Abstract:
A washing machine including: a cabinet; a tub mounted inside the cabinet to receive washing water; a rotating drum mounted inside the tub to load laundry therein; and an injection unit to inject washing water inside of the rotating drum. The injection unit includes: a plurality of nozzles spaced away from each other to inject washing water inside of the rotating drum at different positions; and a connector configured to include a plurality of passages so that a flow path of washing water diverges into the plurality of nozzles. Washing water may be injected by the spaced nozzles over a wide area inside the drum.
Abstract:
A washing machine capable of performing washing by increasing a water level when an overload of a motor is detected, and a control method thereof. The washing is performed by detecting an overload of the motor using a load detecting circuit and changing a water level to a highest water level when the overload is detected. Thus, a burning smell may not be caused from the motor by preventing stalling of the motor, and washing performance may be maintained since the motor is continuously operated without stopping.
Abstract:
A washing machine may include a static wash tub, a rotatable vertical axis wash basket in the static wash tub, and a drive motor for rotating the wash basket. A closure may direct wash liquid from the wash basket to a catch basin. A flange may be attached to the closure so that an unattached edge ends within the catch basin. The unattached edge may end below the surface of a first volume of wash liquid to minimize migration of wash liquid and/or vapor from the washing machine. The unattached edge may end above the surface of a second volume of wash liquid less than the first volume to minimize agitation of wash liquid in the catch basin.
Abstract:
The invention provides a machine for washing a mop, which includes a housing, a driving mechanism, a controlling mechanism, a pulsator, a water tank, a water removal barrel, a draining mechanism, and a mop supporting means, wherein an integrated device of the pulsator and the water removal barrel consists of the water removal barrel which is a cylinder without bottoms and the pulsator which is fixed together with the lower end of the barrel. The mop supporting means is a protrusion supporting element which is on the upper end of the center of the pulsator.
Abstract:
A drive mechanism for a vertical axis automatic washer. The washer has a rotatable wash basket, a rotatable agitator concentrically mounted in the wash basket and a drive motor. The drive mechanism includes a first drive shaft driven by the motor at a first rotational speed and with a first torque. A second drive shaft is arranged to rotatingly drive the agitator. A mechanism is arranged between the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft to convert the first rotational speed and the first torque to a second rotational speed and a second torque at the second drive shaft. A first clutch is arranged between the wash basket and the first drive shaft to allow for selective engagement and disengagement between the wash basket and the first drive shaft. A second clutch is arranged between the wash basket and the second drive shaft to allow for selective engagement and disengagement between the wash basket and the second drive shaft.
Abstract:
A washing machine pumps a washing liquid towards an upper portion of a spin tub while a washing cycle is being executed. The washing machine has a pumping unit disposed at an underside of an outer tub so as to pump the washing liquid from a bottom wall of the outer tub to upper portions of the spin tub and the outer tub. The pumping unit has a receptacle which is fixed to the underside of the outer tub, a disc member which is reciprocated in upward and downward directions within the receptacle, a wire having a first end fixed to a center of an underside of the disc member, a synchronous motor connected to a second end of the wire for pulling the disc member downward, and a compression spring installed in the receptacle for upwardly biasing the disc member. The washing machine pumps the washing liquid toward the upper portion of the spin tub while the washing cycle is being executed, so the turbulent liquid flow is created in the spin tub and thereby preventing the articles from tangling with each other, and improving the washing effect.
Abstract:
A clothes washing machine includes a spin basket and a water-agitating mechanism mounted at the bottom thereof. The water-agitating mechanism includes an agitator having radial blades, and a wash baton projecting upwardly from a center region of the agitator. The agitator and wash baton are rotatable relative to one another about a common vertical axis. A drive mechanism oscillates the agitator and wash baton relative to one another such that the agitator and wash baton rotate in opposite directions for maximizing the agitation of the water.
Abstract:
A washing machine having an apparatus for generating a turbulent flow. The washing machine has a cabinet, an outer tub installed in the cabinet to receive a washing water, a spin tub mounted in the outer tub to receive articles, an apparatus installed at a lower portion of the spin tub to upwardly impel the washing water, a pulsator to guide the washing water impelled by the apparatus into a center portion of the spin tub and to generate a swirling flow in the spin tub, a motor and a power transmission to drive the apparatus and pulsator. The apparatus has a porous cap member to allow the washing water to flow thereinto and an impeller to upwardly impel the washing water flown thereinto. The washing machine can impel the washing water toward an upper portion of the spin tub while a washing operation is being carried out so that the apparatus generates a complicated turbulent flow in the spin tub, thereby improving a washing efficiency.
Abstract:
A driving system for a washing machine having a washing shaft connected with an agitator in the center of a washing tub to stir laundry in washing mode, and an extracting shaft positioned outside the washing shaft and connected with an extracting tub which rotates at high speeds in extracting mode, further includes a power generator for generating power to rotate the washing shaft and the extracting shaft, a decelerator installed under the power generator to reduce the number of rotation transmitted from the power generator, and a power-switching device for de-energizing the extracting shaft in washing mode and for energizing the extracting shaft in extracting mode.
Abstract:
An automatic washer having an agitator that is responsive to the forces imparted to the agitator from a clothes load. The agitation comprises an auger, having an auger vane that is connected to a base having flexible vanes, by a force responder. Upon the imparting of a force from the clothes to the agitator, the auger translates relative to the base to relieve the force.