Patents by Inventor Charles T. Lutes

Charles T. Lutes 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 machine
    Patent number: 3997292
    Abstract: A laundry machine for washing clothes having both a wash and extraction operation. There is included a rotatable drum for tumbling the clothes and means for introducing liquid into the drum. Means are also provided for producing a vacuum or negative pressure to which is connected two active baffles located on opposite sides of the interior of the drum to withdraw the liquid and air from the drum and two inactive baffles therebetween. This arrangement improves the washability of such a laundry machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1976
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Charles T. Lutes, David E. Netter
  • Laundry machine blower mechanism
    Patent number: 3963370
    Abstract: A combinaton washer-dryer laundry machine having a washing, extraction and drying operations. There is included in the machine a rotatable drum for tumbling the clothes, a liquid pump for removing liquid from the machine, a vacuum blower for extracting liquid, and a heater and blower to be utilized during the drying operation. The vacuum blower is structurally arranged to help reduce noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1976
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Roy K. Yates, Charles T. Lutes