Patent ID: 7073356

Claim:
A drum type washing machine in which a drum with a substantially cylindrical peripheral wall is mounted to rotate about a horizontal or inclined axis in a tub enclosed in a housing, comprising: a) a throw-in opening formed in a top of the housing, which can be closed by a lid; b) a tub opening formed in a peripheral wall of the tub placed right under the throw-in opening, which can be closed by a tub door; c) a drum opening formed in the peripheral wall of the drum, which can be closed by a drum door; d) a drum-door-latching mechanism configured to hold the drum door in a closed position of the drum door; e) a drum position determiner configured to stop the drum in such a position that the drum opening substantially coincides with the tub opening; and f) a door-linking mechanism configured to unlatch the drum-door-latching mechanism and configured to make the drum door open together with an opening motion of the tub door when the drum is stopped with both the tub door and the drum door closed and the lid is opened by a user and then the tub door is opened by the user.