Patent ID: 7904984
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: D06F,H02P,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a motor-driven washing machine, the method comprising the steps of: determining weight of a load of clothes being contained in a tub; braking the motor according to a slow brake logic if a interruption of the motor is ordered when the motor speed is less than or equal to a third predetermined speed(W selecting one of a plurality of rapid-brake logics on the basis of the measured weight of a load of clothes and braking the motor according to the selected rapid-brake logic if a interruption of the motor is ordered when the motor speed is greater than or equal to a third predetermined speed(W braking the motor according to the selected rapid-brake logic based on the measured weight of a load of clothes when the motor speed is greater than or equal to a third predetermined speed(W