Patent ID: 8875333
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a washing machine to perform shower rinsing, the method comprising: performing a shower rinsing by rotating a washing tub while simultaneously directing water supplied to the washing tub toward laundry clinging to an upper part of an inner circumference of the washing tub due to the rotating; repeatedly performing a process to store water supplied to the washing tub as a result of the shower rinsing up to a first predetermined level that is set to be sufficiently high to rinse laundry clinging to a lower part of the inner circumference of the washing tub as a result of the rotating of the washing tub while being insufficiently high to rinse the laundry clinging to the upper part of the inner circumference of the washing tub and to discharge the water from the washing tub to an outside while rotating the washing tub until the water reaches a second predetermined level that is lower than the first predetermined level.