Patent ID: 7353622

Claim:
A method for the drainage of laundry, comprising the steps of: a) driving a drum ( 11 ) in rotation; b) loading the drum ( 11 ) with the laundry and, during the loading, uniformly distributing the laundry onto an inner circumference of the drum ( 11 ); c) spinning the laundry in the drum ( 11 ) at a circumferential speed such that a centrifugal acceleration that is greater than 600 times gravitational acceleration acts on the laundry such that liquid contained in the laundry is removed from the laundry, wherein the drum ( 11 ) is loaded in a position in which drainage of the liquid in the laundry also takes place and the loading of the drum ( 11 ) is carried out with the drum ( 11 ) rotating at a speed that is reduced as compared with the spinning of the laundry to remove the liquid.