Patents by Inventor Anthony Lufkin

Anthony Lufkin 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).

  • LAUNDRY WASHING MACHINE FOR USE WITH UNIT DOSE DETERGENT PACKAGES
    Publication number: 20220025569
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for breaking a unit dose package in a chamber within a post located in a basket of a laundry washing machine. The method includes filling the basket and the chamber, increasing a rotation speed of the basket and/or the post to raise the water level in the basket and lower the water level in the chamber to cause a unit dose package within the chamber to move downwards; reducing the rotation speed to lower the water level in the basket and raise the water level in chamber to cause the unit dose package within the chamber to move upwards; and repeating the steps of increasing and reducing the rotational speed to cause the unit dose package to break open and at least partially dissolve. A laundry washing machine configured to perform this process is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Yihong Li, Anthony Lufkin, Allison White, Terry Anderson
  • Laundry washing machine for use with unit dose detergent packages
    Patent number: 11155951
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for breaking a unit dose package in a chamber within a post located in a basket of a laundry washing machine. The method includes filling the basket and the chamber, increasing a rotation speed of the basket and/or the post to raise the water level in the basket and lower the water level in the chamber to cause a unit dose package within the chamber to move downwards; reducing the rotation speed to lower the water level in the basket and raise the water level in chamber to cause the unit dose package within the chamber to move upwards; and repeating the steps of increasing and reducing the rotational speed to cause the unit dose package to break open and at least partially dissolve. A laundry washing machine configured to perform this process is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Inventors: Yihong Li, Anthony Lufkin, Allison White, Terry Anderson
  • LAUNDRY WASHING MACHINE FOR USE WITH UNIT DOSE DETERGENT PACKAGES
    Publication number: 20210025103
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for breaking a unit dose package in a chamber within a post located in a basket of a laundry washing machine. The method includes filling the basket and the chamber, increasing a rotation speed of the basket and/or the post to raise the water level in the basket and lower the water level in the chamber to cause a unit dose package within the chamber to move downwards; reducing the rotation speed to lower the water level in the basket and raise the water level in chamber to cause the unit dose package within the chamber to move upwards; and repeating the steps of increasing and reducing the rotational speed to cause the unit dose package to break open and at least partially dissolve. A laundry washing machine configured to perform this process is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Yihong Li, Anthony Lufkin, Allison White, Terry Anderson