Patent ID: 8261389
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: A61L,D06F

Abstract:
1. A control method of a laundry treating machine comprising an accommodating space receiving laundry therein, the control method comprising: selecting one of at least a first or second courses to sanitize laundry; and supplying steam to the laundry in the accommodating space; controlling a temperature of the accommodating space and a steam supplying time by supplying the steam to the accommodating space, in accordance with the selected course; and maintaining a temperature of the laundry at a predetermined standard sanitary temperature or higher for a predetermined standard sanitary time, in accordance with the selected course by controlling a heater generating steam to adjust the steam supplying time according to the predetermined maximum temperature of the accommodating space in the first course and the predetermined minimum temperature of the accommodating space in the second course.