Patent ID: 7296444
Filing Date: 2007-11-20
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. An electric washing machine comprising: a washing tub to contain laundry; water motion generating means to generate water motion in the washing tub; water treatment means to perform a specific treatment on tap water to be supplied into the washing tub or tap water supplied into the washing tub to impart the water with a cleaning capability without addition of a detergent; storage means which stores therein a sequence for a first washing course in which the laundry is washed by generating water motion in the washing tub which contains a detergent solution prepared by adding the detergent into the tap water, and a sequence for a second washing course in which the laundry is washed without the use of the detergent by generating water motion in the washing tub which contains a cleaning liquid imparted with the cleaning capability by treating the tap water by the water treatment means; selecting means to allow a user to select the first washing course or the second washing course; control means to control operations of the water motion generating means and the water treatment means on the basis of the sequence for the washing course selected by the selecting means to perform a washing process in the selected washing course; load detecting means to detect a load of the laundry; and information means to notify a detergent amount according to the load detected by the load detecting means, wherein the control means actuates the load detecting means of the detection of the load and causes the information means to notify the detergent amount according to the detected load in the washing process of the first washing course, and prohibits the information means from notifying the detergent amount in the washing process of the second washing course.