Centrifugal washing machine

Abstract

Centrifigal washing machine is disclosed, in which a small sized detergent solution spray pump can be used for reducing power, water and detergent consumptions, including an outer tub supported in a body of the washing machine, an inner tub rotatably held in the outer tub, a spray device rotatably held at a center of the inner tub and having a detergent solution spray hole with a narrow width and a long length and an end bent to one side, a detergent solution supply tube connected between an under side of the outer tub and one end of the spray device for guiding a detergent solution filled in the outer tub to the spray device, a pump fitted in the detergent solution supply tube for pumping the detergent solution, a first valve and a second valve fitted at an inlet and an outlet of the detergent solution supply tube respectively for opening and closing the detergent solution supply tube selectively, and a foam eliminating means for eliminating foam produced as the detergent solution is circulated when the pump is operated.

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