Abstract: A drum washing machine in which laundry-separated substances, introduced into a gap of a packing member sealing an inlet of the washing machine during a washing process, are easily eliminated. The drum washing machine includes a main body having an entrance hole for placing laundry therein and a door opening and closing the entrance hole, a tub installed in the main body and having an opening corresponding to the entrance hole, a packing member to seal a space between the opening of the tub and the entrance hole. The packing member including a bending portion in which laundry-separate substances accumulate, and a recess adjacent to the bending portion, wherein the recess is formed in a user contactable position on the packing member for assisting in easy elimination of the laundry-separated substances accumulated in the bending portion.

Abstract: A drum washing machine in which washing water is supplied directly to a drum to reduce consumption of the washing water, and is easily discharged from the drum in a dehydrating mode without leakage of the washing water from the drum in a washing mode. The drum washing machine includes an opening and closing device to open the dehydration holes by a centrifugal force only when the drum is rotated more than a designated speed. The opening and closing device includes opening and closing members to open and close the dehydration holes, and an elastic member to enable the opening and closing members to open and close the dehydration holes according to an intensity of the centrifugal force generated due to a rotation of the drum. The drum washing machine supplies the washing water directly to the drum, thereby preventing problems regarding the leakage or discharge of the washing water.

Abstract: A drum washing machine which includes a detergent supply device which is easily produced and has low production costs, and which allows a user to observe a supply state of a detergent. The drum washing machine includes a main body having an opening, a door having a transparent member to open and close the opening of the main body, the transparent member allowing a user to see the inside of the main body, and a detergent receiving portion formed in the transparent member of the door.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a drum type washing machine designed to continuously raise and drop wash water during washing operation to enhance washing efficiency. The drum type washing machine includes a tub to hold wash water, a rotational drum rotatably installed in the tub, and a water raising unit having a plurality of water pockets equipped in a rotating direction of the rotational drum to an inner rear side of the rotational drum to raise and drop the wash water when the rotational drum is rotated.

Abstract: A washing machine having a rinse agent dispenser and control method thereof. The rinse agent dispenser is directly connected with a water tub to automatically dispense a rinse agent into the water tub via an adjustment of a level of wash water contained in the water tub without requiring a separate water supply device. The washing machine includes the water tub, the rinse agent dispenser connected with the water tub to dispense the rinse agent into the water tub via an adjustment of the level of the wash water contained in the water tub, water supply means to supply the wash water into the water tub, drainage means to drain the wash water from the water tub, and a controller to control the supply and drainage of the wash water by the water supply means and drainage means, thereby adjusting the level of the wash water in the water tub.