Patent ID: 8776297
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a laundry treatment apparatus, comprising: supplying wash water into a tub during at least one of a wash cycle or a rinse cycle, the tub being provided in a cabinet; rotating a drum having laundry received therein; pumping the wash water to a first spray nozzle and a second spray nozzle as the drum is rotated; and spraying the wash water into the drum in a plurality of directions through the first and second spray nozzles, wherein the first and second spray nozzles are provided at a gasket located between the cabinet and the tub, wherein the first and second spray nozzles are provided below an axis of rotation of the drum and are separated from each other by a prescribed angle relative to the axis of rotation such that one of the first or second spray nozzles is provided at a left side of a vertical centerline of the gasket and the other of the first or second spray nozzles is provided at a right side of the vertical centerline of the gasket, at least one of the first spray nozzle or the second spray nozzle having a first surface and a plurality of guides on the first surface, the wash water being guided upward by the at least one of the first nozzle or the second nozzle into the drum, wherein rotating a drum having laundry received therein comprises accelerating and decelerating the drum, and wherein spraying the wash water into the drum in a plurality of directions through the first and second spray nozzles comprises spraying the wash water upward into the drum through the first spray nozzle and the second spray nozzle while accelerating the drum.