Fully-automated washing machine

U.S. Patent Number: 5385037

Abstract: A clothes washing machine includes a main washing/spin-dry tub and an auxiliary tub in which clothes can be boiled. The auxiliary tub has its own water supply and a heater for heating the water. The auxiliary tub can be permanently attached to the main washer housing or it can be removable therefrom. A rotary drum can be disposed within the auxiliary tub, which drum can serve as a clothes dryer when free of water and with the heater actuated.

Inventors: Bae; Sang-Chul (Suwon-city, KR)

Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon City, KR)

Application Number: 08/080,874

Issued: 1995-01-31

Expired: 2007-01-31

Classes: 68/16 ; 68/27

Field of search: 68/15,16,26,27

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