To provide a washing/drying machine capable of shortening a drying time by improving movement of laundry in a rotary drum or an inner tub when drying, which allows a drying operation at lower electric power consumption.
A washing/drying machine comprising an outer tub the inside of which becomes a drying chamber when drying, an inner tub rotatably disposed in the outer tub for housing laundry, a motor for driving the inner tub, and a chassis for supporting the outer tub has main lifters provided on the inside surface of the inner tub from the front side to the back side for scooping up the laundry along with the rotation of the inner tub, and auxiliary lifters provided between the main lifters on the inside surface of the inner tub. The height of the main lifter on the front side is lower than that on the back side, and the height of the main lifter on the back side is higher than that of the back side of the auxiliary lifter.
KOIKE TOSHIFUMI
ISHIKAWA FUMITO
KOMATSU TSUNETOSHI
SANO SOICHI
KIZAWA HIROSHI
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Yuji Toda
Takahiro Watanabe
Shigemi Iwasaki
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