Patent ID: 7934402

Claim:
A washing machine, comprising: a water tub; a washing tub rotatably disposed in the water tub; a water supply unit to supply water from an external water source to the washing tub; a colloidal silver maker coupled to the water supply unit to directly receive water from the ater supply unit; a detergent feeder connected to the colloidal silver maker to receive the colloidal silver-containing wash water from the colloidal silver maker and feed the colloidal silver-containing wash water to the washing tub, the detergent feeder having a body opened at a front thereof and a detergent container sliding through the open front of the body; and an outlet pipe provided at a side of the colloidal silver maker to feed the colloidal silver-containing wash water from the colloidal silver maker to the detergent feeder, the outlet pipe being disposed between the colloidal silver maker and the detergent feeder and integrally formed with the colloidal silver maker and the detergent feeder so that the colloidal silver-containing wash water produced from the colloidal silver maker is supplied to the washing tub through the detergent feeder, wherein the colloidal silver maker comprises a silver ion casing to define a water passage through which wash water passes and a pair of silver plates placed in the water passage of the silver ion casing and submerged by wash water flowing along the water passage to generate silver ions, the pair of silver plates being arranged in parallel to a flowing direction of the wash water.