecting cable is provided that connects the controller via the electrical load to the power supply connector, and in which the device for switching is arranged.

Abstract: The control-panel assembly (1) for household appliances and the like, includes: an outer dashboard (2), and at least one rigid protecting box (4). The outer dashboard (2) is provided with at least one protruding appendix (7) that sticks out of its rear face (2r) and that has a coupling ridge (7a) provided with a number of consecutive coupling segments (7b) that are tilted relative to one another. The protecting box (4) is provided with a corresponding cap appendix (8) dimensioned for resting onto the top of the protruding appendix (7), and which has at least one coupling portion (8a) which is shaped for stably matching with any one of the consecutive coupling segments (7b) of the coupling ridge (7a) of the protruding appendix (7). This allows a discrete adjustment of the spatial orientation of the protecting box (4) with respect to the rear face (2r) of the outer dashboard (2).

Abstract: The inventive washing machine is capable of hygienically and properly performing a rinsing operation with the use of bathwater. The washing machine includes a bathwater pump (34), so that bathwater can be retained in a washing tub (3). A water circulation passage (42, 43, 44, 45, 15, 55, 25, 57, 26, 58, 59) is provided for circulating laundry water to the washing tub (3). The bathwater retained in the washing tub (3) is circulated through the water circulation passage, and ozone generated by an ozone generator (19) is mixed with the circulated water, whereby the water (bathwater) is cleaned. This water cleaning operation is performed in a rinsing step. When the ozone is supplied in the rinsing step, the ozone is effective to sterilize the bathwater and decompose dirt and odorant of laundry. Therefore, the rinsing operation to be performed in this manner is comparable to a rinsing operation to be performed with the use of tap water.

Abstract: An off-balance detection method comprises a plurality of off-balance detection schemes that utilize wash basket speed to detect an off-balance load condition at speed ranges that span the entire spin cycle and include speeds corresponding to natural frequencies of a mass comprising a wash tub and a wash basket. The schemes can be used alone or in combination with one or more of the other schemes. The off-balance detection method can further comprise a power limiting method to prevent motor overload when an off-balance condition is present.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a laundry treating apparatus including a washing course for eliminating dirt or contaminants from laundry loaded in a drum, a washing-dehydrating course for eliminating water elements from the laundry having the washing course by accelerating the drum; and a rinsing course performed after the washing-dehydrating course, the rinsing course for eliminating detergent used in the washing course and remaining dirt or contaminants of the laundry by rotating the drum, wherein the drum is decelerated down to a rinsing RPM higher than 0 RPM together with finishing of the washing-dehydrating course and the rinsing course starts at the rinsing RPM.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is directed to an automated laundry system. The system includes a number of perforated clothes drums, each of which holds a single load of laundry, and a washer/dryer unit. The washer/dryer unit includes a loading rack for queuing the drums for subsequent washing, a clothes washing component adapted to sequentially receive the drums from the loading rack and wash the respective loads of laundry therein, a clothes drying component adapted to sequentially receive the drums from the clothes washing component and dry the loads of laundry therein, and a holding rack for sequentially receiving the drums from the clothes drying component and holding the drums for a period of time.

Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.

Abstract: A control system for a fabric treating appliance configured to determine one or more operating parameters of a cycle of operation as a function of a user-selected performance goal weighting.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry treating apparatus including a drum for holding a washing object, a drive unit having a motor for rotating the drum, a drive controller for controlling the drive unit, a display unit having an input unit for user's application of a drive unit control order thereto, and a display for displaying a treating progress of the washing object, a display unit controller having an input data processing unit for receiving a control order from the input unit and providing the same to the drive controller, an output data processing unit for receiving the drive data from the drive controller and providing the same to the display, and a processing unit control program for running the input data processing unit and the output data processing unit, a system managing unit for enabling the drive controller and the display unit to make data exchange with the display unit controller, and ordering operation of the display unit and running of the processing unit control program, a list sto

Abstract: A household washing machine that includes a foam-promoting agent dispenser that adds a predetermined amount of a foam-promoting agent during a washing cycle, and a foam-inhibiting agent dispenser that adds a predetermined amount of a foam-inhibiting agent before the end of a rinsing cycle.

Abstract: The present subject matter relates to methods and apparatus for controlling operation of a washing machine motor. Different control algorithms may be used during different time periods of operation of the motor where each algorithm is configured to provide different operating characteristics of the motor based on the needs of the washing machine system. The method and apparatus both provide for changing from one motor control algorithm to another algorithm while the motor is spinning. For certain type motors, a time period may be established between operation of the motor under a first or second control algorithms where no energy is supplied to the motor but the motor is permitted to continue to spin. During this period of time for these type motors, magnetic fields in the motor are permitted to subside prior to application of the second control algorithm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry machine and a controlling method, which can remove allergens on the laundry. A controlling method of a laundry machine includes a mite-killing step of supplying seam to a drum to make laundry exposed to a hot environment at or over a temperature and for or over a duration of time, wherein the temperature and the duration are predetermined enough to kill house dust mites on the laundry; a rinsing step of rinsing the laundry; and a spin-drying step of spin-drying the rinsed laundry. The present invention has a advantageous effect of removing allergens including house dust mites, animal hair and pollens efficiently. In addition, if the house dust mites are killed by using steam, energy efficiency is high and an effect of mite-killing is great.

Abstract: A washing machine and a control method thereof are disclosed. The control method includes supplying water into a tub, washing an object to be washed via rotation of a drum, rinsing the washed object, and dehydrating the washed object to remove moisture from the object. In the water supply step, steam is ejected simultaneously with the supply of water, to regulate the interior temperature of the drum.

Abstract: A washing machine provided with a structure thereof capable of draining and circulating by using a single pump and capable of enhancing washing performance by using a circulation of water and a rotation of a drum, and a control method thereof, in which the structure of the washing machine is simplified through the change of the flow path that enables the draining and the circulation of water by using a general pump while decreasing the number of the components of the washing machine. The manufacturing cost of the washing machine is reduced, because the washing machine accelerates the dissolution of detergent by generating large amount of bubbles by using the circulation of water and the rotation of the drum, without additional components, thereby washing performance of the washing machine is enhanced, and by maintaining the bubbles that are generated, the non-tangible quality that a user feels in the course of washing is enhanced.

Abstract: Disclosed is a clothes dryer, comprising: a body; a drum rotatably installed at the body; a duct for guiding air exhausted from the drum; and a filter assembly for filtering lint included in the air exhausted from the drum. The filter assembly includes a lint filter and a cover filter, and a lint collector encompassed by the lint filter and the cover filter. The clothes dryer includes sensing means for sensing whether the lint filter has been mounted to a precise position or not. The sensing means consists of a magnet mounted to a mesh frame of the lint filter, and a reed switch mounted to a cover guide.

Abstract: A home laundry drier (1) comprising an outer box casing (2) and, inside the casing, a laundry drying container (3) for housing the laundry to be dried, a hot-air generator (7) for circulating a stream of hot air inside said laundry drying container (3), and a steam generator (20) for feeding steam into said laundry drying container (3); the steam generator (20) comprising a steam-generating boiler (21) designed to receive water and convert it into a stream of low-pressure steam whose pressure is higher than external pressure, a steam injection nozzle (22) structured for projecting jets of low-pressure steam directly inside the laundry drying container (3), and a steam exhaust manifold (23) connecting the outlet of the steam-generating boiler (21) to the steam injection nozzle (22) for feeding the low-pressure steam produced by the steam-generating boiler (21) directly to said steam injection nozzle (22); the steam injection nozzle (22) being located over the steam-generating boiler (21), and said steam exhaus

Abstract: The present invention relates to a household appliance (1), constituting a display (3) which enables the user to observe the performance state of the household appliance (1) and one or more input units (2) that enable the user to make visual or audio data entries.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid storage container and a clothes dryer having the same. The liquid storage container comprises: a reservoir installed at the clothes dryer, and configured to store liquid therein; a light transmitting window disposed above the reservoir; and a level indicator configured to be partially or wholly immersed into the liquid stored in the reservoir according to a level of the liquid. According to the amount of the liquid stored in the reservoir, an immersed degree of the level indicator into the liquid may become different. Accordingly, a user may easily and rapidly check a remaining amount of the liquid with his or her naked eyes.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a laundry drum which is rotatably mounted inside a tub. The tub is connected in a fixed manner within a surrounding housing. The axis of rotation of the laundry drum is variable in height with respect to the tub. Elastic elements are positioned outside the tub to suspend the laundry drum together with a drive unit within the housing in an oscillating manner. The presence of a relatively high water consumption of the washing machine can be avoided and the relative position of the laundry drum with respect to the tub can be adjusted by providing a position-adjusting device, by which the height and/or the angle of the axis of rotation can be adjusted within limits, and which engages with a part that is connected in a fixed manner to the bearing for the drive shaft of the laundry drum.

Abstract: A dishwasher, the program control of which permits the installation of the program control module in the dishwasher, a subsequent programming of the program control and a change to the rinse program sequence pre-programmed in the program control. An electronic program control for the control of rinsing program sequences is provided with a programmable control module and includes an interface, for the external programming of at least one rinsing program sequence, carried out by the program control, which may be directly contacted from outside the dishwasher. By integrating an interface that may be directly contacted from outside the dishwasher, for the external programming of rinsing program sequences in the control module of the program control, the program control can be installed in the dishwasher without pre-programming and programmed in a final step, or after the production of the dishwasher.

Abstract: A drum type washing machine having a control panel assembly which can make, not only an exterior of the drum type washing machine beautiful, but also enable the user to operate the drum type washing machine easily is provided. The drum type washing machine includes a body which forms an exterior of the drum type washing machine, a front plate secured to a front of the body, having a door mounted thereto, and a touch switch mounted to the front plate for applying a washing course.

Abstract: A method to improve the cleansing effect on non-delicate washing which is to be washed in a washing machine comprising a washing drum. The washing drum is driven in at least one A phase (intensive wetting) and in at least one second B phase (high wash mechanics) within the washing and/or rinsing processes. Said phases are successive at least once during said washing and/or rinsing processes. In the A phase (intensive wetting), the washing drum accelerates in the first rotational direction (+) up to a rotational speed n1 which is significantly greater than the applicational rotational speed and in the other rotational direction (?) up to a second rotational speed n2 which is significantly less than the applicational speed. In the B phase (high wash mechanics), the washing drum accelerates in both rotational directions up to rotational speeds whereat the individual items of washing are highly spun and are rubbed against each other.

Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.

Abstract: A tunnel finisher apparatus for use in garment and fabric cleaning and finishing is provided utilizing atmospheric pressure steam to treat the garments or fabrics and using a mixture of highly heated air mixed with atmospheric steam to further treat garments and fabrics.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of displaying recommended washing machine operation information to control a washing machine, a method of operating the mobile terminal, a washing machine capable of operating the recommended washing machine operation information, and a method of operating the washing machine. The method of operating the mobile terminal to control a washing machine includes displaying a menu screen including a washing machine management menu, and displaying recommended washing machine operation information which is set according to external environment information when a recommended operation item is selected from the washing machine management menu. Thus since the recommended washing machine operation information is displayed using the mobile terminal according to external conditions such as weather, time, and season irrespective of time and place, convenience is provided.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a washing tub, a water tub, a drive unit, a feed-water unit, a drain unit, a water softening unit, a pH increasing unit, a pH decreasing unit, and a control unit. The water softening unit is disposed between the feed-water unit and the water tub, and is filled with a weak acid cation exchange material having weak acidic cation exchange groups with a pH from 7.5 to 14 at point of zero charge. The pH increasing unit increases the pH of washing water, and the pH decreasing unit decreases the pH of the washing water.

Abstract: A washing machine to provide a user interface environment using a full-touch LCD to perform communication over a network and a method of controlling the same. It is possible to provide a user interface by simple and convenient touch manipulation and display information regarding a user manipulation state and an operation state of the washing machine according to various visual/tactile tastes.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus capable of washing and drying laundry and a control method therefore are disclosed. The laundry treating apparatus includes a first laundry treating device (100) configured to process laundry based on preset operating conditions, a second laundry treating device (200) installed adjacent to the first laundry treating device (100) and configured to process laundry based on preset operating conditions independently of the first laundry treating device (100), first and second heaters installed respectively in the first (100) and second (200) laundry treating devices, and a control device to determine the order of priority upon operations of the first and second heaters in consideration of the preset operating conditions and to selectively operate only any one of the first and second heaters after operating the determined heater first.

Abstract: A laundry machine that treats laundry housed in a rotating drum is disclosed. The laundry machine includes a cabinet (110), a tub (120) provided in the cabinet (110) to store wash water, a drum (130) rotatably provided in the tub (120) to house laundry, an angle change device (170) to change a tilting angle of a rotation shaft (144) of the drum (130), and a controller to control an operation of the angle change device (170) and a rotating operation of the drum (130) in a plurality of rotation angle modes.

Abstract: The laundry machine includes a cabinet (110), a tub (120) in the cabinet for holding washing water, a drum (130) rotatably mounted in the tub (120), a heater (115) in the tub for heating the washing water, and a control unit for controlling the heater and the drum, wherein the control unit controls heater to operate selectively in a spinning course for drying washing objects.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry machine (100) including a cabinet (10), a tub (30) mounted in the cabinet (10), a drum (50) rotatably mounted in the tub (30), a driving unit (70) for rotating the drum (50), and a control unit (60) for controlling scheduled operation of the driving unit (70) according to a real time, thereby permitting to display a real time and control the laundry machine (100) by using the real time and the midnight time saving electricity.

Abstract: A method and control system for automatically halting operation of a washing machine by stopping operation of the washing machine motor is provided. The washing machine that implements the method includes a motor controller having a primary microprocessor and a secondary microprocessor which serves as a backup redundancy processor in the event there is a malfunction with the primary microprocessor or the primary microprocessor fails to halt washing machine operation within a prescribed window of time. The primary microprocessor controls operation of all of the washing machine electrically controlled components. The secondary microprocessor is electrically connected to a lid switch and the washing machine motor and is configured to halt operation of the motor in response to the primary microprocessor failing to halt motor operation after the lid is open.

Abstract: A control for an automatic washer to operate the washer through a wash cycle determined based upon various soils and stains in the substrate load to be washed with a wash liquor in a wash zone of the washer. The control has a plurality of stain/soil type entrées, which can be at least one of selected and detected, and cleaned with a particular wash cycle. The control has dispensing control over at least one wash liquor additive. The control has operational control over activators and deactivators for members of the additives group. The control has operational control over the particular wash cycles using the dispensing control to dispense additives to the wash liquor at selected times during the wash cycle and operating the activators and deactivators at selected times during the wash cycle.

Abstract: A method for spin-drying textiles being subjected to a method for the production of a hydrophobic effect in a washing machine. Textiles located within the drum are brought into contact with hydrophobing substances dissolved in the washing liquid. The drum is accelerated for a first number of spin pulses to reach a speed in a first spinning block when the washing liquid is removed from the outer tub, the speed being below a critical speed of rotation. The drum is accelerated in a second spinning block for a second number of spin pulses to reach a speed that is above the critical speed of rotation. The drum is accelerated in a third and final spinning block for a third number of spinning pulses to reach a maximum speed of rotation that is compatible with the washing.

Abstract: A commercial washing machine that can be easily repaired and inspected and a washing method of the same are disclosed. The commercial washing machine includes a machine body for performing a predetermined washing cycle to laundry placed therein, a money depositing device mounted at one side of the machine body for allowing a user to deposit money therein, a control unit for controlling the washing cycle of the machine body, and a termination signal input device electrically connected to the control unit for allowing a signal for terminating the washing cycle in progress to be inputted thereto from the outside. The washing method includes detecting whether money has been deposited, performing a washing cycle including a washing operation, a rinsing operation, or a spin-drying operation according to the selection of a user, and terminating the washing cycle according to a termination signal inputted from the outside, irrespective of whether the remaining operations exist.

Abstract: A control system for a fabric treating appliance configured to determine one or more operating parameters of a cycle of operation as a function of a user-selected performance goal weighting.

Abstract: A washing machine using steam and a method for controlling the same is disclosed. The washing machine with a steam generator (100) selectively supplying steam inot a drum (30) according to the present invention includes a course select part (420) for a user to select a wash course, a steam select part (430) for a user to select whether steam washing is operated and a controller (440) for controlling the steam generator (100) based on a wash course selected from the course select part (420) (an inputted wash course) and a signal selected from the steam select part (430). The present invention has an advantageous effect that convenience is improved for a user to use the washing machine using steam as well as washing performance is improved, because disadvantages due to malfunctions of a steam generator are prevented.

Abstract: A washing machine having a wireless communicating controller therein is disclosed, by which electric wires used for a controller in the washing machine are reduced and by which a main control unit is separated from an input unit or a display unit to secure a free movement and by which an installation position of an input unit or a display unit can be easily changed.