Patent ID: 7404304
Filing Date: 2008-07-29
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A drum type washing machine comprising: a water tub for containing wash water; a rotating drum, rotatably mounted in the water tub, comprising a plurality of through holes formed along a peripheral wall thereof; a heating tank for containing water and generating hot water and steam, comprising a heater for heating the water contained therein; a steam supply pipe, adapted to guide the steam from the heating tank to the water tub, comprising an inlet connected to the heating tank and an outlet connected to the water tub; and a hot water supply pipe, adapted to guide heated water from the heating tank to the water tub, comprising an inlet connected to the heating tank and an outlet connected to the water tub, wherein the inlet of the steam supply pipe extends horizontally into an interior of the heating tank at a side wall of the heating tank, and is bent to extend upwardly in the interior of the heating tank so that the inlet is positioned at an upper portion of the heating tank inside the heating tank, and wherein the inlet of the hot water supply pipe is connected to a side wall of the heating tank so as to be dispose at a lower portion of the heating tank than the inlet of the steam supply pipe, and wherein heated water and steam are capable of being simultaneously and separately supplied to the water tub via the hot water supply pipe and the steam supply pipe, respectively.