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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F / ; D06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
68 1218 ; 68 235 ; 68207 ;
Abstract
A washing machine includes a wash-and-dewatering sink 4, a motor 6 rotating the wash-and-dewatering sink 4, a detergent fluid supply device 12 supplying detergent fluid to clothes in the wash-and-dewatering sink 4, and control unit controlling both the motor 6 and the detergent fluid supply device 12 in such a manner, when the wash-and-dewatering sink 4 is rotated by the motor 6, detergent fluid is supplied to the clothes in the wash-and-dewatering sink 4 by the detergent fluid supply device 12.