Water treatment unit and equipment having the unit
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroyuki Nomura
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Abstract
A water treatment unit mounted in a washing machine, comprising a cartridge type case. An inflow port and an outflow port connected to a water supply port and a water receiving port formed in the washing machine are formed in the case. An electrode eluting metal ions in water by energization is disposed in the case and a connector part for supplying power to the electrode is disposed on the outer surface of the case. The case is formed slender and the inflow port and the outflow port are formed in the case, concentrically to each other, at positions near one end thereof and the connector part is disposed at a position near the other end.
Claims21
A washing machine comprising a detachable cartridge-type water treatment unit that applies a voltage between electrodes and thereby elutes therefrom metal ions that exert an antimicrobial effect, wherein, in a water feed route for feeding water to a washing tub, there are provided a water feed port and a water receive port, which are arranged in a top surface of the washing machine, wherein the water treatment unit has, in a portion near one end of a bottom surface of an elongate case, an inflow port to be connected to the water feed port and an outflow port to be connected to the water receive port, and has, in a portion near the other end of the bottom surface of the case, connector portions for energizing the electrodes, any of the inflow port, the outflow port, and the connector portions protruding perpendicularly downward, and wherein the water treatment unit is fitted to the top surface of the washing machine by bayonet coupling.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.