Abstract: A method and apparatus for breaking a unit dose package in a chamber within a post located in a basket of a laundry washing machine. The method includes filling the basket and the chamber, increasing a rotation speed of the basket and/or the post to raise the water level in the basket and lower the water level in the chamber to cause a unit dose package within the chamber to move downwards; reducing the rotation speed to lower the water level in the basket and raise the water level in chamber to cause the unit dose package within the chamber to move upwards; and repeating the steps of increasing and reducing the rotational speed to cause the unit dose package to break open and at least partially dissolve. A laundry washing machine configured to perform this process is also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is an integrated washing and spinning tub and an energy-saving and healthy household washing machine with a tub replacing function. The integrated washing and spinning tub comprises a water holding tub, a spinning tub is arranged in the water holding tub, and the water holding tub and the spinning tub are connected in a sliding groove mode. The energy-saving and healthy household washing machine with a tub replacing function comprises a washing machine shell, the integrated washing and spinning tub is arranged in the washing machine shell, a spring telescopic support corresponding to the integrated washing and spinning tub is arranged on the inner wall of the upper portion of the washing machine shell, a support frame is arranged at the bottom of the integrated washing and spinning tub, and a reduction gear and a motor which are connected are arranged on the support frame.

Abstract: A washing appliance including a removable agitator post having a recess configured for complementary receipt of an impeller interface. A plurality of apertures can be spaced around a bottom end of the agitator post. A plurality of alignment pins may extend from the impeller interface and into the plurality of apertures. The alignment pins can be movable in and out of the apertures so that the agitator post can be secured to, or released from, the impeller interface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a washing machine including an inner tub assembly for accommodating laundry, a pulsator rotatably provided to an inner lower portion of the inner tub assembly, a blade installed at a lower portion of the pulsator to be rotatable independently from the pulsator, the blade being configured to pump wash water to raise the wash water to an upper end of the inner tub assembly, a drive motor for providing rotational power to the pulsator and the blade, and a power transmission unit for transmitting power of the drive motor to the pulsator and the blade, respectively. The power transmission unit transmits power such that a direction of rotation of the pulsator is opposite to a direction of rotation of the blade.

Abstract: A laundry treating device is disclosed, which includes a cabinet that defines an exterior appearance of the device, a tub installed in the cabinet, a lower water holding part recessed in a lower portion of the tub to form a predetermined space, and a water drain hose connected with a side surface of the lower water holding part. The laundry treating device is capable of providing a sufficient water drain height, with improved inner space utilization.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus, particularly, a laundry treating apparatus using steam is disclosed. The laundry treating apparatus such as a washing machine, a dryer, a drying and washing machine is an apparatus which washes or dries articles such as clothes. The laundry treating apparatus includes an operation course including a drying process in which hot air is supplied into a drum adapted to accommodate articles to dry the articles and a cooling process in which cool air is supplied into the drum to cool the articles, wherein the operation course further includes a steam process in which steam is supplied into the drum, and the laundry treating apparatus includes a controller which controls a heater adapted to generate the steam such that an operation time point of the heater varies according to an amount of the articles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry machine and a control method thereof. The control method includes supplying steam, generated by a steam generator, into a drum, and supplying hot air into the drum to dry clothes wetted by the steam. According to the present invention, it is possible to effectively removing wrinkles on clothes.

Abstract: A pulsator includes a metallic upper pulsator having an inlet at a center of the pulsator and upwardly protruding upper washing ribs radially around the inlet and a synthetic resin lower pulsator having upwardly protruding lower washing ribs and contacting a lower surface of the upper washing ribs, a guidance surface spaced apart from the lower surface of the upper pulsator and defining a flow passage for channeling water introduced through the inlet, and an outlet at an end of the guidance surface discharging water channeled through the flow passage. The lower pulsator rotates with and is fixed to a driving shaft of a washing machine. A pulsator includes a synthetic resin pulsator body having a washing rib and a metal plating layer on an outer surface of the pulsator body includes the inlet. The outlet and the flow passage are provided in the pulsator body.

Abstract: A washing machine is provided, which washes laundry by mechanisms of vibration or/and pumping, thereby improving washing performance, and preventing the laundry from being damaged while reducing consumption of washing water. The washing machine includes an outer tub for storage of washing water, a washing tub mounted in the outer tub, an impeller rotatably fitted in a lower part of an inside of the washing tub for pumping the washing water in a space between the washing tub and the outer tub, a washing plate up and down movably fitted inside of the washing tub, a driving motor under the outer tub, and a power transmission connected to the driving motor for transmitting a rotation power of the driving motor to the impeller with a reduced speed, and transmitting a rotation power of the driving motor to the washing plate with the rotation power converted into up and down direction power.

Abstract: A washing machine including a perforated inner basket and an outer tub is disclosed. The outer tub includes one or more grooves on its inside wall to redirect extracted water from the perforated inner basket downwardly into a collection area for disposal. The groove may be generally vertical or angled along the upper portion of the inner wall of the tub. The groove preferably includes an undercut portion that extends in the same direction as the perforated basket spins.

Abstract: A washing machine capable of minimizing tangle and damage of the laundry is disclosed. The washing machine includes: a wash shaft installed perpendicularly at a lower center of an inner tub, and rotated by a rotational force transferred from a motor; a wash plate orbiting about a rotational center of the wash shaft to form a stream of water; and a movement converting unit for converting a rotational movement of the wash shaft to a orbiting movement of the wash plate.

Abstract: A washing machine is disclosed, which washes laundry by mechanisms of vibration or/and pumping, thereby improving washing performance, as well as preventing the laundry from being damaged while reducing consumption of washing water. The washing machine includes an outer tub for storage of washing water, a washing tub mounted in the outer tub, an impeller rotatably fitted in a lower part of an inside of the washing tub for pumping the washing water in a space between the washing tub and the outer tub, a washing plate up and down movably fitted inside of the washing tub, a driving motor under the outer tub, and a power transmission means connected to the driving motor for transmitting a rotation power of the driving motor to the impeller with a reduced speed, and transmitting a rotation power of the driving motor to the washing plate with the rotation power converted into up and down direction power.

Abstract: A washing machine having a sub-pulsator, the washing machine including a pulsator rotating in the left/right directions by a driving source during the washing process and guide duct mounted in a wash/spin-dry tub for guiding the washing water agitated by left/right rotations of the pulsator to the upper side of the wash/spin-dry tub, wherein the washing machine comprises:a hydraulic turbine disposed in the guide duct; anda sub-pulsator arranged in the wash/spin-dry tub to mesh with the hydraulic turbine, such that a side water current is formed at an intermediate section of the wash/spin-dry tub without recourse to input of separately added power to thereby improve the washing performance.

Abstract: A washing machine includes an outer tub, an inner tub, fluid nozzle configured to spray fluid into the inner tub, a fluid pump, and a controller. The washing machine may also include a pulsator located in the inner tub for applying a force to clothing in inner tub. During a first washing cycle, the controller causes the inner tub to rotate, and the nozzle to spray fluid onto clothing in the inner tub. During the first washing cycle, a fluid level in the outer tub may be controlled so that it is lower than the inner tub. During a second washing cycle, the inner tub is held stationary, and the pulsator applies a force to clothing in the inner tub, as occurs in conventional washing machines. Because the fluid level in the washing machine can be kept quite low during the first washing cycle, less water and less detergent is required. Also, because the level of the water is kept below the rotating inner tub during the first washing cycle, less force and thus less energy are required to rotate the inner tub.

Abstract: In a clothes washer having a rotational force conversion apparatus, the rotational force conversion apparatus comprises a disk cam formed on a driving shaft, a plurality of followers contacted with the disk cam and each having a coil spring which enables the follower to be in constant contact with the disk cam.

Abstract: A washing machine pumps a washing liquid towards an upper portion of a spin tub while a washing cycle is being executed. The washing machine has a pumping unit disposed at an underside of an outer tub so as to pump the washing liquid from a bottom wall of the outer tub to upper portions of the spin tub and the outer tub. The pumping unit has a receptacle which is fixed to the underside of the outer tub, a disc member which is reciprocated in upward and downward directions within the receptacle, a wire having a first end fixed to a center of an underside of the disc member, a synchronous motor connected to a second end of the wire for pulling the disc member downward, and a compression spring installed in the receptacle for upwardly biasing the disc member.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pulsator assembly used in a washing machine. The pulsator assembly comprises of disc-shaped lower pulsator and upper pulsator. A spouting port is formed at a central part of the upper pulsator, and an inflow port is formed at the lower pulsator. A guide rib is provided at an inner space of the pulsator assembly. The guide rib is extended from an area adjacent to a rotational axis to an area adjacent to a circumference. The guide rib is bent against a radial direction. The washing water in the inner space is guided toward the spouting port while a driving motor operates, so as to spout upward through the spouting port. Thus, a spouting water flow is formed along with a vortex water flow, which creates a complex water flow in a washing tub. Accordingly, the laundry is not twisted and the laundry is effectively washed and rinsed.

Abstract: A washing tub for use in a washing machine has a reservoir water tub in a cabinet, a pulsator rotatably disposed at bottom thereof and a balancer mounted on top thereof. The washing tub includes an outer tube having a base and a body mounted on the base, an inner tube disposed within the outer tube at regular intervals and guide members interposed between the outer and the inner tubes. The inner tube has a basal part opposed to the base of the outer tube and a body mounted on the basal part. The body of the outer tube consists of a plurality of first panels with a plurality of through-holes and a plurality of second panels alternatively connected to each other, while the body of the inner tube consists of a plurality of first plates with a plurality of through-holes opposed to each of the first panels of the outer tube and a plurality of second plates opposed to each of the second panels alternatively connected to each other.

Abstract: A compressed water generation apparatus of clothes washer comprises a hollow body, a piston housed in the hollow body, a valve for allowing the water through an inlet opening formed at an upper portion of the hollow body in response to a movement of the piston, and a flexible band connecting to the housing by one end thereof and to the piston by another end thereof, for expanding volume of space created between the inlet opening of the hollow body and the piston in respect to the movement of the water basket, thus drawing in the water of the water basket, compressing the water, and discharging the pressurized water toward the clothes basket.

Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine having a water guide for forming a vertical and a horizontal flow of wash water. The washing machine comprises a washing and dehydrating tub for receiving the wash water; a pulsator for forming a rotational water flow within the washing and dehydrating tub; and a water guide provided to an inner peripheral surface of the washing and dehydrating tub for defining a vertical passageway along the washing and dehydrating tub. While the wash water is rotated by the rotational movement of the pulsator, some of the water is guided along the passageway to the upper side of the washing and dehydrating tub where the wash water falls to the inner portion of the washing and dehydrating tub. The water guide has a main passageway and a pair of auxiliary passageways. A upper discharge port is formed at the upper portion of the main passageway, and the wash water is discharged through the upper discharge port.

Abstract: An electric washing machine includes a washing machine body, a water tank fixed in the washing machine body and having an opening at the bottom, a double-cylindrical axis body formed of outer and inner rotary axes passing through the opening in the water tank, a washing tank in the water tank attached to the upper end of the outer rotary axis, with a large number of dehydration holes, a container type agitator attached to the upper end of the inner rotary axis, arranged at the bottom of the washing tank, and a planetary gear mechanism coupled to the lower end of the double-cylindrical axis body. The planetary gear mechanism includes an input axis, a planetary gear outer periphery portion fixed to the outer rotary axis, and a planetary gears coupled to the inner rotary axis and engaging with the outer periphery of the input axis and the inner surface of the planetary gear outer periphery portion.

Abstract: A clothes washing machine has a pulsator and a spurting apparatus for spurting washing water upwardly from the center of the pulsator, so as to disperse laundry gathered thereabove. The spurting apparatus has at least one guide duct and a spurt cap. The guide duct is fixed to an underside of the pulsator so as to rotate together with the pulsator. The washing water is introduced into a radially outer end of the guide duct and guided toward the center of the pulsator. The spurt cap disposed at the center of the pulsator guides the washing water upwardly.

Abstract: A spin tub, which is installed in a washing machine, includes a washing ring and a ring guide for guiding the washing ring to be rotated along an inner sidewall of the spin tub, an engaging means for fixing the ring guide on an inner sidewall of the spin tub, and an assembling means for assembling the washing ring and the pulsator in order to provide a rotation force of the pulsator to the washing ring. The ring guide is inclined with respect to the spin axis of the spin tub, whereby when the washing ring is rotated by the pulsator, the water ring impacts on the laundry upwardly elevated along the inner side wall of the spin tub.

Abstract: A clothes washing machine has a pulsator and a spurting apparatus for spurting washing water upwardly from the center of the pulsator, so as to disperse laundry gathered thereabove. The spurting apparatus has at least one guide duct and a spurt cap. The guide duct is fixed to an underside of the pulsator so as to rotate together with the pulsator. The washing water is introduced into a radially outer end of the guide duct and guided toward the center of the pulsator. The spurt cap disposed at the center of the pulsator guides the washing water upwardly. A filter is disposed at an inlet of the duct for filtering-out impurities from washing water entering the duct.

Abstract: A washing machine having an apparatus for generating a turbulent flow. The washing machine has a cabinet, an outer tub installed in the cabinet to receive a washing water, a spin tub mounted in the outer tub to receive articles, an apparatus installed at a lower portion of the spin tub to upwardly impel the washing water, a pulsator to guide the washing water impelled by the apparatus into a center portion of the spin tub and to generate a swirling flow in the spin tub, a motor and a power transmission to drive the apparatus and pulsator. The apparatus has a porous cap member to allow the washing water to flow thereinto and an impeller to upwardly impel the washing water flown thereinto. The washing machine can impel the washing water toward an upper portion of the spin tub while a washing operation is being carried out so that the apparatus generates a complicated turbulent flow in the spin tub, thereby improving a washing efficiency.

Abstract: A clothes washing machine has a washing water spurting apparatus for spurting washing water directly upwardly from a center of a pulsator. The washing water is guided by at least guide one duct affixed to the pulsator. The pulsator has a plurality of first ribs formed on an underside of the pulsator and second ribs formed in recesses of the lower surface of the underside. Each of the first ribs is spaced a predetermined distance from the inlet of the guide duct. Each of the second ribs has a height extending from the underside of the pulsator, which is smaller than a height of a top border of the inlet. The first and second ribs enable the washing water to flow smoothly into the inlet of the guide duct when the pulsator rotates. The pulsator and the rotating blades are prevented from being deformed by the presence of the ribs.

Abstract: A clothes washing machine has a washing water spurting apparatus for spurting washing water directly upwardly from the center of a pulsator. The washing water spurting apparatus has at least one guide duct and a spurt cap. The spurt cap has a canopy forming a spurt hole. The canopy has a core and an arcuate rim surrounding the core, between which the spurt hole is formed. The core has ribs extending from the core toward a cylindrical inner surface of the arcuate rim. Distal ends of the ribs are spaced a predetermined distance from the cylindrical inner surface. The ribs increase a spurting pressure of the washing water and prevent foreign materials from entering the guide duct downwardly through the spurt hole.

Abstract: In a clothes washing machine, washing water is caused to spurt upwardly from the center of a pulsator, so as to disperse laundry gathered above the center of the pulsator. A washing water spurting apparatus includes guide ducts mounted on an underside of the pulsator. Each guide duct has an upper case, a lower case, and a first assembling mechanism for easily assembling and detaching the upper case and the lower case to and from each other. There is also a second assembling mechanism for assembling the guide duct to the underside of the pulsator so that the guide duct can rotate together with the pulsator.

Abstract: A clothes washing machine includes a spin-dry tub and an oscillatory agitator disposed at the bottom of the tub. The agitator includes a centrally located vertical hole in which an axial fan is mounted. A drive mechanism oscillates the axial fan relative to the agitator about a vertical axis to generate an upward water jet that disperses the laundry in a manner preventing entwinement and entanglement thereof. The driving mechanism comprises a roller mounted on an underside of the agitator. The roller engages the bottom of the tub and is oscillated by frictional contact therewith during oscillation of the agitator. Oscillation of the roller is transmitted to the axial fan by a flexible shaft.

Abstract: An improved washing machine equipped with a pulsator to prevent entanglement of laundry capable of efficiently preventing entanglement of laundry by preventing clothes being washed from gathering at the central portion in the inner tub of the washing machine, which includes an upper blade having a upwardly extending ejection hole, the upwardly extending ejection hole being formed at a central portion of the upper blade; a lower blade disposed below the upper blade; an improved pulsator disposed between the upper blade and the lower blade for transferring a driving force from the lower blade to the upper blade and having a plurality of spaced-apart support bushings for forming a washing water flow path between the upper blade and the lower blade; and an inner tub having a washing water guide section formed at a periphery of the lower blade and the support bushings.

Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine having a spraying nozzle assembly which evenly and strongly sprays a circulated washing liquid onto an article to be washed. The washing machine has a housing, an outer tub disposed in the housing so as to receive the washing liquid, a spin tub accommodated in the outer tub, an outer tub cover mounted on the outer tub, and a spraying nozzle assembly for spraying the washing liquid onto the article to be washed which is loaded in the spin tub. The spraying nozzle assembly includes an upper frame mounted on an upper surface of the outer tub cover and a lower frame which is rotatably coupled to a lower portion of the upper frame. The lower frame is formed at a bottom wall thereof with a plurality of spraying nozzles which are regularly arranged in a spiral pattern.

Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine which can strongly pump a washing liquid towards an upper portion of a spin tub while a washing cycle is being executed. The washing machine has a housing and an outer tub disposed in the housing so as to receive the washing liquid. A spin tub accommodated in the outer tub is divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a compartment, and is formed at an inner wall thereof with first and second cylinders which are positioned in opposition to each other. The washing machine has a motor for generating a rotational force, a pulsator mounted on an upper surface of the compartment, and a pulsator driving section for driving the pulsator by receiving the rotational force from the motor. First and second piston assemblies are respectively disposed within the first and second cylinders in order to pump the washing liquid towards an upper portion of the spin tub.

Abstract: A washing machine is disclosed which is equipped with a washing tub having a plurality of cylindrical side walls. The washing machine has a pulsator reception part, a washing tub body and a plurality of annular flat bases. The pulsator reception part has an opening in the bottom center portion thereof and rotatably receives the pulsator. The washing tub body is formed on the pulsator reception part and has a plurality of cylindrical side walls which are progressively reduced in diameters from the lower portion to the upper portion thereof. The plurality of annular flat bases each have a plurality of holes and connect the lower end of one of the plurality of cylindrical side walls with the upper end of another one of the plurality of cylindrical side walls.

Abstract: A clothes washer includes a laundry tub assembly disposed within a stationary main water tub. The laundry tub assembly includes outer and inner tubs rigidly attached together and radially spaced apart to form therebetween a space having a lower water inlet and an upper water outlet. A pulsator is disposed within the tub assembly to agitate clothes during a washing operation. The pulsator oscillates about a vertical axis and thereby produces streams of water traveling upwardly through the space and from the outlet to fall onto clothes being washed, in order to push the clothes downwardly. Spirally arranged members are disposed within the space to impart a swirling motion to the water traveling therethrough, so that the water discharged from the water outlet travels in generally the same direction as the direction of rotation of the pulsator and thus in the same direction as the clothes.

Abstract: A washing machine enables cleansing water pumped by a rotating blade during executing a washing operation to be sprayed upon laundry within an inner tub of the washing machine with a strong pressure. The washing machine includes a hollow cylindrical inner tub for performing washing and drying, the rotating blade rotatably projecting from a center of a bottom of the inner tub for circulating the cleansing water within the inner tub, a plurality of bent portions and cutout portions bent and cut in predetermined lower portions of a sidewall of the inner tub, a plurality of waterway casings coupled to the cutout portions and positioned below the bent portions for pressurizing and spraying circulating cleansing water into the inner tub, and a hollow cylindrical inner tub base coupled to the waterway casing housed within the inner tub for selectively supplying the circulating cleansing water to the waterway casings.

Abstract: A clothes washing machine includes a water container, a spin-drying basket disposed in the container, and an oscillatory agitator disposed at the bottom of the basket. A plurality of upright water passages are formed in a vertical wall of the basket for conducting an upward flow of water generated by the agitator. Each passage includes vertically spaced first and second water outlets disposed above a water level in the basket. The second outlet is disposed below the upper outlet and has a lint filter. A third water outlet is formed in each passage and is disposed below the water level.

Abstract: A method of washing clothes in an automatic washer having an imperforate wash tub, a perforate wash basket disposed within the tub and rotatable about a vertical axis and a bottom plate disposed within the lower portion of the wash basket and mounted for wobbling motion. The method of operation of the washer includes loading the clothes into the wash basket, adding water and detergent into the tub for forming wash liquid, recirculating the wash liquid over the clothes while driving the bottom plate in a nutating movement. Nutating movement describes the movement of the bottom plate wherein the bottom plate is slowly rotated within the wash basket while being driven in a rapid wobbling motion. In this fashion, the clothes are repeatedly moved under a spray pattern of wash liquid while being jostled and flexed for achieving he desired excellent soil removal.

Abstract: A method of rinsing in an automatic washer having an imperforate wash tub, a perforate wash basket disposed within the tub and rotatable about a vertical axis and a bottom plate disposed within the lower portion of the wash basket and mounted for wobbling motion. The method of rinsing includes adding rinse liquid into the wash basket and recirculating the rinse liquid over the clothes items while driving the bottom plate in a nutating movement. Nutating movement describes the movement of the bottom plate wherein the bottom plate is slowly rotated within the wash basket while being driven in a rapid wobbling motion. In this fashion, the clothes are repeatedly moved under a spray pattern of rinse liquid while being jostled and flexed for achieving the desired excellent detergent and soil removal during rinse.

Abstract: A reciprocating laundry basket for an automatic washer is provided in which the basket has a peripheral wall, a bottom wall contiguous with the peripheral wall, a post mounted within the basket for rotation with the basket, a spray device mounted on the post for spraying wash liquid into the interior of the wash basket and spray inlets and vertical fins positioned adjacent the peripheral wall for enhancing agitation of the fabric load.

Abstract: An apparatus for laundering a textile wash load that includes an imperforate wash tub having a sump at its lower end. A perforate wash basket that is adapted to receive a load of textile materials to be laundered is disposed concentrically within the wash tub. The wash basket includes an inner surface upon which are disposed a plurality of agitator vanes. A fluid conducting tower is disposed along the central longitudinal axis of the wash basket. The tower includes a nozzle assembly that is adapted to spray liquid onto the wash load. The tower also includes a mixing tank that receives wash additive.

Abstract: A filter for a top loading automatic washing machine wherein a substantially horizontal filter disc is positioned such that its outer periphery seats against the underside of the clothes basket bottom which is upwardly inclined towards the middle. The disc is a unitary plastic molded part, and has a large plurality of vertically aligned holes that have downward draft. An agitator provides pumping action to circulate washing fluid out of the sidewall perforations of the basket, and back into the basket through openings in the bottom thereof. The washing fluid passes through the holes of the filter disc collecting lint on the underside face. The lint is then flushed away during the spin mode of operation.

Abstract: Apparatus for wet processing traveling continuous-length textile material includes a narrow U-shaped container for processing liquid through which the material passes in a U-shaped path and an agitating assembly positioned in the container between the reaches of the material path for reciprocating movement parallel to the material. The agitating assembly includes a plurality of unequally spaced displacement members which extend across the width of the material and a substantial extent of the container transversely between the material reaches to define relatively narrow localized spacings between the displacement members and the container walls. Each reciprocal movement of the agitating assembly displaces a relatively large volume of the contained liquid forcing it to pass through the localized spacings at a relatively higher velocity than the actual movement of the agitating assembly, enhancing the liquid application to the material.

Abstract: A clothes washing machine has a cabinet in which an agitator is mounted on a vertical axis and is oscillated back and forth within a perforated tub, the tub and the agitator rotating continuously in one direction to give a spin action and the perforated tub in turn being mounted within a watertight container in the cabinet, with a space between substantially vertical walls of said container, and a drain is provided to drain washing liquid from the container, there being circulating means operable during a washing cycle of the washing machine to cause washing liquid to circulate from the pool of washing liquid in which clothes are being washed through at least part of the space between said walls of the perforated tub and walls of said container and back to said pool of washing liquid through perforations in the perforated tub, the perforations being of a size and shape such and said circulation being such that any lint in the washing liquid tends to be left in the space for discharge therefrom during a draini

Abstract: Continuous laundering apparatus having a continuous conveyor carrying the goods to be laundered through the apparatus. Devices additional to, and separate from, the conveyor are provided for agitating the goods as they are carried by the conveyor. The conveyor positively carries the goods, including in one form, opposed elements confining the goods therebetween and in another form a single element on which the goods rest. The agitating means includes selectively (a) rollers which are free turning, and turn by engagement therewith by the conveyor and compress the goods between the rollers and a reaction plate; (b) plungers or pushers which are positively driven against the goods, compressing them against the reaction plate; and (c) grippers on opposite sides of the conveyor gripping the conveyor, and thus the goods, between them. A plurality of laundering units are arranged in serial attitude to accommodate different kinds of laundering steps in a continuous operation.

Abstract: In a washer-dehydrator, an eccentrically set pulsator is driven through a rotation moment-transmitting mechanism, and, even in case washing water streams containing foreign matter are drawn below the pulsator by the action of pumping blades mounted on the underside of the pulsator. The operation of the rotation moment-transmitting mechanism is not obstructed by the foreign matter, but circulating water streams can be smoothly produced to trap foreign matter retained in the washing water.

Abstract: A fluid pumping agitator for use in a vertical axis automatic clothes washing machine which pumps wash liquid from an inlet in the skirt portion of the agitator to an outlet in the barrel portion of the agitator. The agitator pumps liquid in one rotational direction of its oscillatory rotational movement. The barrel portion has a chamber in which can be placed wash liquid treatment means such as a filter.

Abstract: A fluid pumping agitator for use in a vertical axis automatic clothes washing machine which pumps wash liquid from an inlet in the skirt portion of the agitator through a venturi to an outlet in the barrel portion of the agitator. The agitator pumps liquid upwardly in both directions of its oscillatory rotational movement. The barrel portion is provided with a filter means for treating the pumped wash liquid.

Abstract: Continuous laundering apparatus having a continuous conveyor carrying the goods to be laundered through the apparatus. Devices additional to, and separate from, the conveyor are provided for agitating the goods as they are carried by the conveyor. The conveyor is a single mesh or web, surrounding or enclosing the goods, and holding them in suspended form, and the agitators engage the conveyor, and the goods, at the sides. In one form the agitators are on opposite sides of the conveyor, engaging the conveyor against each other, and in another form, on one side and engaging it against the wall of the tank through which the goods are carried. A plurality of units provide different kinds of steps, such as washing and rinsing, and the conveyor assumes a bag shape and carries the goods between the units.

Abstract: A fluid pumping agitator for use in a vertical axis automatic clothes washing machine which pumps wash liquid from an inlet in the skirt portion of the agitator to an outlet in the barrel portion of the agitator. The agitator pumps liquid in both directions of its oscillatory rotational movement. The barrel portion has a chamber in which can be placed wash liquid treatment means such as a filter.

Abstract: A fluid pumping agitator for use in a vertical axis automatic clothes washing machine which pumps wash liquid from a central inlet communicating with the tub to an outlet communicating with the basket to reduce the volume of liquid required in a washing cycle. The agitator pumps liquid in both directions of its oscillatory rotational movement.