Abstract: A clothes washing machine has an external casing, a tub suspended in the external casing, and a spin basket rotatably installed in the tub and accommodating laundry. A damper includes a first member installed at the lower end of the tub which can wobble together with the tub, and a second member for attenuating vibration transferred to the tub by a mutual action with respect to the first member. Nonlinear and irregular vibration transferred to the tub during a rotational movement of the spin basket can be effectively attenuated, to reduce noise of the washing machine and perform a more stable washing cycle operation.

Abstract: An automatic clothes washing machine comprises a water container, a washing basket mounted inside the water container to rotate about a vertical axis, and an agitator having a plurality of radial vanes for rotating about the vertical axis to radially propel the water into vertical channels arranged on the inside of the side wall of the washing basket. The channels discharge the propelled water vertically along the side wall. Each vertical channel has a water inlet at the lower end, for receiving radially propelled water, and a plurality of vertically spaced water outlets for discharging the water back into the washing basket. At least one of the water outlets is disposed below a vertical center of its respective channel, and a filter is mounted at the lowest water outlet.