WASHING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR TREATING LAUNDRY USING FOAM
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Accused Products
Abstract
A washing machine has a lye container, a lye drainage system disposed at a base of the lye container, a drive motor for a drum, and a heating unit. The washing machine has a device for supplying air into the lye, the device can be switched independently of the drum, and the device is an air compressor pump having an outlet to the lye container.
14 Citations
15 Claims
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10. A washing machine for treating laundry with foam from a solution,
the washing machine comprising: -
a lye container having a base; a drum rotatably mounted in said lye container; a lye drainage system disposed on said base of said lye container; a drive motor for said drum; a heating device; a device for supplying air into the solution and being switched independently of said drum, said device being an air compressor pump with an outlet to said lye container, said outlet of said air compressor pump is in a lower region between said drum and said lye container; and said drum having an additional structural configuration for assisting with foam formation. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for treating laundry with a foam from a solution in a washing machine having a drum rotatably mounted in a lye container, a lye drainage system disposed on a base of the lye container, a drive motor for the drum, a heating device and a device for supplying air into the solution which can be switched independently of the drum, which comprises the step of:
generating the foam by means of the device by supplying the air into the solution, with the device for supplying the air being an air compressor pump and the air compressor pump supplying air into the solution by way of an outlet disposed in a lower region between the drum and the lye container, and the foam being generated in a quantity sufficient for the foam in the drum to reach a height of ⅓
to ⅔
of an interior diameter of the drum.- View Dependent Claims (15)
Specification