WASHING MACHINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a washing machine which has improved usability by allowing a user to rotate a washing tub easily without requiring a large force and without waiting after turning on a power source.SOLUTION: A washing machine includes: a water tub 3 which is disposed in an outer frame 1 of the washing machine and which has a washing tub 4 capable of performing dewatering rotation inside; a pulsator 5 which is rotatably disposed at an inner bottom part of the washing tub 4; a motor 7 which drives the washing tub 4 and the pulsator 5; a brake mechanism which adds a brake force to the rotation of the washing tub 4; and a control device 19 which executes a series of washing operations such as a washing step, a rinsing step, a dewatering step and the ike. The control device 19 has: a control unit 58 which controls the series of steps and which detects a finish state of whether it has been finished after completely executing the operation based on the set content inputted by a user or it has been finished in the middle of the operation; and a storage unit 61 which stores the operation finish state of the previous washing operation. The control unit 58 changes the control of the brake mechanism by the finish state of the previous washing operation stored in the storage unit 61.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5 【課題】使用者が電源を投入してから待つことなく、大きな力を必要とせずに簡単に洗濯槽を回せるようにして使い勝手を向上させた洗濯機を提供する。【解決手段】洗濯機の外枠１内に配設され内部に脱水回転可能な洗濯槽４を有する水槽３と、洗濯槽４の内底部に回転自在に配設されるパルセータ５と、洗濯槽４およびパルセータ５を駆動するモータ７と、洗濯槽４の回転に制動力を付加するブレーキ機構と、洗い工程、すすぎ工程、脱水工程など一連の洗濯運転を実行する制御装置１９とを備え、制御装置１９は、一連の工程を制御するとともに、使用者により入力された設定内容に基づく運転を完全に実行して終了したか、もしくは運転の途中で終了したか、の終了状態を検知する制御部５８と、前回の洗濯運転の運転終了状態を記憶する記憶部６１と、を有し、制御部５８は、記憶部６１に記憶された前回の洗濯運転の終了状態によってブレーキ機構の制御を変更する。【選択図】図５