WASHING MACHINE WITH BALANCER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

摘要

Disclosed herein are a washing machine with a balancer to counterbalance unbalanced load produced during rotation of a drum and a control method thereof. The washing machine having a balancer to counterbalance unbalanced load produced during rotation of the drum seats a mass in a groove in the balancer before rotation of the drum possibly producing unbalance as in the spin-drying cycle begins, thereby efficiently maintaining balance of the drum. Accordingly, vibration in the drum may be reduced and product liability incident due to touch of the frame may be prevented.

主权项

1. A method of controlling a washing machine including a drum, a motor to rotate the drum, and a balancer to counterbalance unbalanced load produced in the drum during rotation of the drum, the method comprising operations of:
(a) rotating the drum in one direction for a first time in a spin-drying cycle; (b) stopping the drum for a second time after rotating the drum in the one direction; (c) rotating the drum in a reverse direction for a third time when the second time elapses; (d) stopping the drum for a second time after rotating the drum in the reverse direction, wherein a clockwise and counterclockwise stirring operation of the drum comprising the operations (a) to (d) is performed at least once to perform a ball distributing cycle of evenly distributing masses in the balancer in a balancer housing.