WASHING MACHINE - TOSHIBA KK

Title:

WASHING MACHINE

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/138878

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

A washing machine is provided with: an outer box; a water tub positioned inside the outer box; a rotating tub positioned inside the water tub and driven to rotate; a suspension which comprises a damper for damping the vibration of the water tub and capable of varying the damping force and elastically supports the water tub inside the outer box; and a control means which performs control so as to keep the damping force of the damper constant during a predetermined detecting operation or a control means which performs control so as to increase the damping force of the damper with the decrease of the detected weight of the laundry according to the result of the detection performed by a laundry weight detection means.

Inventors:

NISHIWAKI SATORU (JP)
HISANO KOJI (JP)
ARAKAWA TOSHIO (JP)
OYABU TATSUYA (JP)
MURASE HIROKI (JP)
NISHIMURA HIROSHI (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2011/052701

Publication Date:

November 10, 2011

Filing Date:

February 09, 2011

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

TOSHIBA KK (JP)
TOSHIBA CONSUMER ELECT HOLDING (JP)
TOSHIBA HOME APPLIANCES CORP (JP)
NISHIWAKI SATORU (JP)
HISANO KOJI (JP)
ARAKAWA TOSHIO (JP)
OYABU TATSUYA (JP)
MURASE HIROKI (JP)
NISHIMURA HIROSHI (JP)

International Classes:

D06F33/48; D06F34/18; D06F37/22

Foreign References:

JPH10323489A	1998-12-08
JP2009189539A	2009-08-27
JPH0819687A	1996-01-23
JP2008000502A	2008-01-10
JPH10328479A	1998-12-15
JP2002502942A	2002-01-29
JP2005291284A	2005-10-20
JP2008183297A	2008-08-14
JP2008295906A	2008-12-11

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