Patents Examined by Levon J Shahinian
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Patent number: 11964307Abstract: A portable shower cleaning article is provided and includes a first container, wherein the first container defines a first container cavity for containing a rinsing fluid and a pump, wherein the pump is associated with the first container cavity. The portable shower cleaning article further includes a dispensing hose, wherein the dispensing hose includes a hose input end communicated with a hose output end via a hose cavity and a trigger valve, wherein the trigger valve is associated with the hose output end and defines a trigger valve input end communicated with a trigger valve output end via a trigger valve flow cavity, wherein the hose input end is associated with the pump, and wherein the pump is configured to pump the rinsing fluid through the hose cavity and into the trigger valve flow cavity.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Inventor: Joseph Beauvais
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Patent number: 11957296Abstract: A nozzle for a cleaner has a nozzle housing including a nozzle base and a nozzle cover coupled to an upper side of nozzle base, the nozzle cover including a bottom wall recessed towards the nozzle base, a flow path forming portion positioned between the nozzle base and the nozzle cover, a connection tube positioned at a rear side of nozzle housing, a water tank positioned on the nozzle cover and a plurality of rotation cleaning units arranged on a bottom side of the nozzle base and spaced apart from each other in a lateral direction, each the plurality of rotation cleaning units including a rotation plate configured to be coupled to a mop.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Ingyu Yang, Hyeri Kwon, Sungjun Kim, Jinho Kim, Kyoungho Ryou, Jungwan Ryu, Jinhyouk Shin, Youngsoo Kim
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Method for operating a laundry washing machine using a unit dose package and laundry washing machine
Patent number: 11952705Abstract: A laundry washing machine and a method for operating the washing machine offer ways to load a unit dose package into a compartment of the washing machine. A control unit controls the washing machine to add water to a compartment having a unit dose package. The tub is then filled with hot or cold water depending on the temperature of the water in the tub, or whether a sanitizing cycle of a washing program has been selected.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Allison White, Yihong Li, Oscar Madalena -
Patent number: 11950744Abstract: A carrier for one or more straws of an appliance such as a dish washing appliance. The carrier and/or rack may be in fluid communication with one or more spray elements when in a stowed position within a dishwasher tub. The one or more carriers may route fluid from the one or more spray elements to wash an interior and/or an exterior of at least one straw. The carrier may include one or more bridges projecting inwardly towards the one or more straws defining one or more pathways for received fluid. The body of the carrier may include a lid and/or latch.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Bassam Fawaz, Robert M. Digman
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Patent number: 11944256Abstract: A dishwasher system for cleaning dishes may include at least one rack configured to receive a silverware basket, the basket including at least one silverware compartment, a pair of camshafts including a first camshaft and a second camshaft, each fixed to the rack and operable by a gearbox configured to rotate the camshafts with respect to the rack, the camshafts arranged below the silverware basket, and a cam arranged at each end of each of the camshafts, wherein upon rotation of the camshaft by the gearbox, the cams affect the height of a respective corner of the basket to allow the silverware therein to be lifted or lowered and exposed to spray at various heights or angles from sprayers within the dishwasher.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventor: Sujit S. Naik
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Patent number: 11944255Abstract: A wall mounted dishwasher incorporates storage into an exterior door of the dishwasher to facilitate user access to utensils stored in the dishwasher. The exterior door may be hinged and configured to rotate about a substantially vertical axis, and one or more spray devices and/or one or more fluid collection pans may be integrated into the exterior door.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Joel Boyer, Robert M Digman, Bassam Fawaz, Russell Dietrich
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Patent number: 11944249Abstract: A nozzle for a cleaner includes a nozzle housing having a suction flow path through which air containing dust flows, a first rotation cleaning unit and a second rotation cleaning unit located on a bottom side of the nozzle housing, the first rotation cleaning unit and the second rotation cleaning unit being spaced apart from each other in a left-right direction of the nozzle housing, each of the first rotation cleaning unit and the second rotation cleaning unit having a rotation plate, a driving device located in the nozzle housing, and a water tank located on the nozzle housing, the water tank being configured to store water to be supplied to the first rotation cleaning unit and the second rotation cleaning unit. The water tank includes a first chamber, and a second chamber spaced apart from the first chamber in the left-right direction of the nozzle housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jinhyouk Shin, Jinho Kim, Hyeri Kwon, Sungjun Kim, Kyoungho Ryou, Jungwan Ryu, Ingyu Yang, Youngsoo Kim
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Patent number: 11937756Abstract: A dishwasher detergent dispenser having a set of restraints configured to retain a detergent tablet in a cavity of the detergent dispenser, and a water outlet configured to release water to a top section of the detergent dispenser.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Electrolux Appliances AktiebolagInventors: Kristian Reunanen, Ivar Siƶsteen
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Patent number: 11937752Abstract: A nozzle for a cleaner includes a nozzle housing having a suction flow path through which air containing dust flows, a first rotation cleaning unit and a second rotation cleaning unit located on a bottom side of the nozzle housing, the first rotation cleaning unit and the second rotation cleaning unit being spaced apart from each other in a left-right direction of the nozzle housing, each of the first rotation cleaning unit and the second rotation cleaning unit having a rotation plate, a driving device located in the nozzle housing, and a water tank located on the nozzle housing, the water tank being configured to store water to be supplied to the first rotation cleaning unit and the second rotation cleaning unit. The water tank includes a first chamber, and a second chamber spaced apart from the first chamber in the left-right direction of the nozzle housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jinhyouk Shin, Jinho Kim, Hyeri Kwon, Sungjun Kim, Kyoungho Ryou, Jungwan Ryu, Ingyu Yang, Youngsoo Kim
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Patent number: 11931471Abstract: A shoe management device may have a housing having a body to define an inner space and a cover to open or close the body to allow access to the inner space. Agitators may be provided at a bottom of the body, which may be configured to hold shoes, and the agitators may remove foreign matter from the shoes. An upper portion of the body may have an air generator configured to blow air toward the shoes to remove foreign matter. In addition, moisture and germs inside the shoe may be removed by hot air, ultraviolet light, and plasma ions provided by a care assembly provided inside of the body and configured to be at least partially inserted into the shoes.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Seong Woo An, Seok Kyu Kang, Heesu Yang, Min Kyu Oh, Suyoung Lee, Ja Yoen Kim, Hwayun Choi
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Patent number: 11918164Abstract: A method of determining a position of a diverter of a fluid circulation system in a dishwasher appliance includes determining a total amount of water supplied to the dishwasher appliance; activating a pump at a predetermined speed in response to determining the total amount of water supplied to the dishwasher appliance, the predetermined speed being based on the determined total amount of water; measuring a fluid pressure of an amount of sump water provided within a sump of the dishwasher appliance after activating the pump at the predetermined speed, the amount of sump water being at least part of the total amount of water; and determining a position of the diverter in response to measuring the fluid pressure of the amount of sump water, the position of the diverter being dependent on the measured fluid pressure.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Brandon Ross, Kyle Edward Durham
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Patent number: 11918166Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for an appliance includes a housing. The housing defines a loading chamber. A corkscrew coil is rotatably mounted in the loading chamber, and a motor is coupled to the corkscrew coil. Additionally, a chute defines an opening at an end of the corkscrew coil.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Monica Martinez Mendez, Rose Marie Connelly
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Patent number: 11913160Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to a treating cycle of operation. The laundry treating appliance comprises a treating chamber for receiving the laundry that is selectively accessible through a door movable between opened and closed positions. The method comprises determining at the end of a laundry treating cycle whether the door has been opened and subsequently reclosed and reducing humidity in the treating chamber after the determination that the door has been reclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Barbara A. Balinski, Floyd G. Jackson, Karl David McAllister
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Patent number: 11913902Abstract: A food wash reference fluid delivery apparatus includes a portable reference fluid reservoir comprising an inlet and an outlet and configured to store a reference fluid that includes a predetermined concentration of an analyte, a pump fluidly coupled to the outlet of the portable reference fluid reservoir and configured to pump the reference fluid from the outlet of the portable reference fluid reservoir, a sensor connector configured to fluidly couple with a sensor positioned along a fluid flow path of the food wash system, a sensor fluid line configured to provide the reference fluid from the pump to the sensor connector, an inlet fluid line configured to provide the reference fluid from the pump to the inlet of the portable reference fluid reservoir, and a valve configured to adjustably control a fluid flow rate of the reference fluid through the sensor fluid line and the inlet fluid line.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: SMARTWASH SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: James M. Brennan, Eric Child Wilhelmsen, Danny Elmer Lindstrom, Christopher Michael McGinnis
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Patent number: 11913157Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus having a tub configured to store water, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub and configured to store laundry therein and a connector connecting the drum to a rotary shaft of a motor for transferring a rotation power to the drum. The connector includes a body hub fixed to the drum and coupled to the rotary shaft, and a body arm fixed to the drum and extending from the body hub in a direction away from the body hub. The body arm has holes penetrating the body arm and allowing water to pass therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventor: Yongdeok Kwon
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Patent number: 11903544Abstract: A dishwashing appliance with a filtration assembly capable of removing/shredding/pulverizing large dishwashing debris from recirculated dishwashing fluid is provided. The dishwashing appliance may include a tub, a spray system, a recirculation pump, a drainage pump, and a grinding type filtration assembly in fluid communication with the spray system, the recirculation pump, and the drainage pump.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Robert M. Digman
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Patent number: 11905639Abstract: A washing machine is provided. The washing machine includes a water tub configured to be disposed in a cabinet and to store wash water, a rotating tub configured to be rotatably installed in the water tub and to include an opening formed in an upper end portion thereof, and a driver configured to be connected to the rotating tub and to rotate the rotating tub, wherein a deviation preventer configured to prevent wash water in the rotating tub from being deviated to one side during rotation of the rotating tub is formed at an upper end portion of the rotating tub.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-mo Lee, Sang-ho Park, Kyung-up Lim, Seon-woo Lee, So-dam Han, In-hwan Kil, Jun-hyun Park, Do-yeon Kim, Hoon Wee
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Patent number: 11896188Abstract: A nozzle for a cleaner has a nozzle housing, and first and second rotation cleaning units arranged on a lower side of the nozzle housing and spaced apart from each other. Each of the first and second rotation cleaning units includes a rotation plate coupled to a mop. The nozzle includes a first driving device having a first driving motor to drive the first rotation cleaning unit. The nozzle also includes a second driving device having a second driving motor to drive the second rotation cleaning unit. Further, the nozzle has a water tank mounted on the nozzle housing to store water. The nozzle housing includes driving unit covers arranged to surround each of the driving devices. At least one of the driving unit covers includes a first protruding surface, and a second protruding surface positioned higher than the first protruding surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Ingyu Yang, Hyeri Kwon, Sungjun Kim, Jinho Kim, Kyoungho Ryou, Jungwan Ryu, Jinhyouk Shin, Youngsoo Kim
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Patent number: 11891743Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus having a tub configured to store water, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub and configured to store laundry therein, and a connector connecting the drum to a rotary shaft of a motor for transferring a rotation power to the drum. The connector includes a body hub fixed to the drum and coupled to the rotary shaft, and a body arm fixed to the drum and extending from the body hub in a direction away from the body hub. The body arm includes paths allowing water to pass therethrough, the paths extend in a curved manner or a bent manner inside the body arm.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventor: Yongdeok Kwon
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Patent number: 11882982Abstract: A shoe sanitizing assembly includes a pan that is positionable adjacent to an entry of a building such that the pan can to be stepped in by patrons of the building. A plurality of biasing members is each coupled to and extends upwardly from the pan. A mat is positionable on top of the plurality of biasing members such that the patrons of the building step on the mat when the patrons pass through the entry. A pair of fluid reservoirs is provided that each contains a fluid and each of the fluid reservoirs is positioned in the pan. A plurality of pumps is each positioned in the pan. Each of the pumps is actuated when the mat is stepped upon to spray a measured amount of the fluid outwardly through the mat onto soles of shoes worn by the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Inventor: Hakimeh Rezayi