Patent ID: 6684441
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
Method for washing items of laundry using a treatment liquid in a rotary-driven drum having successive treatment chambers arranged in a longitudinal direction, wherein the items of laundry are conducted along in a treatment direction through the successive treatment chambers of the drum, comprising the steps of: (a) separating the treatment liquid from the items of laundry in the relevant chamber during a final phase of treatment; (b) transferring the items of laundry (11) from the relevant chamber to a following chamber essentially without the treatment liquid, namely, any free detergent solution that is not tied up in the items of laundry (11); and (c) driving the drum in a respective operational mode while separating the treatment liquid from the items of laundry, whereby essentially only the items of laundry (11) are transferred form the relevant chamber to the following chamber.