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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1996
Yong Byeong Jeon, Suwon, KR;
Hyeong Reol Lee, Suwon, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
An automatic clothes washing machine comprises a water container, a washing basket mounted inside the water container to rotate about a vertical axis, and an agitator having a plurality of radial vanes for rotating about the vertical axis to radially propel the water into vertical channels arranged on the inside of the side wall of the washing basket. The channels discharge the propelled water vertically along the side wall. Each vertical channel has a water inlet at the lower end, for receiving radially propelled water, and a plurality of vertically spaced water outlets for discharging the water back into the washing basket. At least one of the water outlets is disposed below a vertical center of its respective channel, and a filter is mounted at the lowest water outlet.