Title:
WASHING MACHINE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2017046935
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a washing machine capable of changing a water drain direction easily and safely.SOLUTION: A washing machine includes: a housing; a water tub disposed in the housing; a base plate which serves as a bottom part out of the housing and which includes a first space; a wall part provided so as to partition a second space which is formed across the left and right of the base plate from the front of the first space when viewed from the front side of the housing and the first space, and having a first opening; and a drain path for draining water in the water tub to the outside of the machine. Furthermore, the drain path includes a drain hose and goes out to the second space from the first space through the first opening. The housing has a second opening formed at least across the front side out of the housing, and it can change a drawing direction of the drain hose which has come out to the second space to either one of the left direction and the right direction by an operation through the second opening from the front side of the housing.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5
Inventors:
OYABU OKIYA
HOTTA KOHEI
NISHIMURA HIROSHI
KONO TETSUYUKI
HOTTA KOHEI
NISHIMURA HIROSHI
KONO TETSUYUKI
Application Number:
JP2015172873A
Publication Date:
March 09, 2017
Filing Date:
September 02, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORP
International Classes:
D06F39/08
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Patent Business Corporation Sato International Patent Office