Clothes treatment apparatus

Abstract

Provided is a method for controlling a clothes treatment apparatus comprising: a tub for storing water; a drum rotatably provided in the tub so as to store objects to be washed; a detergent storage part for storing detergent; a storage part water supply pipe for supplying the water to the detergent storage part; a tub connection pipe for guiding, into the tub, the water discharged from the detergent storage part; a tub water supply pipe for supplying the water to the tub; a drain port penetrating the tub; and a drain pump connected to the drain port.

1 . A method for controlling a laundry treating apparatus including a tub configured to store water therein, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub to store an object-to-be-washed therein, a detergent storage configured to store a detergent therein, a storage water supply pipe configured to supply water to the detergent storage, a tub connecting pipe configured to guide water discharged from the detergent storage to the tub, a tub water supply pipe configured to supply water to the tub, a drain hole defined to extend through the tub, and a drain pump connected to the drain hole, the method comprising:
 supplying of water of supplying water to the tub via the tub water supply pipe;   supplying of the detergent of supplying the detergent and water into the tub via the storage water supply pipe after the supplying of water is completed; and   washing of removing foreign substances from the object-to-be-washed by rotating the drum after the supplying of the detergent is completed.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the supplying of water proceeds until reaching a first water level set to a water level lower than a lowest point of the drum. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the first water level is set to a water level where the drain hole is submerged. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the laundry treating apparatus further includes a heater fixed to the tub to be positioned between the lowest point of the drum and the drain hole and configured to heat water stored in the tub,
 wherein the first water level is set to a water level where the heater is submerged.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the supplying of the detergent proceeds until reaching a second water level set to a water level higher than the lowest point of the drum. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , further comprising determining of a laundry amount of sensing an amount of the object-to-be-washed stored in the drum, wherein the determining of the laundry amount proceeds before initiating the supplying of the detergent,
 wherein the second water level is set to increase in proportion to the amount of the object-to-be-washed stored in the drum.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 5 , further comprising dissolving of dissolving the detergent inside the tub by rotating the drum, wherein the dissolving proceeds after the supplying of the detergent is completed and before the washing is initiated. 
     
     
         8 . A method for controlling a laundry treating apparatus including a tub configured to store water therein, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub to store an object-to-be-washed therein, a first chamber and a second chamber configured to form spaces separated from each other and provide spaces where a detergent is able to be stored, a first water supply pipe configured to supply water to the first chamber, a second water supply pipe configured to supply water to the second chamber, a tub connecting pipe configured to guide water discharged from the first chamber and the second chamber to the tub, a drain hole defined to extend through the tub, and a drain pump connected to the drain hole, the method comprising:
 supplying of water of supplying water to the tub via a chamber with no detergent stored among the first chamber and the second chamber by controlling one of the first water supply pipe and the second water supply pipe;   supplying of the detergent of supplying the detergent and water into the tub via a chamber with the detergent stored among the first chamber and the second chamber after the supplying of water is completed; and   washing of removing foreign substances from the object-to-be-washed by rotating the drum after the supplying of the detergent is completed.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the supplying of water proceeds until reaching a first water level set to a water level lower than a lowest point of the drum. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the first water level is set to a water level where the drain hole is submerged. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the supplying of the detergent proceeds until reaching a second water level set to a water level higher than a lowest point of the drum. 
     
     
         12 . A method for controlling a laundry treating apparatus including a tub configured to store water therein, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub to store an object-to-be-washed therein, a detergent storage configured to store a detergent therein, a storage water supply pipe configured to connect the detergent storage with a water supply source, a tub connecting pipe configured to guide water discharged from the detergent storage to the tub, a tub water supply pipe configured to connect the tub with the water supply source, a drain hole defined to extend through the tub, and a drain pump connected to the drain hole, the method comprising:
 supplying of water of supplying water to the tub via the tub water supply pipe;   supplying of the detergent of supplying the detergent and water into the tub via the storage water supply pipe after the supplying of water is completed; and   washing of removing foreign substances from the object-to-be-washed by rotating the drum after the supplying of the detergent is completed.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the supplying of water proceeds until reaching a first water level set to a water level lower than a lowest point of the drum. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the supplying of the detergent proceeds until reaching a second water level set to a water level higher than a lowest point of the drum.