Patent ID: 8713736
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A control method of a washing machine comprising a rotatable drum, the control method comprising: accelerating the drum to a preset speed such that laundry held in the drum is held in contact with an inner wall of the drum by a centrifugal force; decelerating the drum such that the laundry is temporarily separated from the inner wall of the drum, but not dropped from the inner wall of the drum, wherein wash water is supplied to the drum while the laundry is held in contact with the inner wall of the drum by the centrifugal force, or while the laundry is temporarily separated from the inner wall of the drum; accelerating the drum back to the preset speed so that the laundry is again held in contact with the inner wall of the drum; and repeating the accelerating, decelerating and accelerating steps a predetermined number of times.