Abstract:
The following are provided in a washing machine: a drum (630) in which laundry is put; an ion elution unit that elutes metal ions and adds them to water; sensing means (701) for sensing imbalance at the time of rotation of the laundry tub; and imbalance correcting means (702). When the sensing means (701) senses imbalance in the drum (630) at the time of spin-drying rotation of the drum (630) performed after metal ion added water supplied from the ion elution unit to the drum (630) is supplied, the imbalance correcting means (702) corrects the imbalance by performing a processing different from a processing performed when imbalance is sensed in a case where the metal ion added water is not supplied. The different processing is not supply of tap water but balance correction rinsing in which the metal ion added water is supplied to the drum (630) and agitation is performed. With this structure, imbalance in the drum (630) at the time of spin-drying rotation can be corrected without any loss of the antibacterial effect added to the laundry.
Abstract:
A washing machine includes: a drum (630) in which laundry is put; an ion elution unit that elutes metal ions and adds them to water; a sensing unit (701) for sensing imbalance at the time of rotation of the laundry tub; and an imbalance correcting unit (702). When the sensing unit senses imbalance in the drum at the time of spin-drying rotation of the drum performed after metal ion added water supplied from the ion elution unit to the drum is supplied, the imbalance correcting unit corrects the imbalance by performing a processing different from a processing performed when imbalance is sensed in a case where the metal ion added water is not supplied. The different processing is not supply of tap water but balance correction rinsing in which the metal ion added water is supplied to the drum and agitation is performed.
Abstract:
An ion elution unit generates metal ions by applying a voltage between electrodes. Terminals are formed integrally to the electrodes. An interval between the electrodes becomes narrower from an upstream side to a downstream side with respect to a water current flowing through an inside of a casing of the ion elution unit. Terminals that are so laid as to run from the electrodes out of a casing of the ion elution unit are disposed on an upstream side with respect to a water current flowing through an inside of the casing.
Abstract:
A water feeding apparatus (300) has an ion eluter (100) and a shower emitter (200). The shower emitter (200) receives water via a coupling pipe (250) from the ion eluter (100), and sprays the water, in the form of a shower, onto laundry. Liquid droplets in the form of a shower are small and easy to dry, and thus produce crystals having smaller particles (with large surface areas), having more lattice defects, and easier to dissolve. With these crystals attached to the laundry, when the crystals make contact with moisture next time, the silver ion in the liquid droplets easily dissolves. Even when the laundry is made of water-repellent or hydrophobic cloth, the solution dries up on the surface of the cloth before water is repelled. Thus, even this type of laundry can benefit from the antimicrobial effect of the silver ion.
Abstract:
A water feeding apparatus (300) has an ion eluter (100) and a shower emitter (200). The shower emitter (200) receives water via a coupling pipe (250) from the ion eluter (100), and sprays the water, in the form of a shower, onto laundry. Liquid droplets in the form of a shower are small and easy to dry, and thus produce crystals having smaller particles (with large surface areas), having more lattice defects, and easier to dissolve. With these crystals attached to the laundry, when the crystals make contact with moisture next time, the silver ion in the liquid droplets easily dissolves. Even when the laundry is made of water-repellent or hydrophobic cloth, the solution dries up on the surface of the cloth before water is repelled. Thus, even this type of laundry can benefit from the antimicrobial effect of the silver ion.
Abstract:
An ion elution unit generates metal ions by applying a voltage between electrodes. Terminals are formed integrally to the electrodes. The terminals protrude downward through the bottom wall of the casing of the ion elution unit. The space between the electrodes becomes narrower from the upstream side to the downstream side along with the water current flowing through the inside of the casing. The casing has a water inlet and a water outlet, the cross-sectional area of the water outlet is smaller than that of the water inlet. The water outlet is disposed at the lowest level in the inner space of the casing. The cross-sectional area of the inner space of the casing gradually decreases from the upstream side to the downstream side.
Abstract:
A polluted water purifier for collecting a pollutant present in polluted water by flocculating the pollutant with a flocculant has a mixer 5 for mixing the polluted water with the flocculant F and air, an agitator 18 for agitating the polluted water, containing the flocculant F and the air, that flows into a cylindrical agitation chamber 6 along the inner surface thereof by making the polluted water into a spiraling stream so that the flocks formed by the flocculant F hold bubbles, and a separator 10 and 19, connected to the agitator 18, for temporarily storing the polluted water and for separating the flocks holding the bubbles.
Abstract:
Provided is a washing machine operable to recover metal ions supplied to water used for laundering. The washing machine (1) comprises a metal ion water generation part (90) for applying the metal ions to water and a metal ion recovery unit (200) disposed so as to contact the water with the metal ions applied by the metal ion water generation part (90), for recovering the metal ions in the water. In a method for recovering the metal ions in the washing machine (1), the metal ion recovery unit (200) is disposed, in the washing machine (1) operable to apply the metal ions to a fabric structure, so as to contact the water used for laundering and recovers the metal ions in the water.
Abstract:
Provided is a washing machine that makes it possible to effectively exert a sterilizing effect onto all the inner wall face from a lower portion to an upper portion of a washing tank, to shorten a driving time required for washing the washing tank and also to reduce an amount of water to be used for the washing process. The washing machine is provided with a rotatable washing tank that has no hole in the tank wall, and is formed so that a diameter of the inner wall face becomes gradually greater toward an opening portion, as well as a water supply valve, a water supply pipe and an water supply inlet that serve as a water supply unit capable of supplying water having a sterilizing effect to the washing tank, and in this structure, silver ion-containing water, supplied to the washing tank by the water supply unit, is allowed to move and flow along the inner wall face of the washing tank by the centrifugal force derived from the rotation of the washing tank so as to sterilize the inner wall face of the washing tank.
Abstract:
One type of dryer, namely a laundry dryer (1), comprises a water tank (20) and a drum (30). At the time of drying laundry, the interior of the drum (30) functions as a hermetically closed drying chamber (170). The air in the closed drying chamber (170) is sucked into a circulation duct (171) and heated by means of a heater (173) to a hot air before being blown into the closed drying chamber (170). The hot air having absorbed moisture from the laundry comes into contact with dehumidification water in a cooling chamber (174) within the circulation duct (171), thereby being dehumidified. The dehumidification water is sprayed by a mist generator (180). In the drying process, the mist generator (180) generates mist of metal ion water which has passed through an ion dissolving unit (100) and sprays the mist to the laundry.