Automatic washing machine using ozone
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1. An automatic clothes washing machine comprising:
- a main housing;
a clothes container assembly disposed in said main housing and including a motor-driven agitator;
an ozone generating for generating ozone;
an ozone distributor disposed in said clothes container assembly for distributing ozone into wash water in said clothes container assembly; and
a conduit for conducting ozone from said ozone generating to said ozone distributor, said conduit including a connection pipe having a double wall structure comprised of inner and outer pipe sections, the inner pipe section conducting the ozone.
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Abstract
An automatic clothes washing machine includes an outer housing, a tub mounted in the housing, and a perforated basket mounted in the tub. An ozone generator generates ozone which is conducted to water in the tub for sterilizing, bleaching and deodorizing clothes being washed. The ozone is conducted through a double-wall pipe to a perforated ozone distributor disposed between the tub and basket. The ozone generator comprises a flexible tube which is intermittently compressed by an electromagnetically controlled actuator for directing air toward an ozone-producing electrode.
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1. An automatic clothes washing machine comprising:
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a main housing; a clothes container assembly disposed in said main housing and including a motor-driven agitator; an ozone generating for generating ozone; an ozone distributor disposed in said clothes container assembly for distributing ozone into wash water in said clothes container assembly; and a conduit for conducting ozone from said ozone generating to said ozone distributor, said conduit including a connection pipe having a double wall structure comprised of inner and outer pipe sections, the inner pipe section conducting the ozone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An ozone generator comprising:
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an electrode for producing ozone from air supplied thereto; a flexible air supply tube having an inlet end and a discharge end directed toward said electrode; a movable member movable to; a first position compressing said air supply tube in a manner discharging air through said discharge end, and a second position for releasing the compression of said air supply tube to enable air to enter said air supply tube through said inlet end; and actuating means for intermittently moving said movable member between said first and second positions. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. An automatic clothes washing machine comprising:
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a main housing; a clothes container assembly disposed in said main housing and including a motor-driven agitator; an ozone generator for generating ozone; an ozone distributor disposed in said clothes container assembly for distributing ozone into wash water in said clothes container assembly; and conduit means for conducting ozone from said ozone generator to said ozone distributor; said ozone generator comprising an electrode for producing ozone from air supplied thereto, a flexible air supply tube having an inlet end and a discharge end directed towards said electrode, a movable member movable to a first position compressing said air supply tube in a manner discharging air through said discharge end, and to a second position for releasing the compression of said air supply tube to enable air to enter said air supply tube through said inlet end, and actuating means for intermittently moving said movable member between said first and second positions. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. An automatic clothes washing machine comprising:
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a main housing; a clothes container assembly disposed in said main housing and comprising a tub, a perforated basket disposed in said tub, and a motor-driven agitator disposed in said basket; an ozone-generator for generating ozone; an ozone distributor disposed in said clothes container assembly between said tub and said basket for distributing ozone into wash water in said clothes container assembly; and a conduit for conducting ozone from said ozone-generator to said ozone distributor. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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