Bleaching and dyeing; fluid treatment and chemical modification – Fluid treatment – Manipulation of liquid
Reexamination Certificate
2004-07-22
2009-02-03
Stinson, Frankie L (Department: 1792)
Bleaching and dyeing; fluid treatment and chemical modification
Fluid treatment
Manipulation of liquid
C008S159000, C068S024000, C068S012040, C068S012060, C068S012160
Reexamination Certificate
active
07484258
ABSTRACT:
A method and an apparatus for detecting a laundry weight of a washing machine can correctly detect a laundry weight of a washing machine. To this end, a motor of a washing machine is driven at a first speed and then at a second speed, and a laundry weight is detected on the basis of a value of a first current for driving the motor at the first speed and a value of a second current for driving the motor at the second speed.
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Cho Kwan-Yuhl
Kim Tae-Kyoung
Yang Soon-Bae
Greenblum & Bernstein P.L.C.
LG Electronics Inc.
Stinson Frankie L
Waldbaum Samuel A
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