A drum-type washing machine includes a washing water supply apparatus
providing a liquid passage from a water outlet of a detergent reservoir
to an inner space of a tub. The washing water supply apparatus employs a
bubble dissipation device for preventing bubbles generated in a tub from
reaching an inlet bellows and entering a detergent reservoir. The washing
water supply apparatus includes a water supply duct formed at an upper
part of the tub; an inlet bellows, one end of which is coupled to the
water outlet of the detergent reservoir and the other end of which is
connected to the water supply duct, for supplying a liquid to the tub;
and a bubble dissipation device, vertically installed along the liquid
passage of the washing water supply apparatus, for preventing bubbles
generated in the tub from entering the detergent reservoir. The bubble
dissipation device includes a float movably disposed in the washing water
supply apparatus to travel a predetermined vertical distance along the
washing water supply apparatus between a seated stated and a raised
state, under a force of a forming air bubble, for blocking the liquid
passage when a bubble is generated and allowing the liquid of the washing
water supply apparatus to drain into the tub when no bubble is generated.
An air escape hole having a small cross-section, for allowing air trapped
by the float to escape slowly back into the tub, provides communication
between the inner space of the tub and a space created when the float is
in the raised state.