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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2002
Applicants:
Susumu Kitamura, Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Satou, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Susumu Kitamura, Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Satou, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B011/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A washer-dryer has a tub, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub, and warm air feeding means for feeding warm air to dry laundry put in the drum. The washer-dryer further has an ion generating device that generates ions for sterilizing the laundry. The ion generating device feeds the ions to the drum and the tub. This makes it possible to realize a washer-dryer that can kill germs attached to clothes or floating in circulated air and thereby keep clothes clean.