Patent ID: 7918110

Claim:
Machine for washing items of various kind comprising: a stationary washing tub ( 1 ) intended to contain the washing liquor, a fuel cell ( 2 ) that receives a stream of gaseous hydrogen and converts said stream into a source of electric power, means for generating said stream of gaseous hydrogen and transferring said stream to said fuel cell ( 2 ), an electric connector that transfers the electric power generated in said fuel cell to a control and actuation device comprised in said washing machine, wherein said means for generating said stream of gaseous hydrogen comprises: a sealed reactor ( 3 ), in the interior of which there is placed a mass of metal substances, a water source, a first conduit ( 5 ) to convey water from said water source to said sealed reactor, a second conduit ( 6 ) to convey a flow of gaseous hydrogen from said sealed reactor to said fuel cell, a third conduit ( 7 ) to convey the water from said sealed reactor ( 3 ) to said washing tub, said sealed reactor ( 3 ) comprising a first heat exchanger ( 8 ) that transfers heat generated inside said sealed reactor to a heating liquid circulating in said third conduit ( 7 ), wherein said third conduit ( 7 ) connects an interior volume of said reactor ( 3 ) with said tub ( 1 ) of the washing machine containing the washing liquor, and in said third conduit ( 7 ) said heating liquid circulates in a closed-loop pattern.