Washing machine and washing method
AssigneesHaier Group Technique R & D Center, Haier Group Corporation
InventorsZhengbao He, Chunfeng Lao
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Abstract
A washing machine and a washing method, comprises an inner cylinder, an outer cylinder, and solid particles as a washing medium. The inner cylinder is driven into rotation by a driver unit. A side wall of the inner cylinder is spirally shaped and drives the particles into a spiral movement and flipping within the inner cylinder. When the inner cylinder is spinning, the screw thread drives the particles into flipping in all directions, back-and-forth and up-and-down, within the inner cylinder, thus allowing for increased mixing between clothes and the particles, for simplified washing process while also for improved cleaning rate, and for facilitated recycling of the particles.
Claims16
A washing machine, comprising an inner cylinder, an outer cylinder, and solid particles as washing medium, the inner cylinder being driven to rotate by a driver unit,
- wherein, a side wall of the inner cylinder is spirally shaped, and the particles are driven to move and turn spirally within the inner cylinder,
- an isolated cylinder with reticulated structure configured to separate clothes from the particles is arranged along an inner side of the inner cylinder,
- a storage space configured to store the particles is arranged in the washing machine, and the storage space communicates with the inner cylinder
- the storage space configured to store the particles is an extension part of the inner cylinder extending from one side,
- a baffle is configured to block clothes between the storage space and the inner cylinder, and
- a side wall of the extension part and the side wall of the inner cylinder are continuously spirally shaped.
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