Patents Examined by Irina Graf
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Patent number: 11242631Abstract: A laundry processing apparatus includes: an outer tub for accommodating washing water therein; an inner tub disposed inside the outer tub and containing laundry therein; a pulsator provided in a lower portion of the inner tub; a blade provided below the pulsator; a driving motor disposed outside the outer tub for rotating a washing shaft; a pulsator connecting shaft penetrating a lower side surface of the outer tub for rotating the pulsator; a blade connecting shaft which also penetrates a lower side surface of the outer tub for rotating the blade; and a gear module disposed outside the outer tub for transmitting a rotational force of the washing shaft to the pulsator connecting shaft and the blade connecting shaft respectively.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Insik Yu, Dongcheol Kim, Youngjong Kim
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Patent number: 11208756Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a first nozzle water supply conduit which is disposed, on the gasket, in the one side with respect to the vertical line and guides water discharged through the first circulation port to the pair of first nozzles; and a second nozzle water supply conduit which is disposed, on the gasket, in the other side with respect to the vertical line and guides water discharged through the second circulation port to the pair of second nozzles.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Junghoon Lee, Kyungchul Woo, Jaehyun Kim, Myunghun Im, Hyundong Kim, Hwanjin Jung
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Patent number: 11193232Abstract: A washing machine includes a gasket including a gasket body that connects a casing to a tub, and a plurality of nozzles spraying water into a drum. The gasket body has a first area and a second area corresponding to bilateral areas. The nozzles include a first nozzle and a second nozzle disposed in the first area sequentially in a bottom-to-top direction. The washing machine includes a distribution pipe for distribution circulating water to the nozzles, and the distribution pipe includes a first outlet port and a second outlet port for supplying water to first and second nozzles, and a third outlet port and a fourth outlet port for supplying water to third and fourth nozzles. The first and second outlet ports extend parallel to each other, and the third and fourth outlet ports extend parallel to each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hosung Jang, Kwanghyun Kim, Sunghoon Kim, Jaehyun Choi, Yohwan Kang, Hansol Kim, Hwanchan Ryu, Hyunjae Lee
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Patent number: 11186933Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet and a drawer retractably provided in the cabinet. An accommodation unit is provided at the drawer and defines a space configured to receive washing water. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a guider. The guider includes a first body rotatably coupled to the cabinet, and a second body rotatably coupled to the first body and the drawer and configured to connect the first body to the drawer. A supply unit is connected to a water supply source. A water supply channel is provided along the guider and is configured to supply water between the supply unit and the accommodation unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jihong Lee, Kwangchul Heo
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Patent number: 11168432Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet and a drawer retractably provided in the cabinet. An accommodation unit is provided at the drawer and defines a space configured to receive washing water. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a guider. The guider includes a first body rotatably coupled to the cabinet, and a second body rotatably coupled to the first body and the drawer and configured to connect the first body to the drawer. A supply unit is connected to a water supply source. A water supply channel is provided along the guider and is configured to supply water between the supply unit and the accommodation unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jihong Lee, Kwangchul Heo
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Patent number: 11168433Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet and a drawer retractably provided in the cabinet. An accommodation unit is provided at the drawer and defines a space configured to receive washing water. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a guider. The guider includes a first body rotatably coupled to the cabinet, and a second body rotatably coupled to the first body and the drawer and configured to connect the first body to the drawer. A supply unit is connected to a water supply source. A water supply channel is provided along the guider and is configured to supply water between the supply unit and the accommodation unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jihong Lee, Kwangchul Heo
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Patent number: 11166614Abstract: A spray system assembly for a household appliance, such as a dishwasher, wherein the spray system assembly can include a diverter housing with a diverter valve, a sprayer mount, and a rotatable sprayer. The rotatable sprayer can include a hub and a spray head. The hub of the rotatable sprayer is removably attached to the sprayer mount that is coupled to the diverter housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Mohan Takale, Joseph Allen Gregory, Lisa M. Fehner
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Patent number: 11148609Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing defining a chamber and including a panel including at least one aperture, at least one sensor fixed inside the chamber and having a field of view through a lens and the aperture, at least one annular disc attached to the sensor concentrically around the lens and including a radially outer edge contactlessly exposed to the chamber, and at least three vanes extending from the disc to the panel and arranged radially asymmetrically around the disc.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Michael Robertson, Jr., Segundo Baldovino, Venkatesh Krishnan, Sunil Patil, Raghuraman Surineedi
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Patent number: 11152228Abstract: A wafer cleaning apparatus may include a cleaning tank, a support part and a cleaning unit installed to be capable of moving upward or downward into the cleaning tank, and configured to inject a cleaning solution onto an inner wall of the cleaning tank. The cleaning unit may include an injection pipe disposed adjacent to the inner wall of the cleaning tank and having a plurality of injection holes, and an injection nozzle coupled to the injection pipe and formed to be inclined such that a diameter of the injection hole decreases in a direction from the injection pipe toward the cleaning tank.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: SK Siltron Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jae Hwan Yi
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Patent number: 11147430Abstract: A dishwasher utilizes multiple rack-mounted corner sprayers disposed in corners defined between a side wall and front and rear walls of a dishwasher rack to direct fluid inwardly from the corners to wash utensils supported by the rack. The corner sprayers are in fluid communication with one another by a fluid channel that extends along the side wall of the rack, and an inlet port coupled to the first corner sprayer conveys fluid to each of the corner sprayers.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Mark W. Wilson, Robert M. Digman, Joel Boyer
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Patent number: 11147235Abstract: A cleaning unit for cleaning at least one head section of a teat cup, the cleaning unit having a chamber that has a substantially circular cross-section, is delimited by a wall, and has an opening delimited by a sealing element that is flexible around a circumference of the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies GmbHInventors: Christelle Theis, Bendikt Schürmann
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Patent number: 11149377Abstract: A clothes treating apparatus includes a cabinet defining an entrance, a drawer configured to be drawn out from the cabinet through the entrance, a tub provided in the drawer, a circular drum bottom provided in the tub, a cylindrical drum body fixed to the drum bottom, a drum positioned on an upper surface of the drum body, a driving part including a rotating shaft that rotates the drum and penetrates the tub so as to be coupled to the drum bottom, a hub that is fixed to the center-of-rotation of the drum bottom and protrudes towards a drum inlet, and a stirring part including an arm extending from the hub towards a circumferential surface of the drum body.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Byungjin Lee, Yanghwan No, Inhee Han, Jonghwan Lee, Jihong Lee
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Patent number: 11148159Abstract: A laundry center may include a washing machine appliance, a dryer appliance, and a dispensing assembly. The dryer appliance may be vertically-aligned with the washing machine appliance. The dispensing assembly may be disposed between the washing machine appliance and the dryer appliance. The dispensing assembly may include a flexible hose and a dispensing nozzle. The flexible hose may extend between a water supply and a region above the washing machine appliance. The flexible hose may be movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The dispensing nozzle may be fluidly coupled to the flexible hose for selectively dispensing water from the water supply.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Alexander B. Leibman, Wayne E. Lawson
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Patent number: 11149375Abstract: A washing machine includes an inner tub assembly for accommodating laundry, a pulsator rotatably provided to an inner lower portion of the inner tub assembly, a blade installed at a lower portion of the pulsator to be rotatable independently from the pulsator, the blade being configured to pump wash water to raise the wash water to an upper end of the inner tub assembly, a drive motor for providing rotational power to the pulsator and the blade, and a power transmission unit for transmitting power of the drive motor to the pulsator and the blade, respectively. The power transmission unit includes a first planetary gear module for transmitting a rotational speed of the drive motor to the pulsator by decreasing the rotational speed, and a second planetary gear module for transmitting the rotational speed of the drive motor to the blade by decreasing the rotational speed.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2016Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Youngjun Kim, Youngjong Kim, Dongcheol Kim, Insik Yu
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Patent number: 11147431Abstract: A detergent dispenser may dispense detergent into a wash tub of a household appliance. The detergent dispenser may include a blister pack with a plurality of detergents. One or more rotating members may be used to expel the detergent from the blister pack through one or more outlets. The one or more rotating members may include one or more actuators.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Bassam Fawaz, Robert M. Digman, Joel Boyer, Russell Dietrich
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Patent number: 11152203Abstract: An EUV cleaner system and process for cleaning a EUV carrier. The euv cleaner system comprises separate dirty and cleaned environments, separate cleaning chambers for different components of the double container carrier, gripper arms for picking and placing different components using a same robot handler, gripper arms for holding different components at different locations, horizontal spin cleaning and drying for outer container, hot water and hot air (70C) cleaning process, vertical nozzles and rasterizing megasonic nozzles for cleaning inner container with hot air nozzles for drying, separate vacuum decontamination chambers for outgassing different components, for example, one for inner and one for outer container with high vacuum (e.g., <10?6 Torr) with purge gas, heaters and RGA sensors inside the vacuum chamber, purge gas assembling station, and purge gas loading and unloading station.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Inventor: Lutz Rebstock
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Patent number: 11089939Abstract: An apparatus and method of a storage compartment for detergent items in a dish washing appliance. The dish washing door may include one or more storage compartments in a variety of locations. The storage compartment may be out of registry with a dispenser for the dish washing tub. The storage compartment may include a safety feature. The storage compartment may include a sealing mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Paul R. Staun
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Patent number: 11056358Abstract: The present disclosure describes an apparatus for wafer cleaning. The apparatus includes an enclosure made of a noncombustible material, a wafer holder, a cleaning nozzle, at least one sensor, and an exhaust unit. The wafer holder can hold and heat a wafer. The cleaning nozzle can supply a flow of a cleaning fluid onto a surface of the wafer. The at least one sensor can detect attributes of the wafer. The exhaust unit can expel a vapor generated by the cleaning fluid in the enclosure. The exhaust unit can include a rinse nozzle to rinse the vapor passing through the exhaust unit with a mist.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Jieh-Chau Huang, Bi-Ming Yen, Hung-Lung Hu, Ying Ting Hsia, Ping-Jung Huang, Pei Yen Hsia
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Patent number: 11028522Abstract: A method for managing the load of washing liquid in a laundry washing machine (100) is provided. The laundry washing machine has a washing tub (110), in which washing liquid may be loaded, and a rotatable drum (115), rotatably accommodated in the washing tub (110), for containing the laundry to be washed. The method includes performing a sequence of partial loads of washing liquid into the washing tub (110). Each partial load provides for loading a corresponding liquid amount in the washing tub (110). For at least one of the partial loads in the sequence, the method provides for loading into the washing tub (110) a predetermined amount of washing liquid which depends on at least one indicative parameter related to one or more of the previous partial loads in the sequence.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.Inventors: Mirko Gasparini, Marco Carboni, Andrea Buosi
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Patent number: 11026557Abstract: A pump sends washing water and generates steam in order to wash the dishes or the cooking utensils, and a dishwasher including the same. The pump includes a housing, an impeller disposed inside the housing and configured to flow washing water, and a heater coupled to a lower side of the housing and configured to generate steam by heating the washing water in the housing. The housing includes a pump lower portion configured to receive the washing water based on rotation of the impeller, and a pump upper portion configured to discharge the washing water based on rotation of the impeller and to discharge the steam generated by the heater.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sangwoo Woo, Minseong Kim, Hyungman Park