CLOTHES WASHING AND CENTRIFUGAL SQUEEZING MACHINE Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: domestic equipment. SUBSTANCE: washing machine has plastic tank suspended on four vertical chains, perforated metal drum fixed on shaft rotating relative to vertical spindle in support, and bladed mixer adapted for activating washing solution during washing and rotating together with perforated drum during squeezing and washing. Drum and mixer surfaces contacting with clothes are formed as stem with transverse notches extending along stem contours. Upon switching of electric engine perforated drum and mixer rotate to activate washing solution and clothes, which are rotated to be turned over under prismatic blades and circulated over inner surface of drum and mixer and engaged with transverse notches of drum and mixer. EFFECT: increased efficiency, simplified construction and enhanced reliability in operation. 2 dwg