Abstract: A drum washing machine having a detergent supply device supplying water containing detergent to a washing tub. The detergent supply device is integrally formed with a door of the washing machine. The detergent supply device is provided with a discharge unit discharging detergent dissolved in the water to the washing tub when the level of the water supplied to the detergent supply device reaches a designated value. The discharge unit delays the discharge of the washing water supplied to the detergent supply device by a siphon, thus improving the solubility of the detergent.

Abstract: A spin basket for a clothes washing machine has a cylindrical side panel, formed by joining two ends of a rectangular sheet to each other by back-folding the ends around one another to form a joint. The cylindrical panel includes inwardly projecting lifters adapted to raise laundry as the panel rotates. The joint is formed in one of the lifters to strengthen the joint against centrifugal force occurring during rotation of the panel. The back-folded ends of the joint engage one another along an interface. The ends may include intermeshing bosses and grooves extending along the interface, to reinforce the joint.