To improve a rinsing performance of a "shower rinsing while spin-drying" while sufficiently saving the amount of water used and the energy consumed.
In the "shower rinsing while spin-drying", water is circulatingly jetted out by a circulation pump while a drum is spun at a speed of lifting laundry till dropping it (S2 and S10). This method improves the water content of the laundry that receives water by circulatingly jetted by the circulation pump and contains water by being periodically dropped in the water at the bottom of the drum. This method can thus effectively dilute the detergent with water so as to exert a sufficient rinsing performance. This method non-requires a long rinsing time for acquiring the sufficient rinsing performance so as to save the amount of water used and the energy consumed.
MURASE HIROKI
TOSHIBA CONSUMER ELECT HOLDING
TOSHIBA HOME APPLIANCES CORP