Title:
WASHING MACHINE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2004/094716
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A washing machine is provided with a drum (630) in which the washing is received, an ion elution unit for eluting metal ions to add them to water, a detection means (701) for detecting the unbalance of a receiving tank during rotation, and an unbalance correcting means (702). When the detecting means (701) detects the unbalance of the drum (630) during dehydration rotation of the drum (630) which is performed after metal ion-added water has been supplied from the ion elution unit to the drum (630), the unbalance correcting means (702) performs processing which differs from that performed during unbalance detection when the metal ion-added water is not supplied, thereby correcting the unbalance. The different processing is unbalance correction rinsing performed by supplying the metal ion-added water, not tap water, to the drum (630) and steering the water. Thereby, the unbalance of the drum (630) during dehydration rotation can be corrected without losing the antibacterial effect provided by the metal ions applied to the washing.
Inventors:
YOSHIKAWA HIROFUMI (JP)
IKEMIZU MUGIHEI (JP)
NISHIO MASAHIRO (JP)
IKEMIZU MUGIHEI (JP)
NISHIO MASAHIRO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2004/005181
Publication Date:
November 04, 2004
Filing Date:
April 09, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SHARP KK (JP)
YOSHIKAWA HIROFUMI (JP)
IKEMIZU MUGIHEI (JP)
NISHIO MASAHIRO (JP)
YOSHIKAWA HIROFUMI (JP)
IKEMIZU MUGIHEI (JP)
NISHIO MASAHIRO (JP)
International Classes:
D06F23/02; D06F35/00; D06F37/20; D06F33/02; D06F37/22; D06F39/00; D06F39/08; (IPC1-7): D06F33/02; D06F39/08
Foreign References:
| JP2001276484A | 2001-10-09 | |||
| JPS5669372U | 1981-06-09 | |||
| JP2001009188A | 2001-01-16 | |||
| US6023854A | 2000-02-15 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1616989A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Sano, Shizuo (2-6 Tenmabashi-kyomachi, Chuo-k, Osaka-shi Osaka, JP)
Download PDF: