Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Kenji Terai

Satoshi Tsujimura

Hiroyoshi Nomura

Hiroyuki Fujii

Hiroyuki Kiriyama

Yuko Omura

Mitsuyuki Furubayashi

Koichi Kubo

Toshinari Matsumoto

Hiroko Minayoshi

Mikio Tahara

Katsuaki Sumida

Hiroyuki Fuji

Ahin Kang

Hiroyuki Inoue

Shinji Matsuoka

Katsunori Yamamoto

Kazunori Maeda

Kouji Nakai

Shigeharu Nakamoto

Yasuyuki Horibe

Tsuyoshi Murao

Shungo Ishihara

Takayoshi Akagi

Tomoaki Yoneda

Junya Sakamoto

Yuji Ozeki

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.

Drum type washing machine

A drum type washing machine includes a water tub; a cylindrical rotary drum rotatably installed in the water tub such that a central axis of rotation of the rotary drum is horizontal or slanted; a water outlet provided on a bottom portion of the water tub; a motor for rotating the rotary drum; a water supplying unit for supplying wash water into the water tub; a water draining unit for draining the wash water from the water tub; and a controller for controlling the motor, the water supplying unit and the water draining unit to thereby perform a washing, a rinsing and a water-extracting process. A guiding member with a guiding surface is installed on an inner bottom portion of the water tub to facilitate collection of the wash water and guide the collected wash water toward the water outlet during the water-extracting process.

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Osaka, Japan

Kenji Terai