EP2503046A1 - Verfahren zum Waschen von Wäsche in einer Waschmaschine und Waschmaschine - Google Patents

Verfahren zum Waschen von Wäsche in einer Waschmaschine und Waschmaschine Download PDF

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EP2503046A1
EP2503046A1 EP11159596A EP11159596A EP2503046A1 EP 2503046 A1 EP2503046 A1 EP 2503046A1 EP 11159596 A EP11159596 A EP 11159596A EP 11159596 A EP11159596 A EP 11159596A EP 2503046 A1 EP2503046 A1 EP 2503046A1
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Andrea Buosi
Gianantonio De Bin
Marco De Santi
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  • the present invention concerns the field of laundry washing techniques.
  • the present invention refers to a method for washing laundry in a laundry washing machine.
  • laundry washing machines both "simple” laundry washing machines (i.e. laundry washing machines which can only wash and rinse laundry) and laundry washing-drying machines (i.e. laundry washing machines which can also dry laundry), is widespread.
  • laundry washing machine will refer to both simple laundry washing machines and laundry washing-drying machines.
  • Laundry washing machines generally comprise an external casing provided with a washing tub inside which there is a rotatable perforated drum in which the laundry is placed.
  • a loading/unloading door ensures access to the tub and the drum.
  • Laundry washing machines typically comprise a detergent supply unit and a water inlet circuit for the introduction of water and washing/rinsing products (i.e. detergent, softener, etc.) into the tub.
  • Known laundry washing machines are also provided with water draining devices that may operate both during the initial phases of the washing cycle and at the end of the same to drain the dirty water.
  • a known complete washing cycle typically includes a first laundry wetting phase with addition of a washing detergent, a second washing phase, a following rinsing phase and a final spinning phase.
  • the initial wetting phase includes a first step intended to introduce in the tub the quantity of water necessary for wetting the laundry completely and a successive step intended to introduce the proper quantity of detergent according to the type of laundry to be washed.
  • a wetting method is disclosed in document DE4116673 .
  • a front load washing machine is described wherein a new wetting method is performed.
  • the first step of the method provides for a rotation of the drum at 600 rpm so that the loaded laundry is forced outwardly against the inner surface of the drum by the action of the centrifugal force.
  • the laundry is therefore displaced so as to form a ring which adheres to the inner surface of the drum while a central hollow area is formed.
  • the water necessary for wetting the laundry is introduced in the central hollow area formed by the laundry ring by means of a spraying hose displaced in the front area of the washing machine close to the access door.
  • the rotational speed of the drum is reduced at approximately 50 rpm.
  • additional washing water carrying a quantity of detergent is introduced in the drum by means of the spraying hose.
  • the introduction of detergent takes place while the drum rotates at low rotational speed with the laundry substantially resting on the bottom of the drum.
  • a first drawback posed by the known techniques is constituted by the fact that the detergent introduced in the drum does not reach uniformly the laundry.
  • the laundry near the front access door receives more detergent than the laundry at the back of the drum.
  • the laundry in the position close to the point of delivery of the detergent like a spraying hose, receives more detergent than the laundry in other positions.
  • Another drawback posed by the known techniques is represented by the fact that when the amount of loaded laundry is high, as for example a full load, the circulation of the detergent introduced in the drum may be impeded by the laundry itself. The detergent, therefore, may accumulate in a zone close to the point of its delivery.
  • a further drawback posed by the known techniques is represented by the fact that part of the detergent introduced into the tub goes outsides the drum and there it mixes with the free water present in the tub. This part of detergent is not efficiently utilised in the washing phase of the laundry.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to overcome the drawbacks posed by the known techniques.
  • the present invention therefore relates, in a first aspect thereof, to a method for washing laundry in a laundry washing machine comprising a washing tub external to a rotatable washing drum suited to receive laundry, the method comprising:
  • the detergent introduction phase comprises the introduction of a quantity of detergent in a central area of the washing drum.
  • the detergent introduction phase comprises the use of a quantity of detergent-conveying water for conveying the detergent into the tub.
  • the reference rotational speed is stated based on the quantity and/or on the type of the loaded laundry.
  • the reference rotational speed is comprised between 80 rpm and 120 rpm, preferably between 90 rpm and 110 rpm, more preferably equal to 100 rpm.
  • the washing drum is set rotating at the reference rotational speed for a pre-established period of time deemed sufficient to introduce the desired quantity of detergent into the washing tub.
  • the method comprises, after the wetting phase and before the detergent introducing phase, a step of draining from the washing tub the free water outside the loaded laundry.
  • the method comprises, after the draining phase and before the detergent introducing phase, a further rotation phase of the washing drum so as to extract a quantity of water from the loaded laundry, and a further draining phase of the quantity of water from the washing tub.
  • the quantity of detergent conveying water is substantially equal to the quantity of water extracted from the loaded laundry in the further rotation phase.
  • the detergent introduction phase comprises the introduction of the quantity of detergent in a central area of the washing drum by means of a recirculation circuit taking liquids from a bottom region of the washing tub.
  • the method further comprises an off-balance control step of the loaded laundry in the washing drum after the draining phase.
  • the method further comprises the step of heating the detergent conveying water.
  • the method is performed in a front loading washing machine having a front door access.
  • the present invention concerns a laundry washing machine suited to implement the method of the invention described above.
  • the laundry washing machine is a front loading washing machine.
  • a laundry washing machine 1 is illustrated, in which a method according to a first embodiment of the invention is advantageously implemented.
  • the laundry washing machine 1 comprises an external casing or housing 2, in which a washing tub 3 is provided that contains a rotatable perforated drum 4, where the laundry 30 to be washed can be loaded.
  • a hollow space 12 is defined between the tub 3 and the drum 4.
  • the housing 2 is provided with a front loading/unloading door 8 which allows access to the washing tub 3 and the drum 4.
  • the tub 3 is preferably suspended in a floating manner inside the housing 2, advantageously by means of a number of coil springs and shock-absorbers that are not illustrated herein.
  • the tub 3 is preferably connected to the casing 2 by means of an elastic bellows 7, or gasket.
  • the drum 4 is advantageously rotated by an electric motor 11 which preferably transmits the rotating motion to the shaft 14 of the drum 4, advantageously by means of a belt/pulley system 13.
  • the motor 11 can be directly associated with the shaft 14 of the drum 4.
  • a water inlet circuit 5 is arranged preferably in the upper part of the laundry washing machine 1 and is suited to supply water and washing/rinsing products (i.e. detergent, softener, etc.) into the tub 3.
  • water and washing/rinsing products i.e. detergent, softener, etc.
  • the water inlet circuit 5 advantageously comprises a removable drawer 6 provided with various compartments suited to be filled with washing and/or rinsing products.
  • the water is advantageously supplied into the tub 3 by making it flow through the drawer 6 and through a supply pipe 9 which extends toward the front side of the washing machine 1.
  • Te supply pipe 9 is provided with an output 9a placed preferably in the proximity of the front door 8.
  • the supply pipe output 9a faces a sloping inner portion 8a of the door 8 so that, as better explained below, the liquid coming from the supply pipe 9 is directed towards the central part of the drum 4.
  • the water which reaches the tub 3 can selectively contain one of the products contained in the compartments of the drawer 6, or such water can be clean and in this case it may reach the tub 3 directly, bypassing the compartments of the drawer 6.
  • a further separate water supply pipe can be provided, which supplies exclusively clean water into the tub 3.
  • the water inlet circuit 5 also preferably comprises a water flow sensor, for example a flow meter, which makes it possible to calculate the quantity of water supplied into the tub 3.
  • a water flow sensor for example a flow meter
  • Laundry washing machine 1 advantageously comprises a water outlet circuit 15.
  • the water outlet circuit 15 advantageously comprises a drain pump 16, a first pipe 17 connecting the tub 3 to the drain pump 16 and an outlet pipe 18 ending outside the housing 2.
  • the water outlet circuit 15 is suited to drain the liquid, i.e. dirty water or water mixed with washing and/or rinsing products, from the tub 3 to the outside.
  • the water outlet circuit 15 preferably comprises a filtering device, not shown in the figures, placed between the bottom of the tub 3 and the drain pump 16 and adapted to retain all the undesirable bodies (for example buttons that have come off the laundry, coins erroneously introduced into the laundry washing machine, etc.) that have passed through the holes located on the surface of the drum 4, or fallen onto the bottom of the tub 3 while passing between the drum 4 and the tub 3, which could damage or obstruct the drain pump 16.
  • a filtering device not shown in the figures
  • This filtering device can preferably be removed, and then for example cleaned, through a gate or porthole placed advantageously on the front or back wall of the housing 2 of the laundry washing machine 1, not shown herein; in a further embodiment, not illustrated, the filtering device can be reached for example via the internal of the drum 4, for example by a suitable opening obtained therein and selectively closed by a suitable cover, or by a removable lifter of the drum 4.
  • Advantageously laundry washing machine 1 comprises a device 19 suited to sense (or detect) the water level inside the tub 3.
  • the device 19 preferably comprises a pressure sensor which senses the pressure in the tub 3, which value is related to the level of free water contained in the tub 3.
  • the device 19 comprises a level sensor (for example mechanical, electro-mechanical, optical, etc.) adapted to sense (or detect) the water level inside the tub 3.
  • the laundry washing machine 1 comprises a heating device 20, contained preferably in a suitable seat, not illustrated, obtained advantageously at the bottom of the tub 3, comprising preferably an electric resistor adapted to come into contact with the water, or water and detergent, present on the bottom of the tub 3 to heat said water.
  • the laundry washing machine 1 may comprise a temperature sensor, not illustrated in the figures, for sensing the temperature of the water present in the tub 3.
  • Laundry washing machine 1 advantageously comprises a control unit 22 connected to the various parts of the laundry washing machine 1 in order to ensure its operation.
  • the control unit 22 preferably is connected to the water inlet circuit 5, the water outlet circuit 15 and the electric motor 11 and is advantageously adapted to receive information from the various sensors provided on the laundry washing machine 1, like the flow meter of the water inlet circuit 5, the device 19 (e.g. pressure sensor or level sensor) on the bottom of the tub 3, the temperature sensor, etc.
  • Laundry washing machine 1 advantageously comprises an interface unit, not visible in the enclosed figures, connected to control unit 22, accessible to the user and by means of which the user may select and set the washing parameters, for example a desired washing program.
  • control unit 22 accessible to the user and by means of which the user may select and set the washing parameters, for example a desired washing program.
  • other parameters can optionally be inserted by the user, for example the washing temperature, the spinning speed, the load in terms of weight of the laundry to be washed, etc.
  • control unit 22 sets and controls the various parts of the laundry washing machine 1 in order to carry out a desired washing program.
  • a first embodiment of the washing method according to the invention is described here below with reference to the washing machine 1 shown in Figures 1 , 2 , 4 and 5 and with reference to the operation flow chart of Figure 3 .
  • the laundry 30 to be washed is first placed inside the drum 4 (step 100).
  • the user selects the desired washing program (step 110) depending for example on the type and on the dirty-level of the products to wash.
  • the user advantageously may set some parameters directly as desired, for example the value of the washing temperature, the rotating speed of the drum 4 in the spinning phase, the duration of washing, etc.
  • control unit 22 sets the laundry washing machine 1 so that it starts the washing cycle.
  • the laundry 30 may be loaded into the drum 3 (step 100) after the selection of the desired washing program (step 110).
  • step 120 also called wetting phase, a quantity of clean water is introduced into the tub 3 for wetting completely the laundry 30.
  • This phase preferably comprises the introduction of clean water into the tub 3 while the drum 4 advantageously is set rotating, preferably at a low number of revolutions, for example about 30-50 rpm, in order to move the laundry 30 and to facilitate the penetration of the water in the laundry 30, so as to obtain a better and a more homogeneous wetting of the laundry 30.
  • the introduction of clean water preferably takes place through the water inlet circuit 5 that will provide for feeding clean water into the tub 3.
  • the inlet circuit 5 comprises a bypass duct, not illustrated, that bypasses the compartments of the drawer 6, so as to allow supplying exclusively clean water (i.e. without detergent) into the tub 3.
  • the laundry washing machine 1 comprises a separate water supply pipe, separated form the inlet circuit 5, adapted to supply clean water directly into the tub 3.
  • the rotations of the drum 4 terminates, the laundry 30 inside the drum 4 is substantially completely wet, and a certain quantity of free water, or excess water, fills at least partially the hollow space 12.
  • step 123 the excess water is advantageously removed from the tub 3.
  • the removal operation preferably includes the drainage of the water from the tub 3 by means of the drain pump 16 that takes the water from the bottom of the tub 3 and conveys it towards the outside through the outlet duct 18.
  • the device 19 e.g. pressure sensor or level sensor, which senses the absence of water inside the tub 3.
  • the drain pump 16 can be operated for a pre-established period of time deemed sufficient to empty the tub 3 completely.
  • the device 19 can be preferably omitted.
  • the laundry 30 inside the drum 4 is substantially completely wet and the hollow space 12 is substantially free of water.
  • a quantity of washing detergent D is advantageously introduced in the drum 4.
  • detergent D takes place preferably through the water inlet circuit 5; the quantity of detergent D, be it powder or liquid, is preferably brought out of the apposite compartment of the drawer 6 by a given quantity of clean detergent-conveying water W, that passes through the proper compartment of the drawer 6.
  • the detergent D and the detergent-conveying water W then flow through the supply pipe 9 up to the supply pipe output 9a, and they are advantageously directed towards the central part of the drum 4 by the sloping inner portion 8a of the door 8.
  • the quantity of detergent D taken from the drawer 6 is determined advantageously by the control unit 22.
  • the quantity of detergent D is preferably based on the washing program selected by the user, and advantageously depends on the quantity of loaded laundry 30 (i.e. weight) and, preferably, also on the type of loaded laundry 30.
  • the introduction of detergent D may take place without the use of conveying water; in this case the detergent is preferably a liquid detergent, which is automatically brought out of the apposite compartment of the drawer 6 (or out of another suitable detergent-container provided in the washing machine, for example a cartridge), for example by means of a suitable dosing device (comprising for example a peristaltic pump).
  • a suitable dosing device comprising for example a peristaltic pump.
  • the drum 4 is set rotating (step 135) at a reference rotation speed Sd sufficient to "spread" the laundry 30 into the inner surface 4a of the drum 4, as shown in Figures 4 and 5 .
  • the laundry 30 is advantageously stuck against the inner surface 4a of the drum 4 by means of the centrifugal force.
  • the laundry 30 therefore is displaced so as to form a laundry ring 30a with an inner cavity 30b at the central area of the drum 4.
  • the detergent D and the conveying water W (or, alternatively, only detergent and not water W in the embodiment in which the introduction of detergent D takes place without the use of conveying water) ejected from the supply pipe output 9a are advantageously sprayed in the inner cavity 30b defined by the laundry ring 30a.
  • the detergent D and the conveying water W reach the laundry 30 along its entire length and any portion of the laundry 30, from the front door 8 up to the back of the drum 4, receives a proper quantity of detergent D.
  • the detergent D is uniformly distributed in the laundry 30. Furthermore, the detergent D introduced in the inner cavity 30b defined by the laundry ring 30a remains confined inside the laundry 30 without detergent D wasted outside the drum 4. This permits to reduce the quantity of detergent D to be introduced in the tub 3 for washing the laundry 30.
  • the reference rotation speed Sd is preferably based on the quantity of loaded laundry 30, and preferably also on the diameter of the drum 4.
  • the quantity of loaded laundry 30, i.e. the weight of the laundry 30, can be advantageously obtained by the control unit 22 in different ways.
  • the weight can be, for example, one of the parameters introduced by the user when setting the washing program.
  • the weight of the laundry 30 can be advantageously obtained by means of suitable weight sensors provided in the laundry washing machine 1, for example sensors that can be associated with the shock-absorbers of the tub 3.
  • control unit 22 may advantageously obtain the weight of the laundry 30 by measuring the power absorbed by the motor for the rotation of the drum 4 with the laundry 30 inserted therein.
  • Preferred values for the reference rotation speed Sd are in the range comprised between 80 rpm and 120 rpm, more preferably between 90 rpm and 110 rpm, even more preferably a value equal to 100 rpm.
  • the reference rotation speed Sd of the drum 4 which permits the laundry 30 to be stuck at the inner surface 4a of the drum 4 through the centrifugal force does not necessary have to be constant but may vary, preferably inside the cited ranges. Furthermore, the drum 4 is preferably set rotating at the reference rotation speed Sd for a pre-established period of time which is deemed sufficient to permit the introduction of the quantity of requested washing detergent D from the drawer 6 into the tub 3.
  • a main wash may be started (step 140).
  • the main wash can be a typical wash cycle of known washing machines. It advantageously comprises successive rotations of the drum 4, in clockwise and/or anticlockwise direction, at a pre-determined rotational speed.
  • the main wash cycle is advantageously achieved by heating the water that washes the laundry 30 and keeping the temperature of the water at a desired and prefixed value or inside a prefixed temperature range.
  • the water temperature preferably may depend on the washing program set by the user or may be the temperature inserted directly by user through the interface unit.
  • the heating of the water is advantageously obtained by activating the heating device 20.
  • the water temperature is advantageously controlled by the control unit 22 through the value sensed by the temperature sensor.
  • the washing program may continue with a spinning phase (step 160) and, in case of a laundry washing-drying machine, it may also comprise a further drying phase (step 170).
  • the spinning phase (step 160) and the drying phase (step 170) may be of the known type and therefore will not be described in detail.
  • a control step may advantageously be performed for controlling and trying to reduce the off-balance state of the loaded laundry 30 contained in the washing drum 4.
  • the off-balance control step may comprise one or more drum rotation cycles to detect the off-balance of the loaded laundry 30, and one or more stopping of the washing drum 4, so as to modify the distribution of the laundry 30 inside the drum 4. This control is performed for reducing the problems that may be originated by off-balance conditions, during the rotation of the drum 4 at the reference rotation speed Sd.
  • the drain pump 16 is preferably activated to drain the residual water from the tub 3 to the outside.
  • the drum 4 may be preferably rotated (step 135) at a reduced reference rotation speed Sd', lower than the reference rotation speed Sd sufficient to "spread" the laundry 30 into the inner surface 4a of the drum 4.
  • the laundry 30 is not completely “spread” and stuck into the inner surface 4a of the drum 4, but it may partially move inside the drum 4; in this case the advantageous effect of supplying the detergent while the laundry is completely “spread” and stuck into the inner surface 4a of the drum 4 is only partial, but the reduced rotation speed allows avoiding excessive vibrations of the washing machine.
  • the reduced reference rotation speed Sd' is comprised between 65 rpm and 80 rpm, preferably 70 rpm.
  • This embodiment differs from the one described above with reference to Figure 3 for the fact that before the phase of introducing detergent (step 130) while the drum rotates (step 135), there is a further step (125) in which a certain quantity of water We is extracted from the completely wet laundry 30, by means of a high speed rotation of the drum 4, and drained outside.
  • the further quantity of water We is extracted from the completely wet laundry 30 advantageously by setting the drum 4 rotating at a higher rotational speed, for example about 350 rpm.
  • This quantity of water We is advantageously drained outside the washing machine, preferably via the water outlet circuit 15, during a further draining phase, not illustrated in the enclosed figures, which may take place contemporaneously with the further step (125) or after the further step (125).
  • the quantity of water extracted We from the laundry 30 is monitored (continuously or not) by the control unit 22, for example by monitoring the level of the water in the tub 3, preferably via the pressure sensor 19 or level sensor, so as to stop the rotation of the drum 4 when the desired quantity of water We has been removed from the laundry 30.
  • the high speed drum rotation is performed for a prefixed time, for example for 60 sec.
  • the quantity of detergent conveying water W is preferably set equal to the quantity of water We previously extracted from the laundry 30.
  • the laundry 30 is again substantially completely wet.
  • the ratio between the quantity of detergent D and the total quantity of water inside the laundry 30 is opportunely selected in such a way that the effect of this mixture water/detergent on the loaded laundry 30 is optimal.
  • a further control step may advantageously be performed for controlling the off-balance state of the loaded laundry 30 contained in the washing drum 4.
  • the control step may advantageously be performed after the draining phase (step 123) and before the step just described of draining a further quantity of extracted water We from the laundry 30 (step 125) by setting the drum 4 rotating at a high rotational speed.
  • step 125 is not performed.
  • the drum 4 may be rotated (step 135) at the reference rotation speed Sd or at the above mentioned reduced reference rotation speed Sd'.
  • this further step in which the rotation speed of the washing drum 4 is took at the reference rotation speed Sd, or also at a value higher, is preferably not performed.
  • Figures 7 and 8 show a construction variant of the laundry washing machine of Figure 1 .
  • This washing machine 200 differs from the one shown in Figures 1 and 2 due to the fact that the water outlet circuit 215 is provided with a recirculation circuit 216 adapted to drain the liquid from the bottom of the tub 3, and to re-admit such liquid into an another part of the tub 3, preferably into an upper region of the tub 3.
  • the water outlet circuit 215 advantageously comprises a drain pump 16, a first pipe 17 connecting the tub 3 to the drain pump 16, an outlet pipe 18 ending outside the housing 2 and a recirculation pipe 61.
  • the recirculation pipe 61 ends in the proximity of the front door 8 with a terminal nozzle 61a.
  • the terminal nozzle 61a faces the sloping inner portion 8a of the door 8 so that the liquid coming from the recirculation pipe 61 is directed towards the central part of the drum 4.
  • a two-way valve 65 is interposed between the drain pump 16, the outlet pipe 18 and the recirculation pipe 61.
  • the two-way valve 65 is properly controlled by the control unit 22 in order to allow selective drainage towards the outside through the outlet duct 18 or towards the tub 3 through the recirculation pipe 61.
  • the water is supplied into the tub 3 by making it flow through the drawer 6 and a supply pipe 9 which supply pipe output 9a ends in correspondence of an upper portion of the tub 3.
  • washing machine 200 shows on Figures 7 and 8 and with reference to the operation flow chart of Figure 9 .
  • the initial phases of the washing program from the loading of the laundry (step 100) to the drainage phase (step 123) are the same as described above with reference to the first embodiment of the invention.
  • a washing detergent D is introduced in the drum 4.
  • detergent D takes place preferably through the water inlet circuit 5; the quantity of detergent D, be it powder or liquid, is preferably brought out of the apposite compartment of the drawer 6 by a given quantity of clean, detergent conveying water W that passes through the proper compartment.
  • the detergent D and the conveying water W then flow through the supply pipe 9 up to the supply pipe output 9a and there introduced inside the tub 3.
  • the quantity of detergent D taken from the drawer 6 is determined advantageously by the control unit 22 as already described above with reference to the first embodiment of the invention.
  • the drum 4 is set rotating (step 135) at a reference rotation speed Sd sufficient to spread and stick the laundry 30 to the inner surface 4a of the drum 4, as described above.
  • the recirculation circuit 216 is activated (step 138).
  • the detergent D and the conveying water W from the bottom of the tub 3 are drained towards the upper part of the tub 3 by means of the drain pump 16.
  • the drain pump 16 takes the detergent D and the conveying water W from the bottom of the tub 3 and conveys them towards the upper part of the tub 3 through the recirculation pipe 61 via the valve 65 opportunely driven by the control unit 22.
  • the detergent D and the conveying water W therefore flow through the recirculation pipe 61 up to the terminal nozzle 61a and here advantageously directed towards the central part of the drum 4 by the sloping inner portion 8a of the door 8.
  • the drum 4 is set rotating (step 135) at a reference rotational speed Sd so that the laundry 30 is stuck against the inner surface 4a of the drum 4.
  • the laundry 30 therefore is displaced so as to form a laundry ring 30a with an inner cavity 30b at the central area of the drum 4.
  • the detergent D and the conveying water W ejected from the terminal nozzle 61a of the recirculation pipe 61 are advantageously sprayed in the inner cavity 30b defined by the laundry ring 30a.
  • the detergent D and the conveying water W reach the laundry 30 along its entire length and any portion of the laundry 30, from the front door 8 up to the back of the drum 4, receives a proper quantity of detergent D.
  • the detergent D is uniformly distributed on the laundry 30.
  • the detergent D introduced in the inner cavity 30b defined by the laundry ring 30a remains confined inside the laundry 30 without detergent D wasted outside the drum 4. This permits to reduce the quantity of detergent D to be introduced in the tub 3 for washing the laundry 30.
  • step 130 the washing program continues with a main wash phase (step 140) and the following phases to complete the washing program, as described above.
  • the detergent D and the conveying water W on the bottom of the tub 3 before being re-circulated and introduced in the inner cavity 30b are also advantageously heated by means of the activation of the heating device 20.
  • the reference rotation speed of the drum which permits the laundry 30 to be stuck at the inner surface 4a of the drum 4 through the centrifugal force does not necessary have to be constant but may vary, preferably inside an opportune range which that ensures the centrifugal effect.
  • the introduction of detergent D may take place without the use of detergent conveying water.
  • the introduction of detergent D may take place without the use of detergent conveying water and the detergent D may be subjected to re-circulation together with residual water left on the bottom of the tub 3 at the end of a preceding phase of the washing program.
  • the preceding phase for example a wetting phase, must terminate in this case without a complete drainage of the water outside the washing machine.
  • the present invention allows all the set objects to be achieved.
  • it makes it possible to obtain a more uniform distribution of the detergent in the laundry compared to the solutions of known type.
  • laundry washing machines illustrated in the enclosed figures, and with reference to which some embodiments of the method according to the invention have been described, are of the front-loading type; however it is clear that the method according to the invention can be applied as well to a top-loading washing machine, substantially without any modification.

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