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LapWoon Keung
2005
Principle of tossing
clothes inside in a
rotating cylinder
Used in 1850 in a
English laundry.
Used in 1840 by the
French: Industrial
model, double
sheathing, 4
compartments, driven
by a crank.
Plumbing
Jobs
Fills washing
machine with correct
temperature of
water
Re-circulate water
from bottom of the
wash tub back to the
top, during wash
cycle
Plumbing
Plumbing
Plumbing
Water Inlet
Water enters that way
Nozzle to the right:
Overflow port
Connected to pipes
that dump water
onto floor
Goes to floor
instead of the tub
and motor
Pump
Re-circulates water
and drains it
Has 2 separate
pump in one
Bottom half: Hooked
to drain line
Top half: Recirculates wash
water
Pump
Vanes of the bottom
layer of the pump:
Push water around
The pump can
reverse direction
Spins different way
while doing different
jobs.
Pump
Clutch is hooked up to
pump
Drain hose loops all
the way to the top of
machine
One end is hooked
to bottom of tub
Open to
atmosphere
Drive Mechanism
Control
Cycle switch
Speed and temp.
control switch
Water level control
switch plumbing
Designed before
micro-controllers
were being used in
appliances
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Bibliography
Washing Machine. The World Book
Encyclopedia. 2003ed.
Walerie-Anne Giscard dEstaing. The Second
World Almanac Book of Invention. New York;
Pharos Book, 1986.
Karim Nice. How Washing Machine Work.
How Stuff Works. 1998-2005. How Stuff
Works. May 3, 2005
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