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 washing medium. The inner cylinder is driven into rotation by a driver device. The inner cylinder has arranged on the inner wall thereof scraper blades that protrude inwards and are bent along the wall of the inner cylinder. The scraper blades drives the particles into obliquely upward or obliquely downward movements and flipping, thus allowing for more fully mixing clothes with the particles, for simplified washing process, while also for improved cleaning rate, and for facilitated recycling of the particles.
Claims13
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 device,
- wherein, scraper blades which protrude inwards and are bent along an inner wall of the inner cylinder are arranged on the inner wall of the inner cylinder,
- the scraper blades drive the particles to move and turn over obliquely upward or downward,
- an isolated cylinder with reticular 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 of the inner cylinder,
- a baffle is configured to block clothes between the storage space and the inner cylinder,
- a channel between the storage space and the inner cylinder is arranged between a circumference of the baffle and an inner wall of the inner cylinder, and
- the scraper blades on the inner wall of the inner cylinder extend to the inner wall of the extension part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.