Abstract: A washing machine appliance, as provided herein, may include a cabinet, a tub disposed within the cabinet, a basket, and a fluid additive dispenser. The fluid additive dispenser may include a housing, a dispenser drawer, and a pod cup. The housing may extend between an open front end and a closed rear end. The housing may be disposed within the cabinet. The dispenser drawer may be slidably received in the housing above the basket. The dispenser drawer may extend from a forward end to a rearward end. The dispenser drawer may define a primary compartment and a pod compartment adjacent to the primary compartment between the forward end and the rearward end. The pod cup may be selectively received on the dispenser drawer within the pod compartment to hold an additive pod. The pod cup may define an opening therein to permit a wash fluid therethrough.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 13, 2020
Date of Patent:
July 12, 2022
Assignee:
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
Inventors:
Fikreadam Abebe Damtew, Troy Marshall Wright, James Quentin Pollett
Abstract: A washing machine appliance, as provided herein, may include a cabinet, a tub, a basket, and a fluid additive dispenser. The cabinet may have a top panel. The tub may define a wash chamber. The basket may be rotatably mounted within the tub. The fluid additive dispenser may include a housing, a dispenser drawer, a primary cup, and a secondary cup. The housing may be mounted below the top panel. The dispenser drawer may be selectively received in the housing above the basket. The dispenser drawer may define a primary compartment and a secondary compartment. The primary cup may be selectively received within the primary compartment and define a vertical opening therethrough to permit a first wash additive to the primary compartment. The secondary cup may be selectively received within the secondary compartment and define a vertical opening therethrough to permit the second wash additive to the secondary compartment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 23, 2020
Date of Patent:
March 22, 2022
Assignee:
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
Inventors:
Troy Marshall Wright, Rose Marie Connelly
Abstract: A detergent supply device of a washing machine is disclosed, which comprises a dispenser provided on a water supply path of the washing machine and connected with a plurality of hoses; and a detergent box arranged to be drawn out inside the dispenser and provided with a plurality of detergent accommodating portions partitioned to be more than the plurality of hoses, wherein the dispenser supplies at least one path through which washing water supplied from one of the plurality of hoses moves by diverging the washing water to at least two of the plurality of detergent accommodating portions.
Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus with which to wring water from a chamois or similar sheet material. A method to manufacture the said invention is also included in this disclosure.
Abstract: A wringer (1) for a mop (2) with a receptacle (3) in which the mop (2) can be wrung out by inward pressure, where the receptacle (3) consists of a number of wall parts (4), each of which has an inner leg (5) and an outer leg (6), which are connected together, where spacers (7) are arranged between the inner legs (5) and outer legs (6).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 14, 2007
Date of Patent:
February 28, 2012
Assignee:
Carl Freudenberg KG
Inventors:
Uwe Dingert, Leif Kniese, Rudolf Bannasch