Full automatic washing machine

A full automatic washing machine comprising an outer tub, a rotatable tub rotatably mounted in the outer tub, an agitator rotatably mounted in the rotatable tub and an electric motor for driving the rotatable tub and the agitator, the full automatic washing machine further comprising:

• a) soiling degree detecting means for detecting a degree of soiling of the clothes accommodated in the rotatable tub;
• b) rinse control means for controlling either a stored-water rinse mode wherein the clothes are rinsed with water being stored in the rotatable tub or a rinse-with-dehydration mode wherein the clothes are rinsed and dehydrated with the water being supplied into the rotatable tub;
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• c) operation mode selecting means for selecting the stored-water rinse mode when the degree of soiling of the clothes detected by the soiling degree detecting means is large or the rinse-with-dehydration mode when the degree of soiling of the clothes detected by the clothes volume detecting means is small.

A full automatic washing machine comprising an outer tub, a rotatable tub rotatably mounted in the outer tub, an agitator rotatably mounted in the rotatable tub and an electric motor for driving the rotatable tub and the agitator, the full automatic washing machine further comprising:

• a) clothes volume detecting means for detecting volume of clothes accommodated in the rotatable tub;
• b) soiling degree detecting means for detecting a degree of soiling of the clothes accommodated in the rotatable tub;
• c) rinse control means for controlling either a stored-water rinse mode wherein the clothes are rinsed with water being stored in the rotatable tub or a rinse-with-dehydration mode wherein the clothes are rinsed and dehydrated with the water supplied into the rotatable tub;
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• d) operation mode selecting means for selecting either the stored-water rinse mode or the rinse-with-dehydration mode on the basis of results of detection of the clothes volume detecting means and the soiling degree detecting means.

A full automatic washing machine, comprising:

• an outer tub;
• a rotatable tub rotatably mounted in the outer tub;
• an agitator rotatably mounted in the rotatable tub;
• an electric motor for driving the rotatable tub and the agitator;
• rinse control means for controlling either a stored-water rinse mode wherein clothes accommodated in the rotatable tub are rinsed with water being stored in the rotatable tub or a rinse-with-dehydration mode wherein the clothes are rinsed and dehydrated with the water being supplied into the rotatable tub;
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• operation mode selecting means for automatically selecting either the stored-water rinse mode or the rinse-with-dehydration mode on the basis of data on the status of the clothes, which data is obtained during execution of a wash step and includes a volume, a degree of soiling or a cloth quality of the clothes.