METHOD OF TREATING LAUNDRY WITH IMPROVED MOISTENING PHASE AND WASHING MACHINE INTENDED FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS METHOD Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC D06F33/02 

FIELD: textile, paper.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method of operating a washing machine for treating laundry, with a drum rotatably disposed in a wash liquor tank, a drive motor for a drum, a control device, a water supply system, a measuring device for determining the amount of a water-containing liquid, introduced into the wash liquor tank, a heating device for heating the water-containing liquid in the wash liquor tank, and a temperature sensor, in which the following operations are carried out: (a) filling the tank (1) for the wash liquor with a first quantity q₁ of the water-containing liquid (6) with a temperature Tq₁, (b) heating the quantity q₁of the water-containing liquid (6) to a predetermined temperature T₁>Tq₁, wherein the possibility of filling the quantity q₁ in the course of one operation or with dividing into several parts q₁' is ensured, and starting heating to the temperature T₁ is possible after filling with q₁or already after adding one or more parts of q₁', where q₁ and the first part to be filled q₁" are more than the quantity q_min required to cover the heating device; (c) adding a second quantity q₂ of water with a temperature Tq₂<T₁ to the heated quantity q₁ of water; and (d) carrying out the laundry washing phase in the presence of a detergent. The invention also relates to a washing machine for carrying out this method.

EFFECT: method improvement.

13 cl, 2 dwg