METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF LAUNDRY, AND WASHING MACHINE SUITABLE FOR THIS PURPOSE

摘要

The invention relates to a method for the treatment of laundry (7), having a washing lye in a washing machine comprising a lye discharge system (18) disposed on the base of a lye container (1), a pivotally supported drum (2), and a heating device (13, 16) for the direct heating of a load (a1) of laundry (7) containing the washing lye, the method comprising the steps of: a) adding the washing lye to the load (a1) in an amount (a2) smaller or equal to an amount (a3) required for saturation of the laundry (7) with water ("saturation amount"), and wetting the laundry (7); b) heating the wetted laundry (7) by means of the heating device (13, 16); and c) adding water at a temperature Tw of no more than 40°C for rinsing the washing lye from the laundry (7). The invention further relates to a washing machine suitable for carrying out the method.