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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1995
Masatsugu Wada, Seto, JP;
Kabushiki Kaishi Toshiba, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A full automatic washing machine includes an outer tub having an upper opening, a rotatable tub mounted in the outer tub for rotation, and an agitator mounted in the rotatable tub for rotation. The rotatable tub has a number of dehydrating holes formed only in the upper end of its circumferential wall. An inner lid is pivotally mounted on an outer tub cover so as to open and close the upper opening of the outer tub. The inner lid has a concave showering portion having a number of showering through holes. In a wash step, the agitator is driven with the inner lid closed. In a rinse-with-dehydration step, supply of water via the showering holes of the inner lid into the rotatable tub and rotation of the rotatable tub are alternately executed under sequential control of these steps.