Laundry Machine and Controlling Method of the Same
First Claim
1. A controlling method of a laundry machine comprising:
- a tiny-creatures-killing step of supplying seam to a drum to make laundry exposed to a hot environment at or over a temperature and for or over a duration of time, wherein the temperature and the duration are predetermined enough to kill tiny creatures on the laundry;
a rinsing step of rinsing the laundry; and
a spin-drying step of spin-drying the rinsed laundry.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a laundry machine and a controlling method, which can remove allergens on the laundry. A controlling method of a laundry machine includes a mite-killing step of supplying seam to a drum to make laundry exposed to a hot environment at or over a temperature and for or over a duration of time, wherein the temperature and the duration are predetermined enough to kill house dust mites on the laundry; a rinsing step of rinsing the laundry; and a spin-drying step of spin-drying the rinsed laundry. The present invention has an advantageous effect of removing allergens including house dust mites, animal hair and pollens efficiently. In addition, if the house dust mites are killed by using steam, energy efficiency is high and an effect of mite-killing is great.
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22 Claims
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1. A controlling method of a laundry machine comprising:
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a tiny-creatures-killing step of supplying seam to a drum to make laundry exposed to a hot environment at or over a temperature and for or over a duration of time, wherein the temperature and the duration are predetermined enough to kill tiny creatures on the laundry; a rinsing step of rinsing the laundry; and a spin-drying step of spin-drying the rinsed laundry. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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14. The controlling method of 8, wherein the detergent contains protease.
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19. A controlling method of a laundry machine, the method comprising:
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washing laundry; rinsing the laundry four times or more; and spin-drying the laundry.
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20. A laundry machine comprising:
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a steam generator to generate steam to supply the steam to the drum; and a controller to control the steam generator to supply the steam into the drum to make laundry exposed to a hot environment at or over a temperature for or over a duration of time, wherein the temperature and the duration are predetermined enough to kill tiny creatures on the laundry. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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