Patent ID: 7530134
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A method for washing sportswear items in a washing machine that includes a clothes holding drum rotatable contained in a washing tub, the method comprising: a main wash phase including rotating the clothes holding drum at a main wash speed; a preliminary wash phase performed prior to said main wash phase, said preliminary wash phase including washing the sportswear items in cold water without any detergent and rotating the clothes holding drum at a preliminary wash speed that is lower than the main wash speed, so as to remove soil that is adhered to the sportswear items; a soil settling phase performed after said preliminary wash phase, said soil settling phase including stopping the rotation of the clothes holding drum and maintaining the clothes holding drum in a stationary position for a predetermined time, such that the soil removed by said preliminary wash phase settles on a bottom of the washing tub; and a water discharge phase performed after said soil settling phase, said water discharge phase including discharging the cold water from the clothes holding drum.