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Full automatic washing machine

  • US 5,469,719 A
  • Filed: 03/28/1994
  • Issued: 11/28/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A full automatic washing machine comprising an outer tub, a rotatable tub rotatably mounted in the outer tub, an agitator rotatably mounted in the rotatable tub and an electric motor for driving the rotatable tub and the agitator, the full automatic washing machine further comprising:

  • a) clothes volume detecting means for detecting volume of clothes accommodated in the rotatable tub;

    b) rinse control means for controlling either a stored-water rinse mode wherein the clothes are rinsed with water being stored in the rotatable tub or a rinse-with-dehydration mode wherein the clothes are rinsed and dehydrated with the water supplied into the rotatable tub; and

    c) operation mode selecting means for selecting the stored-water rinse mode when the volume of clothes detected by the clothes volume detecting means is large or the rinse-with-dehydration mode when the volume of clothes detected by the clothes volume detecting means is small.

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