Patents by Inventor Giovanni Bombardieri

Giovanni Bombardieri has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10982379
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a washing/drying machine including a washing/drying chamber, a basket for loading laundry to be treated and housed in the chamber, and a circuit for circulating air taken in from the chamber and then reintroduced therein. The washing/drying machine further includes a filter with a filtering wall having a surface area for filtering the air along the circulation circuit. A filter cleaning device includes a support element provided adjacent to the filtering wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool EMEA S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giovanni Bombardieri
  • Publication number: 20200399820
    Abstract: The invention relates to a washing/drying machine equipped with a filter cleaning device for removing filaments released by laundry items during the washing/drying cycle. The filter cleaning device comprises nozzles that spray water onto the sides of the filtering wall where filaments get deposited during circulation of air in the air circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: GIOVANNI BOMBARDIERI
  • Patent number: 10801157
    Abstract: The invention relates to a washing/drying machine equipped with a filter cleaning device for removing filaments released by laundry items during the washing/drying cycle. For this purpose, the cleaning device comprises nozzles that spray water onto the filtering walls, on the side thereof facing towards the drying tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool EMEA S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giovanni Bombardieri
  • Publication number: 20200040514
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a washing/drying machine including a washing/drying chamber, a basket for loading laundry to be treated and housed in the chamber, and a circuit for circulating air taken in from the chamber and then reintroduced therein. The washing/drying machine further includes a filter with a filtering wall having a surface area for filtering the air along the circulation circuit. A filter cleaning device includes a support element provided adjacent to the filtering wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventor: GIOVANNI BOMBARDIERI
  • Patent number: 10443181
    Abstract: The invention relates to a washing/drying machine equipped with a filter cleaning device for removing filaments released by laundry items during the washing/drying cycle. For this purpose, the cleaning device comprises nozzles arranged in a spider-like pattern, which spray water onto the filtering wall, on the side thereof facing towards the drying tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: WHIRLPOOL EMEA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giovanni Bombardieri
  • Publication number: 20180119330
    Abstract: A front-loading laundry washing and drying machine. The machine has a cabinet with a front wall, a rear wall, two side walls and an upper wall. The cabinet also houses an oscillating assembly that comprises a treatment tub, which has a substantially horizontal longitudinal axis. The machine also has a drying circuit made up of a heat pump inside the cabinet. The heat pump includes an evaporator device, a condenser device, a compressor, and a fan for forcing a flow of air through the evaporator device and the condenser device. The evaporator device and the condenser device are housed inside the cabinet above the treatment tub. The evaporator device and the condenser device each have a heat exchanger with a body configured for being traversed by the forced flow of air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL EMEA S.P.A.
    Inventors: LORENZO VERDINI, GIOVANNI BOMBARDIERI, FRANCESCO FRATTESI
  • Publication number: 20170350063
    Abstract: The invention relates to a washing/drying machine equipped with a filter cleaning device for removing filaments released by laundry items during the washing/drying cycle. For this purpose, the cleaning device comprises nozzles that spray water onto the filtering walls, on the side thereof facing towards the drying tub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: GIOVANNI BOMBARDIERI
  • Publication number: 20170350065
    Abstract: The invention relates to a washing/drying machine equipped with a filter cleaning device for removing filaments released by laundry items during the washing/drying cycle. For this purpose, the cleaning device comprises nozzles arranged in a spider-like pattern, which spray water onto the filtering wall, on the side thereof facing towards the drying tub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: GIOVANNI BOMBARDIERI
  • Publication number: 20160187001
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for heating a muffle (1) of an oven or a similar household appliance, wherein the heating element employed is a heating wire (15) made of carbon, carbon fiber or the like, which can provide thermal energy by electric dissipation and infrared irradiation within the muffle heating temperature range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Giovanni Bombardieri, Paolo Filipponi, Aldo Liberatore
  • Patent number: 9181650
    Abstract: A washing machine, such as a laundry washing machine, a washing/drying machine or the like, has a tub housing a drum into which the laundry to be washed is loaded. The machine is equipped with at least one tank for a washing agent, and at least one supply duct is afferent to the tank for delivering the washing agent into the tub. A hydraulic washing circuit floods and drains the tank for cleaning purpose. A tank cleaning method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: INDESIT COMPANY S.P.A.
    Inventors: Luca D'Andrea, Giovanni Bombardieri, Gianluca Pierucci, Maurizio Baldini, Rodolfo Flumini, Constantino Mariotti, Fernanda Gaggioli, Maria Angela Mariotti, Elisa Mariotti
  • Patent number: 9074312
    Abstract: A washing machine, in particular a laundry washing or washing/drying machine, has at least one wash tub, one tank for a washing agent, and one drawer for loading washing agents, in which machine the drawer can be moved to at least a first position, wherein at least a portion of the drawer is in fluid communication with the tub, and a second position, wherein at least a portion of the drawer is in fluid communication with the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Indesit Company S.P.A.
    Inventors: Luca D'Andrea, Giovanni Bombardieri, Gianluca Pierucci, Maurizio Baldini, Fernanda Gaggioli, Maria Angela Mariotti, Elisa Mariotti
  • Patent number: 8991221
    Abstract: The present description relates to a household appliance for treating soft goods, in particular a laundry washing or washing/drying machine of the electronically controlled type fitted with an electronic control system (17). The household appliance comprises an oscillating assembly connected to the frame by means of a suspension system comprising at least one damper (1). The damper (1) comprises two elements (3, 4) adapted to move reciprocally, at least one magnetic element, preferably a permanent magnet (9), and an electronic module (6) provided with at least one magnetic sensor, preferably a Hall element (12). The magnetic element (9) and the magnetic sensor (12) are housed in the damper (1) so as to detect the reciprocal motion of the two elements (3, 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Indesit Company S.p.A.
    Inventors: Valerio Aisa, Paolo Santonicola, Giovanni Bombardieri, Costantino Mariotti, Federica Minni
  • Patent number: 8882346
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a washing machine (2), in particular a laundry washing or washing/drying machine or a dishwasher, comprising: a tub (3) adapted to contain a wash liquid (4), an electric resistance (1) for heating the wash liquid (4), a temperature sensor (5) for detecting the temperature of the wash liquid (4), wherein the resistance (1) and the temperature sensor (5) are put in a condition of thermal exchange by conduction. The invention also relates to a method for evaluating whether the resistance is emerged from or submerged in the wash liquid and to a method for removing calcareous deposits (17) from an electric resistance (1) adapted to heat a wash liquid (4) in a washing machine (2), in particular a laundry washing or washing/drying machine or a dishwasher, characterized in that the resistance (1) is subjected to at least one heating and cooling cycle while the resistance (1) is kept above the wash liquid (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Indesit Company S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giovanni Bombardieri, Mariano Funari, Giuseppina Pia Potena, Fernanda Gaggioli, Maria Angela Mariotti, Elisa Mariotti
  • Publication number: 20110310927
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a washing machine (2), in particular a laundry washing or washing/drying machine or a dishwasher, comprising: a tub (3) adapted to contain a wash liquid (4), an electric resistance (1) for heating the wash liquid (4), a temperature sensor (5) for detecting the temperature of the wash liquid (4), wherein the resistance (1) and the temperature sensor (5) are put in a condition of thermal exchange by conduction. The invention also relates to a method for evaluating whether the resistance is emerged from or submerged in the wash liquid and to a method for removing calcareous deposits (17) from an electric resistance (1) adapted to heat a wash liquid (4) in a washing machine (2), in particular a laundry washing or washing/drying machine or a dishwasher, characterized in that the resistance (1) is subjected to at least one heating and cooling cycle while the resistance (1) is kept above the wash liquid (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: Indesit Company S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giovanni Bombardieri, Mariano Funari, Giuseppina Pia Potena, Costantino, Mariotti, Fernanda Gaggioli, Maria Angela Mariotti, Elisa Mariotti
  • Publication number: 20110185773
    Abstract: A washing machine, such as a laundry washing machine, a washing/drying machine or the like, has a tub housing a drum into which the laundry to be washed is loaded. The machine is equipped with at least one tank for a washing agent, and at least one supply duct is afferent to the tank for delivering the washing agent into the tub. A hydraulic washing circuit floods and drains the tank for cleaning purpose. A tank cleaning method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Luca D'Andrea, Giovanni Bombardieri, Gianluca Pierucci, Maurizio Baldini, Rodolfo Flumini, Constantino Mariotti, Fernanda Gaggioli, Maria Angela Mariotti, Elisa Mariotti
  • Publication number: 20100218564
    Abstract: The present description relates to a household appliance for treating soft goods, in particular a laundry washing or washing/drying machine of the electronically controlled type fitted with an electronic control system (17). The household appliance comprises an oscillating assembly connected to the frame by means of a suspension system comprising at least one damper (1). The damper (1) comprises two elements (3, 4) adapted to move reciprocally, at least one magnetic element, preferably a permanent magnet (9), and an electronic module (6) provided with at least one magnetic sensor, preferably a Hall element (12). The magnetic element (9) and the magnetic sensor (12) are housed in the damper (1) so as to detect the reciprocal motion of the two elements (3, 4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Indesit Company S.p.A.
    Inventors: Valerio Aisa, Paolo Santonicola, Giovanni Bombardieri, Costantino Mariotti, Federica Minni