| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accelerate dissolution of soil from clothes and uniformization of a wash liquid and to detect the soil in an early stage. <P>SOLUTION: The washing machine includes a circulation path 37 for sucking the wash liquid accumulated in an outer tub 24 and returning it into the outer tub 24 again, a circulation pump 39 for forcibly circulating the wash liquid to the circulation path 37, and wash liquid condition detection means 40 for detecting the condition of the wash liquid, the wash liquid condition detection means 40 is installed in the circulation path 37, and the circulation path 39 is configured so as to jet the wash liquid to the inside of an inner tub 25. The required circulation amount of the circulation path 39 is secured, the wash liquid is directly jetted to the clothes inside the inner tub 25, and thus the speed of wetting the clothes is uniformized. By uniformizing the dissolution of the soil from the clothes, timing of soil detection for estimating the soil amount of the clothes is quickened, and the degree of the soil stuck to laundry is estimated in an early stage. Thus, by increasing the time which can be shortened when there is little soil and a water amount which can be saved, a more optimum operation is performed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT |
