Drum-type washing machine having softening apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsAtsushi OHYAGI, Hitoshi MINAI, Takashi ANDO, Tomoyuki OKUNO, Yasushi URAI
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Abstract
A disclosed drum-type washing machine having a softening apparatus comprises: a cylindrical water tank accommodating laundry and having a rotating drum; a case for accommodating the water tank; and a softening apparatus having a hardness component remover for removing hardness components from washing water, and a regeneration agent accommodation unit spaced apart from the hardness component remover on opposite sides from a center of the tub, and for accommodating a regeneration agent that regenerates a function of the hardness component remover.
Claims20
A drum type washing machine comprising:
- a tub formed in a cylindrical shape and including a rotating drum configured to receive laundry;
- a casing including a receiving region in which the tub is accommodated, an upper region above the receiving region, and four corner regions arranged around the tub;
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- a water softening device including:
- a hardness component remover configured to remove hardness components from wash water supplied to the tub, and
- a regeneration agent container unit spaced apart from the hardness component remover on opposite sides from a center of the tub, and configured to hold a regeneration agent that regenerates a function of the hardness component remover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.