(19)
(11) EP 2 103 728 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.09.2011 Bulletin 2011/37

(43) Date of publication A2:
23.09.2009 Bulletin 2009/39

(21) Application number: 09150362.3

(22) Date of filing: 12.01.2009
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
D06F 39/08(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA RS

(30) Priority: 13.03.2008 JP 2008063472

(71) Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
Kadoma-shi Osaka 571-8501 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Terai, Kenji c/o Panasonic Corporation Int. Property Rights Op. Comp.
    Osaka 540-6207 (JP)
  • Matsuoka, Shinji c/o Panasonic Corporation Int. Property Rights Op. Comp.
    Osaka 540-6207 (JP)
  • Murao, Tsuyoshi c/o Panasonic Corporation Int. Property Rights Op. Comp.
    Osaka 540-6207 (JP)

(74) Representative: Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx 
Patentanwälte Stuntzstraße 16
81677 München
81677 München (DE)

   


(54) Drum type washing machine


(57) A drum type washing machine having a rotary drum installed in a water tank and capable of executing at least one of washing process and rinsing process by driving the rotary drum by a motor, including a water circulation mechanism for circulating the water in the water tank by a circulation pump through a circulation route connected to the water tank, in which the water circulation mechanism has a passage for discharging the circulation water in the rotary drum provided between the wall reverse side of the water tank and the wall surface of the rotary drum, and the circulation water is discharged into the rotary drum from the annular outlet formed between the inner circumferences of the front end walls.







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