Patents Assigned to Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services Corporation
  • Patent number: 11970413
    Abstract: To provide an electric vacuum cleaning apparatus and a cleaning head can continuously perform both of suction cleaning and wiping for disinfecting the surface to be cleaned together. The apparatus includes: an electric blower that generates suction vacuum pressure; a suction air passage equipped with a suction port and fluidly connected to a suction side of the electric blower; an electrolyzed-water generator that electrolyzes water to produce electrolyzed water containing hypochlorous acid; a wiping-member attachment to which a wiping member is detachably attached; and a supply mechanism that supplies the electrolyzed water to at least one of a surface to be cleaned and the wiping member that is attached to the wiping-member attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Murosaki, Hironori Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11744428
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a driving wheel, a cleaning part, a dust-collecting unit, a dust collection amount detection part, and a travel control part. The dust collection amount detection part detects the amount of the dust and dirt accumulated in the dust-collecting unit. The travel control part controls the driving of the driving wheel to make the vacuum cleaner travel autonomously. The travel control part makes the vacuum cleaner travel to a dust station in the case the amount of the dust and dirt detected by the dust collection amount detection part is equal to or more than a specified amount while the cleaning part performs cleaning. The travel control part further makes the vacuum cleaner undock from the dust station to restart the cleaning after the dust and dirt accumulated in the dust-collecting unit is transferred to a dust-collecting container at the dust station. The vacuum cleaning apparatus can adopt a downsized vacuum cleaner while ensuring convenience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki Marutani, Kota Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11510538
    Abstract: In a vacuum cleaner electric blower is driven by power supplied by a secondary battery. A dust-collector is configured to catch and collect dust and dirt sucked by driving the electric blower. A detector is configured to detect a remaining amount of the secondary battery. A controller is configured to control suction force of the electric blower. In the case cleaning is finished when the remaining amount of the secondary battery detected by the detector is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the controller sets the parameter to reduce the suction force of the electric blower for the next cleaning. In the case cleaning is finished when the remaining amount of the secondary battery detected by the detector is not equal to or less than the predetermined value, the controller sets the parameter to increase the suction force of the electric blower for the next cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yutaka Kashihara
  • Patent number: 11504677
    Abstract: A microbubble generator is formed from at least two of a flow path constituting section that constitutes a flow path through which a liquid is passable, and a decompression member including a colliding section that is fitted into the flow path constituting section and locally reduces a cross-sectional area of the flow path to generate microbubbles in the liquid that passes through the flow path. This microbubble generator includes an outlet connecting to a negative pressure producing section of the decompression member, an outside air introduction port provided in the flow path constituting section to introduce outside air, and an outside air introduction path communicating between the outside air introduction port and the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori Uchiyama, Hironori Sasaki, Shun Kato, Takayuki Honmura, Ken Isonaga
  • Patent number: 11452424
    Abstract: An electric vacuum cleaner apparatus includes: a station, an electric vacuum cleaner attachable to the station, and plural attaching detectors which can detect the electric vacuum cleaner is attached in the station. The electric vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner body; a tubular part connected to the cleaner body and sucks in dust; and a primary dust container that stores dust sucked in with the tubular part. The station includes a secondary dust container that stores dust discharged from the primary dust container. The electric vacuum cleaner apparatus permits transfer of dust from the primary dust container to the secondary dust container when at least two of the plural attaching detectors have detected the attaching of the electric vacuum cleaner to the station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sato, Masatoshi Tanaka, Yukio Machida
  • Patent number: 11406239
    Abstract: To provide an electric cleaning apparatus including a vacuum cleaner that loads an appropriate amount of electrolyzed water and does not reduce convenience in terms of power consumption and lightness. An electric cleaning apparatus includes a vacuum cleaner and a station. The vacuum cleaner comprises: a first reservoir configured to store electrolyzed water; and a first cleaner configured to clean a surface to be cleaned by using the electrolyzed water supplied from the first reservoir. The station comprises: a second reservoir configured to store water; an electrolyzed-water generator that generates the electrolyzed water by electrolyzing the water; and a supply system configured to supply the first reservoir with the electrolyzed water generated with the electrolyzed-water generator when the vacuum cleaner is connected to the station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Sasaki, Takahiro Murosaki
  • Patent number: 11406236
    Abstract: An electric vacuum cleaning apparatus includes a station and an electric vacuum cleaner connectable/disconnectable from the station. The electric vacuum cleaner includes: a coarse-dust collecting chamber that accumulates coarse dust separated with a first separator; a filter chamber that accumulates fine dust separated with a filter; a coarse-dust waste-outlet that discharges the coarse dust from the coarse-dust collecting chamber; a fine-dust waste-outlet adjacent to the coarse-dust waste-outlet and discharges the fine dust from the filter chamber; and a waste-outlet lid that opens/closes both the coarse-dust waste-outlet and fine-dust waste-outlet together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Tanaka, Satoshi Goto, Yukio Machida
  • Patent number: 11365501
    Abstract: A washing machine of an embodiment includes: a washing tub in which laundry is housed and washed; and a roller rotatably provided in an inner wall portion of the washing tub, and the roller being rotated to facilitate movement of laundry, wherein the roller is detachably attached to the washing tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services Corporation
    Inventors: Pinda Somyos, Pallasiri Rattarong, Ketsuwan Chakkaphop, Jitaree Paweethida
  • Patent number: 11331635
    Abstract: A minute bubble generator includes a flow path member including a flow path allowing a liquid to pass therethrough; and a colliding part provided in the flow path and generating minute bubbles in the liquid passing through the flow path by locally reducing a cross sectional area of the flow path. The colliding part is formed integrally with the flow path member and is provided closer to an upstream end or a downstream end relative to a lengthwise center of the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori Sasaki, Satoshi Nagai, Yasuhiro Komori, Tomonori Uchiyama, Hiroshi Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20220146184
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerator body and a door. The refrigerator body includes a storage chamber. The door closes off the storage chamber to be capable of opening and closing. The door includes a box-shaped outer contour member, an internal part, and a heat insulation member. The internal part is a part different from a foam heat insulation member and is provided inside the outer contour member. The heat insulation member is provided inside the outer contour member or as at least a part of the outer contour member, contains an aero gel, a xerogel, or a cryogel, and overlaps the internal part when the refrigerator is seen in a front view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromichi MOTOI, Koichi AKIYOSHI, Kengo MATSUNAGA
  • Patent number: 11317775
    Abstract: A dust-collecting device includes a cylindrical casing and an insertion part. The casing includes an introduction port introducing dust-containing air. The insertion part is positioned inside the casing to allow a swirling flow of the dust-containing air to be formed between the insertion part and the casing. The insertion part includes a cylindrical side surface part spaced away from and facing the casing and a projection part. The projection part includes, in a side of the first dust-collecting part, a projection surface projecting outward from the side surface part. The projection surface includes plural straightening parts and a connection part. The straightening parts are formed spirally toward the side of the first dust-collecting part, from upstream to downstream sides of the swirling flow. The connection part connects a downstream end side of one of the straightening parts and an upstream end side of another one of the straightening parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhide Okitsu, Akiyoshi Tanaka, Kiyoshi Ebe, Fumiki Mano, Mai Oikawa, Satoshi Ohshita
  • Patent number: 11311164
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a main body portion, a secondary battery, an electric blower, a handle and a conductive member. The secondary battery is disposed in the main body portion. The electric blower operates by electric power supply from the secondary battery. The handle is one which a user contacts when the vacuum cleaner is used. At least a part of the conductive member is disposed at the handle and conducts static electricity generated due to operation of the electric blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Machida, Yusuke Abe, Naoko Shinagawa, Takayoshi Shimizu, Fumiki Mano
  • Publication number: 20220113082
    Abstract: A refrigerator including an insulating wall. The insulating wall includes an inner surface member, an outer surface member, a vacuum insulation material, an insulating member, and a foam insulation material. The inner surface member forms at least a portion of the inner surface of the refrigerator. The outer surface member forms at least a portion of the outer surface of the refrigerator. The vacuum insulation material is disposed between the inner surface member and the outer surface member. The insulating member is disposed between the vacuum insulation material and the inner surface member or between the vacuum insulation material and the outer surface member, and includes an aerogel, axerogel, or a cryogel. At least a portion of the foam insulation material is used to fill the space between the vacuum insulation material and the insulating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi AKIYOSHI, Kengo MATSUNAGA, Hiromichi MOTOI
  • Publication number: 20220090849
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes an inner surface member, an outer surface member, and a first insulating member. The inner surface member forms at least some of the inner surface of the refrigerator. The outer surface member forms at least some of the outer surface of the refrigerator. The first insulating member is positioned between the inner surface member and the outer surface member, is disposed along a wall surface of the inner surface member, and includes an aerogel, a xerogel, or a cryogel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi AKIYOSHI, Kengo MATSUNAGA, Hiromichi MOTOI
  • Publication number: 20220090848
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a housing and a first partition portion. The housing includes a first storage chamber. The first partition portion is disposed in the first storage chamber and partitions the inside of the first storage chamber into at least a first storage portion and a second storage portion which is cooled to a temperature zone lower than that of the first storage portion. At least a part of the first partition portion is formed of a heat-insulating material containing an aerogel, a xerogel, or a cryogel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromichi MOTOI, Koichi AKIYOSHI, Kengo MATSUNAGA
  • Patent number: 11272820
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a primary dust container that includes a container body, the container body delineating a dust collecting chamber that accumulates dust sucked into the vacuum cleaner and including a waste outlet that discharges the dust accumulated in the dust collecting chamber, the primary dust container also including a waste-outlet lid that opens and closes the waste outlet. A station includes a secondary dust container that accumulates the dust discharged from the primary dust container, and a driving source that generates opening driving force and closing driving force for the waste outlet. The electric vacuum cleaner generates a driving force for opening and closing an air passage connecting a primary dust container and a secondary dust container, without impairing convenience of a vacuum cleaner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sato, Masatoshi Tanaka, You Torizawa, Yukio Machida, Hiromitsu Ichikawa, Hiromitsu Murata, Takayoshi Shimizu, Yuuji Ohtsuka
  • Publication number: 20220065382
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a housing, a door, and an interior member. The housing includes a storage chamber. The door closes the storage chamber to be openable. The interior member is disposed inside the housing. At least part of at least one of the housing, the door, and the interior member is formed of a light-transmitting heat-insulating material containing aerogel, xerogel, or cryogel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi AKIYOSHI, Kengo MATSUNAGA, Hiromichi MOTOI
  • Patent number: 11221629
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner that can achieve efficient and accurate autonomous traveling. An obstacle detection part detects an object corresponding to an obstacle outside a main casing. A map generation part generates a map indicating information on an area having been traveled by the main casing, based on detection of the object by the obstacle detection part and a self-position estimated by a self-position estimation part during traveling of the main casing. A controller controls an operation of a driving wheel to make the main casing autonomously travel. The controller includes a traveling mode for controlling the operation of the driving wheel so as to make the main casing autonomously travel along a traveling route set based on the map. The controller determines whether or not to change the traveling route for next time based on the obstacle detected by the obstacle detection part during the traveling mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kota Watanabe, Hirokazu Izawa, Yuuki Marutani
  • Patent number: 11141033
    Abstract: An electric vacuum cleaner including: a secondary battery; an electric blower that generates negative pressure by consuming electricity stored in the rechargeable battery; and a control unit that controls driving of the electric blower, and changes discharge current of the rechargeable battery based on the difference between terminal voltage of the rechargeable battery while the electric blower is stopped and terminal voltage of the rechargeable battery after a predetermined time has elapsed since the electric blower has been started up. The electric vacuum cleaner can continue driving of an electric blower and increase operation time even in the state that the internal resistance of a rechargeable battery is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masamichi Une, Yousuke Yajima
  • Patent number: 11143450
    Abstract: A refrigerator (1) is provided with an image capturing camera 18 (image capturing unit) configured to capture an image of an interior of a storage chamber (such as a refrigeration chamber 3); a communication portion (52) (communication unit) configured to transmit image of the interior of the storage chamber captured by the image capturing camera (18) to an exterior device; wherein the image capturing unit is stored in a recess provided in the interior of the storage chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsushi Sumihiro, Yuuki Marutani, Kazuhiro Furuta, Hirokazu Izawa, Kota Watanabe, Ryo Kawada