Patent ID: 6116061
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
A washing machine, comprising:an outer tub;an inner tub located inside the outer tub and configured to hold cloth;fluid supplying means for pumping fluid from the outer tub such that the fluid is sprayed directly onto cloth in the inner tub; andfluid storing means, located at a bottom of the outer tub, for storing fluid and for providing the stored fluid to the fluid supplying means, wherein the washing machine is configured such that during a first washing cycle, the inner tub rotates, and fluid is sprayed directly onto cloth in the inner tub by the fluid supplying means, wherein the washing machine is configured to vary a rotational speed of the inner tub during the first washing cycle, and wherein varying the rotational speed of the inner tub causes the fluid to change a path it takes in passing through cloth in the inner tub.