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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2006
Shinichiro Kawabata, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Nishiwaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hisao Tatsumi, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Ha Products Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Toshiba Consumer Marketing Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A washing and dehydrating machine includes a circulating passage communicating between interior and exterior of a water tub, warm air generating unit rendering air in the passage warm, an overflow outlet located in the water tub surface, so that water flows through the overflow outlet when a water level in the water tub is increased to or above a level, a drain conduit introduced outside the machine via a drain valve, through which water in the water tub is discharged, an overflow conduit having a lower end connected to the drain valve and communicating with the overflow outlet, and air stopping unit located in the overflow conduit and including a trap cutting off air flow and a water supply unit supplying water to the trap, allowing water to pass through and stopping air flow. The overflow conduit is introduced outside the machine via the air stopping unit.