gravity is maintained away from the discharge openings 33 until the paddle 31 arrives at a location close to or at the top of the drum 15 rotation fig5 illustrates in greater detail a paddle 31 as the drum 15 is rotated arriving at a location towards the bottom of the washing machine in which the liquid 41 is collected through openings 35 thereafter in the view of fig6 the paddle 31 is shown after having been passed through the liquid 41 while the paddle is generally of v shaped cross section it can also include an elongated flattened section 57 which aids in retaining liquid 41 therein away from discharge openings 33 as the paddle is rotated clockwise upwardly within the washing machine 3 the paddle 31 then arrives at a location near the top of the washing machine due to the drum 15 rotation as shown in fig7 and the liquid 41 is discharged through openings 33 towards the front 37 of the drum 15 as shown in fig7 the paddles 31 may be made of a number of different materials plastics make manufacturing of the paddles 31 particularly easy through conventional molding or injection processes in addition depending on the type of plastics employed they are advantageously suited for use in wet environments having large temperature variations such as occurs in washing machines in terms of mounting arrangements the paddle 31 may be mounted transverse to the direction of rotation of the drum 15 alternatively the paddles 31 may be mounted oblique to the direction of rotation.