Patents Examined by Tinsae B Ayalew
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Patent number: 11180885Abstract: A laundry treating appliance includes a rotatable basket defining a treating chamber for receiving a load of laundry items for treatment, and an annular balance rings defining an annular chamber within, coupled with the basket for rotation therewith. The basket can further comprise a pair of walls comprising a perforated inner wrapper and an outer wall defining a space therebetween. The space fluidly couples to the annular chamber, permitting liquid to flow from the treating chamber, into the space and into the annular chamber to provide a restoring force to the system. The annular balance ring can further comprise a plurality of passages, fluidly coupling the treating chamber to the annular chamber.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Benjamin E. Alexander, Brent M. Burgess, Christopher A. Jones, Aaron A. Linden, Dale E. Mueller, Michele A. Paustian, Brenner M. Sharp
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Patent number: 11174585Abstract: Provided is a washing machine including a rib extending outward from a central portion of a rear portion of a tub. One end of the rib is provided adjacent to the central portion of the tub, the other end of the rib is provided adjacent to an outer side of the tub, and since a width of the one end of the rib is greater than a width of the other end of the rib, thereby maintaining efficient rigidity against stress generated in the rear portion of the tub. Further, in order to secure rigidity against stress due to vibrations generated by a driving motor, an additional rib is included between a side to which the driving motor is coupled and the outer side of the tub, thereby efficiently maintaining rigidity against additional stress.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jung Hee Lee, Jeong Hoon Kang, Min Sung Kim, Ji Hoon Choi, Kwan Woo Hong
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Patent number: 11168435Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine including: a gasket, wherein the gasket includes a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of port receiving pipes communicating with the plurality of nozzles, respectively; and a distribution pipe, wherein the distribution pipe includes a transport conduit and a plurality of outlet ports protruding from the transport conduit toward the gasket body. The transport conduit may include a first portion spaced apart from an outer circumferential surface of the gasket body. Among the plurality of outlet ports, a first lower outlet port protrudes from the first portion, and the first lower outlet port and the first lower port receiving pipe are coupled to each other in a space where the first portion of the transport conduit and the outer circumferential surface of the gasket body are spaced apart, so that the gasket and the distribution pipe are connected tightly.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sunghoon Kim, Hwanchan Ryu, Hyunjae Lee
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Patent number: 11168426Abstract: Provided is a laundry treating apparatus including a cabinet, a laundry care device movably provided inside the cabinet, wherein the laundry care device includes a jetting unit configured to jet air to the laundry, and a suction unit into which air jetted by the jetting unit, after passing through the laundry, is suctioned. Inside of the laundry treating apparatus is kept pleasant and laundry care efficiency is enhanced.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hwang Mook Cho, Eung Ryeol Seo, Geon Ung Lee
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Patent number: 11161159Abstract: An automated can adjustment system for a can cleaning system and associated method is disclosed. The automated can adjustment system can store different stage height information corresponding to various cans with different heights in a controller. The stage height information corresponding to the different can heights is associated with and recallable by various preset buttons operatively coupled with the controller. The controller is configured to communicate with the one or more drive mechanisms to adjust one or more stage heights based on the stage height information recalled when a particular preset button is selected. Different stage heights may be changed by then selecting a different preset button associated with a can having a different height.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Armor Metal Group, Inc.Inventors: Michael P. Bish, James W. Kelley, Andrew S. Brodbeck, Michael W. Leming, Robert A. Deakin, Pavel Bronshteyn, Douglas Jones, Shaun D. Davenport
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Patent number: 11162201Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 15, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Iftkhar Ahamad, Neyda Eleza Leon Lopez, Raghavendran Prabhakaran
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Patent number: 11155954Abstract: A washing machine appliance includes a sump for collecting wash fluid, a water supply valve for supplying wash fluid during a fill cycle, and a drain pump assembly for draining that wash fluid during a drain cycle. A controller is configured for monitoring the sump pressure using a water level detection system, detecting a fill sensing failure such as a slow pressure rise after the fill cycle, detecting a drain sensing failure such as a slow pressure drop during the drain cycle, and determining that the water level detection system is malfunctioning if the fill sensing failure and the drain sensing failure are detected.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Ryan James Scheckelhoff, Ryan Ellis Leonard
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Patent number: 11148178Abstract: To suppress precipitation of a cleaning solution to a vibration head of an ultrasonic cleaner. An ultrasonic cleaner includes: a cleaning tank which stores a cleaning solution; an ultrasonic transducer; and a vibration head which extends from the ultrasonic transducer toward the cleaning tank and of which a tip portion includes a cylindrical hole having a longitudinal direction aligned to a vertical direction, wherein the ultrasonic transducer is driven at a frequency at which the vibration head is vibrated resonantly, and wherein the vibration head is provided with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic coating film 502 which has an interface between an area 223 corresponding to a vibration antinode and area corresponding to a vibration node during the resonant vibration of the vibration head, and covers the area 222 corresponding to the vibration node.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei Nonaka, Tetsuji Kawahara, Takamichi Mori
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Patent number: 11142862Abstract: A washing machine appliance may include a base is mounted within a wash chamber and a bulk tank assembly is mounted to a top side of the base, the bulk tank assembly comprising an elongated reservoir for receiving and storing a cleaning agent and a reservoir cap removably mounted to the elongated reservoir and comprising a manual hand pump for selectively motivating a portion of the cleaning agent from the elongated reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Peter Hans Bensel, Alexander B. Leibman
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Patent number: 11142860Abstract: There is proposed a washing machine and a control thereof capable of maximizing a mechanical force regardless of the amount and weight of laundry. By using a washing profile in which the cycle and size of a washing RPM are variable, a washing mechanical force can be maximized regardless of the amount of laundry or a change in the weight of the laundry due to moisture absorption of the laundry. In addition, the head drop behavior of the laundry can be diversified through the washing profile in which the cycle and size of the washing RPM are variable, and in this way, by allowing water (washing water) to be effectively infiltrated into the laundry, the washing performance can be improved. In addition, by continuously showing various washing operations (rubbing, tapping, centrifugal rotation, or the like), an effect of enhancing the visibility of washing can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jung Chul Choi, Jun Hyun Park, Wan Hee Lee
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Patent number: 11134827Abstract: A dishwasher includes: a cabinet defining an external appearance of the dishwasher; a tub disposed in the cabinet to form a space where to wash dishes; a heat exchanger disposed between the tub and the cabinet to form a space in which external air flows; and a condensing module disposed between the heat exchanger and the cabinet and configured to exchange heat of air discharged from the tub with the external air flowing in the heat exchanger such that the heat-exchanged air flows into the tub.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sangheon Yoon, Daegyu Kim
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Patent number: 11136705Abstract: A method of detecting a mechanical decoupling in a laundry appliance is provided. The laundry appliance includes a rotatable basket and a motor configured to drive the rotatable basket. The method includes determining a target rotational speed and activating the motor at a first rotational speed proportional to the determined target rotational speed. The method further includes determining an actual rotational speed after activating the motor at the first rotational speed and comparing the actual rotational speed to the target rotational speed. When the actual rotational speed is greater than the target rotational speed, the method determines that the motor is decoupled from the basket.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Byron Lee Boylston
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Patent number: 11131054Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes: a tub; a drum; an agitator disposed in the drum; a stator; a rotor configured to rotate relative to the stator; a drum-rotating shaft coupled to the drum; an agitator-rotating shaft coupled to the rotor and the agitator; a first serration disposed at an end of the agitator-rotating shaft; a second serration disposed at an end of the drum-rotating shaft; a fixed body fixed between the tub and the rotor; a support body rotatably disposed within the fixed body; a body-driving system configured to move the support body relative to the fixed body; and a shaft-joint configured to reciprocate between a first point and a second point of the support body. The shaft-joint is configured to engage the first serration to the second serration at the first point, and decouple the first serration from the second serration at the second point.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jaeyong Jeong, Keunjoo Kim, Dongsoo Lee
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Patent number: 11133174Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to a processing chamber having a reduced volume for performing supercritical drying processes or other phase transition processes. The chamber includes a substrate support moveably disposed on a first track and a door moveably disposed on a second track. The substrate support and door may be configured to move independently of one another and the chamber may be configured to minimize vertical movement of the substrate within the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Roman Gouk, Han-Wen Chen, Steven Verhaverbeke, Jean Delmas
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Patent number: 11123775Abstract: A substrate-cleaning apparatus includes a transmission unit, a wet cleaning unit and a dry cleaning unit. The transmission unit includes a movable clamp for clamping a substrate that includes a face without covering the face of the substrate. The wet cleaning unit includes a wiper and a liquid pump. The wiper includes a strip of cleaning cloth and an abutting element for pressing the cleaning cloth against the face of the substrate. The liquid pump sends cleaning liquid to the abutting element that in turn sends the cleaning liquid to the cleaning cloth when the abutting element presses the cleaning cloth against the face of the substrate. The dry cleaning unit includes a wiper comprising a strip of cleaning cloth for wiping dry the face of the substrate without leaving any water mark on the face.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: STEK CO., LTDInventor: Ming-Sheng Chen
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Patent number: 11118299Abstract: A washing machine has a cabinet, a wash tub positioned within the cabinet, and a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub. The wash basket is accessible through an opening in the cabinet. The washing machine appliance also includes a door rotatably mounted to the cabinet such that the door is rotatable between an open position and a closed position and a gasket which sealingly engages the door when the door is in the closed position. The gasket includes an S-fold. The S-fold defines a trough and a gap between a front portion of the gasket and a back ring of the gasket. A width of the gap may be at least fifty percent of a width of the trough. A channel may be defined in the trough.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Holzen, Aaron Daniel Abbott
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Patent number: 11114302Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes an upper cup part including a first tubular portion and a second tubular portion that are formed each in a tubular shape capable of surrounding a substrate held by a substrate holder, the second tubular portion being connected to an upper side of the first tubular portion. The substrate processing apparatus also includes a cup moving unit that moves the upper cup part in a vertical direction with respect to the substrate holder to stop the upper cup part at each of a position where the first tubular portion surrounds the substrate, and a position where the second tubular portion surrounds the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shotaro Tsuda, Nobuyasu Hiraoka, Nobuaki Okita, Takayuki Nishida
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Patent number: 11101146Abstract: A protective disk is disposed between a spin base and a substrate W and is capable of being raised and lowered between a separated position which is separated downward from the substrate W and a near position which is nearer to the substrate than the separated position. An upper surface of the protective disk has an inner surface which is provided on an inner side of a plurality of holding pins in a radial direction and a flat surface which is provided on an outer side of the inner surface in the radial direction and is provided above the inner surface. The flat surface faces a lower surface of a part on an inner side of an outer circumferential end in the radial direction, in a circumferential edge portion of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuaki Okita, Ryo Muramoto, Takayuki Nishida
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Patent number: 11098434Abstract: A washing machine comprises: an outer tub containing water; an inner tub rotating on a vertical axis within the outer tub and having a first opening at the bottom; a motor providing torque; a dewatering shaft rotating by the motor; and a hub supporting the inner tub from the bottom, wherein the hub comprises: a connecting boss whose center is connected to the dewatering shaft; a plurality of spokes extending outward radially from the connecting boss and having second openings overlapping the first opening; and a circular flange connecting the outer edges of the spokes and attached to the bottom of the inner tub, wherein the spokes comprise at least one first spoke whose underside faces the bottom of the outer tub and is entirely smooth.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sangdeog Byeon, Hoon Chang
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Patent number: 11084067Abstract: A mobile decontamination system has an internal combustion engine, a generator, a first pump, a boiler and a second pump. The engine is coupled to the generator and to the first pump. The first pump is designed for discharging a first decontamination medium via a first spray lance. The second pump is designed for discharging a second decontamination medium via a second spray lance. A system controller is designed for selectively operating the first pump and the heating boiler in one of at least two different operating modes. In the first operating mode, the first pump delivers a first volumetric flow through the boiler which is at such a high level that the first decontamination medium is in liquid form. In a second operating mode, the first pump delivers a second volumetric flow through the boiler which is at such a low level that the first decontamination medium transfers into gaseous form.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Kaercher Futuretech GmbHInventors: Ulli Reinhardt, Michael Spaan, Daniel Fritz, Markus Hellmuth
