Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Hiroko Minayoshi

Hiroyoshi Nomura

Hiroyuki Fujii

Yuko Omura

Yutaka Inoue

Haruo Ida

Eiji Matsuda

Kiyonobu Yoshida

Kenji Terai

Hiromi Hirota

Tsuyoshi Fukuda

Yukihiro Kitazaki

Hideaki Ushijima

Shinji Matsuoka

Satoshi Maeda

Ken Gamo

Miyuki Omiya

Tomoyuki Taguchi

Masanao Segawa

Katsuaki Sumita

A drum type washing machine includes a rotating drum having a rotating axis in a substantially horizontal direction and sustained rotatably in a tub. The washing machine further includes a motor for driving the rotating drum, a water supply for supplying water into the tub, and a controller for washing, rinsing and liquid-extracting by controlling workings of the motor. The controller of the washing machine washes a laundry by pouring detergent bubbles in the washing process.

Drum type washing machine

A drum type washing machine includes a rotary drum having an approximately horizontal or slanted rotational axis; an outer tub for accommodating the rotary drum therein; a driving motor for rotating the rotary drum; a detergent case for accommodating detergent therein; a first water supply unit for supplying water into the outer tub via the detergent case; a second water supply unit for supplying water into the rotary drum through a front opening thereof; and a controller for controlling operations of the driving motor and the first and the second water supply unit to execute a washing process during which water is supplied first up to a first water level, and the rotary drum is rotated at a first rotational speed for a time period, and then water is supplied up to a second water level, the first water level being lower than the second water level.

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Kyoto, Japan

Hiroko Minayoshi