Patents Examined by Tinsae B Ayalew
  • Patent number: 11898296
    Abstract: Provided is a washing agent pump and a laundry treating apparatus having the same. The laundry treating apparatus may include a cabinet, a tub provided within the cabinet, a rotary tub provided within the tub in a rotatable manner, and a washing agent supply unit. The washing agent supply unit may include a storage container to store a liquid washing agent including a liquid detergent or a liquid softener, the storage container being slidably provided in the cabinet, a washing agent supply passage having one side connected to the storage container and another side connected to the tub, and a washing agent delivery device provided in the washing agent supply passage to deliver the liquid washing agent to the tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sungwoon Jung, Hunjun Jang
  • Patent number: 11897006
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method. The substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate support unit configured to support a substrate, a liquid supply unit configured to supply a liquid containing any one of a chemical liquid and a cleaning liquid to the substrate supported by the substrate support unit, a processing container configured to accommodate the substrate support unit and recover the liquid supplied to the substrate from the liquid supply unit, and a capture module provided in the processing container to capture the liquid so as to suppress the liquid scattered from the substrate from being bounced back from the processing container and re-scattering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Young Kwak, Sang Young Kwon, Cha Sub Shim
  • Patent number: 11901174
    Abstract: Provided are a substrate treatment method and a substrate treatment equipment enabling greater suppression of corrosion or oxidation of metal wiring exposed on a substrate surface. The present invention relates to a substrate treatment equipment having a treatment chamber wherein a substrate is disposed, and whereto a substrate treatment solution for treating the substrate is supplied. This equipment is provided with an inert gas filling mechanism for filling with an inert gas the interior of the treatment chamber wherein the substrate is disposed, and, near or inside the treatment chamber, a catalytic unit filled with a platinum-group metal catalyst wherethrough a hydrogen-dissolved water including hydrogen added to ultra-pure water is passed. Obtained by passing the hydrogen-dissolved water through the platinum-group metal catalyst, a hydrogen-dissolved treatment solution is supplied as the substrate treatment solution into the treatment chamber by the equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ORGANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisaku Yano, Yukinari Yamashita, Masami Murayama, Koji Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11891747
    Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a cabinet that defines an opening. The laundry appliance also includes a vessel mounted within the cabinet and accessible through the opening. The laundry appliance further includes a door assembly rotatably mounted to the cabinet at the opening. The door assembly includes a frame and a window in the frame. The door assembly further includes a shield outbound of the window. The shield includes a first plurality of locking tabs spaced around an outer circumference of the shield. The door assembly also includes a trim ring surrounding the shield. The trim ring includes a second plurality of locking tabs spaced around an inner circumference of the trim ring. The shield and the trim ring are coupled together by mutual engagement of the first plurality of locking tabs and the second plurality of locking tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert V. MacDonald, III, Lucius Cole
  • Patent number: 11891746
    Abstract: A lid assembly for an appliance includes a cabinet and a lid frame configured to rotatably mount to the cabinet. The lid assembly can be pivoted between an open position and a closed position. A windowpane can be provided within the lid frame, permitting visual access to the contents of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Raghavendran Prabhakaran
  • Patent number: 11885060
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laundry device provided with: a cabinet which includes a front cabinet having a cabinet input hole formed therein; a tub which is installed inside the cabinet and has a tub input hole positioned on an extension line of the cabinet input hole; a cabinet door which is installed in the cabinet and opens and closes the cabinet input hole; a tub door which is installed in the tub and opens and closes the tub input hole; a cabinet door lock which senses whether the cabinet door is open or closed, as well as sets the lock state of the cabinet door; and a tub door lock which sets the lock state of the tub door according to whether the cabinet door is open or closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sungmin Kim, Hyoungmin Sim
  • Patent number: 11883858
    Abstract: The substrate processing apparatus includes: a nozzle having a spout and adapted to spout SPM from the spout toward a substrate; a mixing portion communicating with the spout; a sulfuric acid-containing liquid supply device which recovers liquid supplied to and expelled from the substrate held by a substrate holding unit, prepares a sulfuric acid-containing liquid from the recovered liquid, and supplies the prepared sulfuric acid-containing liquid to the mixing portion; and a control device. The control device performs: a sulfuric acid-containing liquid preparing step of recovering SPM supplied to and expelled from the substrate and preparing the sulfuric acid-containing liquid; and an SPM spouting step of supplying the prepared sulfuric acid-containing liquid and hydrogen peroxide water to the mixing portion, mixing the sulfuric acid-containing liquid and hydrogen peroxide water together in the mixing portion to prepare SPM, and spouting the prepared SPM from the spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji Kawaguchi, Toru Endo, Kota Tanikawa
  • Patent number: 11879201
    Abstract: A detergent additive box includes a closed box body having a cavity inside, wherein a liquid outlet and a unidirectional ventilation structure and a liquid outlet device are formed in the box body, the liquid outlet communicates with a draining pipeline of a washing machine to drain a detergent additive into a washing cavity of the washing machine; the unidirectional ventilation structure balances air pressures inside and outside the detergent additive box; and the liquid outlet device is arranged at the liquid outlet. The detergent additive is stored in the cavity of the box body, and the detergent additive enters the draining pipeline of the washing machine from the detergent additive box through the liquid outlet device. Air in the detergent additive box is circulated unidirectionally to balance the air pressure in the detergent additive box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER LAUNDRY ELECTRIC APPLIANCES CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peishi Lv, Baozhen Cheng, Tao Huang
  • Patent number: 11866875
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a housing, a tub, and a top cover. The tub is provided in the housing, and the top cover is provided above the housing. The top cover receives water and detergents and supply the water and detergents to the tub. The top cover is provided in two configurations so that the degree of freedom of manufacturing may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jihong Lee, Kwanwoong Jeong, Minsu Lee
  • Patent number: 11866876
    Abstract: A method of dispensing laundry treating products using centrifugal force. The method comprises retaining by gravity laundry products in a first reservoir. Temporarily moving the laundry treating products by centrifugal force from the first reservoir to a first centrifugal chamber. Moving the products through an orifice in the first centrifugal chamber to a second centrifugal chamber by centrifugal force acting on the products to move the products through the orifice. Allowing the products to move from the second centrifugal chamber to a second reservoir with gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool S.A.
    Inventors: Bruno T. Ramasco, Guilherme Henrique Manzi, Marcelo Araujo Dos Santos
  • Patent number: 11859333
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a casing, a tub, a drum, a pump for circulating water from the tub, a gasket connecting an entry hole of the casing to an entrance hole of the tub and including nozzles for spraying water to the drum, and distribution pipes for supplying water to the nozzles. The nozzles are arranged at both lateral sides of the gasket in a vertical direction. The distribution pipes are arranged at an outer circumferential surface the gasket and coupled to receiving pipes that protrude from the gasket. The distribution pipes include an inlet port and outlet ports disposed in the vertical direction corresponding to the nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kwanghyun Kim, Hansol Kim, Hosung Jang
  • Patent number: 11859338
    Abstract: A package for a single unit dose detergent, the package having an outer shell and an inner structure. The outer shell and the inner structure comprise of a biodegradable material. The inner structure has one or more divided sections enabled to contain one or more single unit dose detergents articles. At least one of the one or more divided sections comprises a protuberance extending from a surface facing an inner surface of the outer shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael David Sanders, Mark Robert Sivik, Ian Oliver Malott
  • Patent number: 11859637
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a tub, a drum, a nozzle, a pump for circulating water from the tub, and circulation pipes for guiding water. The pump includes a pump motor, an impeller, and a pump housing including first and second circulation ports. The pump housing includes a rotating water current guide part and a biased water current guide part on an inner circumferential surface. The rotating water current guide part extends in a rotation direction of the impeller from a cut-off point that branches water into a first flow running along the rotation direction and a second flow running toward the first circulation port, and guides the first flow to the second circulation port. The biased water current guide part extends from the cut-off point to the first circulation port with an angle greater than 180° relative to the rotating water current guide part, and guides the second flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kwanghyun Kim, Hansol Kim
  • Patent number: 11859331
    Abstract: A tub fixing device is disclosed. The tub fixing device includes a bolt configured to be fastened to a tub, a metal washer configured to have a washer region and a hook region protruded from the washer region, and a spacer configured to be disposed between a cabinet to which the tub is fixed and the washer to limit an open space of the hook region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwangmin Chun, Bokyun Kim, Kwonwoo Nam
  • Patent number: 11857133
    Abstract: A dishwashing machine is used for pre-rinse operation of soiled dishes. A cavity is configured and arranged to contain the soiled dishes. A nozzle is proximate the cavity and is in fluid communication with the cavity. An accumulator pan accumulates wash and rinse water including cleaning chemicals used in a previous cycle of the dishwashing machine. A fluid passageway interconnects the nozzle and the accumulator pan. A pump directs the accumulated wash and rinse water from the accumulator pan to the nozzle via the fluid passageway for pre-rinse operation of the soiled dishes in the cavity, and the nozzle directs the accumulated wash and rinse water into the cavity with the soiled dishes to assist in removing soil from the soiled dishes prior to a wash cycle of the dishwashing machine. The wash cycle utilizes fresh wash water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventor: Adrian E. Hartz
  • Patent number: 11851800
    Abstract: A fluid-conducting domestic appliance has a housing with a receiving container, an opening, and a door unit which has a transparent viewing window and a window element. The window element is formed opposite the viewing window and at least partly protrudes into the receiving container when the door unit is closed such that the receiving container can be viewed when the opening is closed. An electronic unit is provided and has a projection unit that is provided in the region of the viewing window. An optical unit is provided which contains at least one reflection element and is arranged in an upper region of the door unit such that emitted light is reflected by the reflection element onto the projection surface in the region of the viewing window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Boerner, Ulas Demirkaya, Sebastian Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11854841
    Abstract: The disclosed techniques include a space filling device to be used with a wet bench in chemical replacement procedures. The space filling device has an overall density that is higher than the chemicals used to purge the wet bench. As such, when embedded into the wet bench, or more specifically, the chemical tank of the wet bench, the space filling device will occupy a portion of the interior volume space. As a result, less purging chemicals are used to fill and bath the wet bench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-Ji Chen, Chih-Shen Yang, Cheng-Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 11851805
    Abstract: A deflector assembly for an appliance includes a deflector having a rim forming a geometric shape and configured to engage a panel and a chute extending from a portion of the rim. The chute includes an upper surface that extends at an oblique angle from the rim. A lighting unit has a light source. The light source is disposed proximate to a junction between the rim and the chute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Darryl C. Bodine, Ryan James Rutter
  • Patent number: 11846058
    Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior cavity. A frame has a raised outer edge and defines a support structure. A first panel is received by the outer edge of the frame and rests upon the support structure in a first lid configuration. A second panel is received by the outer edge of the frame and rests upon a portion of the support structure in a second lid configuration. A trim is selectively coupled to the support structure in the second lid configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Iftkhar Ahamad, Neyda Eleza Leon Lopez, Raghavendran Prabhakaran
  • Patent number: 11846061
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a cabinet, a tub disposed inside the cabinet, and a rotating tub rotatably disposed inside the tub. A suspension device connects the tub to the cabinet such that the tub is supported by the cabinet, and a vibration reduction apparatus is coupled between the tub and the suspension device to reduce vibration of the tub according to rotation of the rotating tub. The vibration reduction apparatus includes a first rod and a second rod rotatably coupled to the first rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wonjae Han, Doyeon Kim, Jeonghoon Kang, Hansol Youn