Washing machine including a drum for easy unloading

A washing machine, comprising:

• an outer barrel having a cylindrical shape, oriented substantially horizontally, and capable of containing a cleaning fluid;
• a drum present inside the outer barrel, having a cylindrical shape, and configured to receive laundry and the cleaning fluid;
• a rotary shaft connected to a side surface of the drum and configured to rotate the drum;
• a partition plate that is fixed to an inner circumferential surface of the drum in such a manner as to be in close contact with the inner circumferential surface and that divides an internal space of the drum into a first washing compartment and a second washing compartment;
• and
• a control circuitry configured to control the rotation of the rotary shaft in such a manner as to rotate the partition plate alternately in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction to beat-wash the laundry after the laundry becomes immersed in the cleaning fluid,
• wherein the control circuitry is adapted to control the rotation of the rotary shaft to rotate the partition plate in the first direction continuously to a first angle that allows a first wash as a portion of the laundry in the first washing compartment to be scooped up from the cleaning fluid with use of a first end of the partition plate and slip down along the partition plate and then in the second direction continuously to a second angle that allows the first wash to be scooped up from the cleaning fluid with use of a second end of the partition plate and slip down along the partition plate.