Method for operating a horizontal axis front loading washing machine has an additional program step at the end of the wash process to clean the wash drum

摘要

The washing machine (1) has a wash drum (3) in a resiliently mounted tank (2) containing the washing and wash products. Following a normal wash, rinse and spin program the locked door (15) is automatically unlocked for the removal of the clean washing (18) through the opening (17) after which the door is closed and locked while the tank is filled with water and the inner drum rotated to clean any bacteria, germs or infection.