Patent ID: 7047583
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A washing machine comprising: a housing which defines an outer appearance of the washing machine; a spin-drying tub to receive laundry; a washing board which is mounted on an inner surface of a bottom of the spin-drying tub and wobbles to wash the laundry; a drive motor which drives the spin-drying tub and the washing board; a weight detection unit which primarily detects a weight of the laundry according to an amount of current flowing through the drive motor to drive the spin-drying tub and the washing board prior to supplying wash water into spin-drying tub, and which secondarily detects the weight of the laundry while operating the drive motor in a wobbling position, wherein a target water level is determined according to the secondarily detected weight of the laundry and water is secondarily supplied corresponding to the target water level; and a control unit which controls an entire washing operation of the washing machine to correspond to the detected weight of the laundry.