Tumbling Patents (Class 68/139)
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Publication number: 20120090362Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry machine in which a tub is isolated from vibration of a drum, ensuring an increased size of the tub and an increased volume of the tub. This results in an increased capacity of the laundry machine. The increased size of the tub provides a sufficient space between the tub and a cabinet for installation of relevant constituent elements, thus accomplishing a compact interior structure of the laundry machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2009Publication date: April 19, 2012Inventors: Young Jin Hwang, Soo Bong Kim, Jung Tae Song, Ig Geun Kwon, Dong Il Lee, Suk Yun Moon, Sang Hun Kim, Hee Tae Lim
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Publication number: 20120084926Abstract: A washing machine in which performance of a balancer is improved and a control method thereof. The washing machine includes at least one balancer housing provided with a ring-shaped channel, at least one mass body movably disposed in the channel, a confinement unit to confine the at least one mass body to the at least one balancer housing so as to allow the at least one mass body to be rotated under the condition that the at least one mass body is fixed to the at least one balancer housing, an adjustment unit to release confinement of the at least one mass body so as to allow the at least one mass body to descend due to gravity during rotation of the drum, and a control unit to control the adjustment unit so that unbalanced load is offset by the at least one mass body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: SUMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Moo Hyung Lee, Sung Jin Kim, Myung Sun Kang
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Patent number: 8130510Abstract: Disclosed herein is a printed circuit board assembly of an electronic appliance including a plurality of boards on which electrical parts to perform functions necessary for the electronic appliance are separately arranged according to the specification of the electronic appliance. The printed circuit board assembly is divided into a plurality of boards, such that electrical parts having a common specification and electrical parts having different specifications are arranged on different boards, thereby optimizing the printed circuit board assembly and configuring the boards according to the specification of the electronic appliance without loss. Microprocessors are arranged on the boards, and the boards are connected to each other in a serial communication, thereby reducing the number of wiring harnesses (W/H) and thus configuring the printed circuit board assembly with high reliability.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2009Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang Wook Jang, Matsumoto Satoru
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Publication number: 20120036900Abstract: A washing machine is disclosed which washes laundry using a mechanical force. The washing machine includes a display unit (60) formed at a door (40) to display information on washing, accordingly expanding the installation space for the display unit (60). In addition, when the display unit comprises a touch screen, not only input and display of the washing information but also visual inspection of laundry in a drum can be achieved by the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2009Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Sang Wook Hong, Ji Hee Kim, Sang Su Lee, Sun Young Park, Jae Won Chang, Ki Young Kang, Chang Kwon Park, Bon Kwon Koo
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Publication number: 20120031151Abstract: The present invention is related to a washing machine which can compensate a sagged portion of a drum for preventing a portion between a tub and the drum from exposing in a state the drum holds laundry. The washing machine includes a tub for accommodating washing water, the tub having a laundry opening, a drum rotatably coupled in the tub for receiving laundry, the drum having an opening matched to the laundry opening, and a gasket having a blocking portion for blocking a portion of the laundry opening of the tub, asymmetrically.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Inventors: Min Gyu Jo, Hyun Seok Seo
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Publication number: 20120017649Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry machine for treating laundry. One embodiment of the laundry machine may include a water supply valve, a drum (30) in which laundry is placed, a tub (20) in which the drum (30) is rotatably placed, the tub (20) having an extended portion (23a) which extends forward and have an opening at a front portion thereof for laundry entrance, and a tub water supply portion (140), and a water supply line to guide water from the water supply valve to the tub water supply portion (140).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2009Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Sang Hun Kim, Soo Bong Kim, Jung Tae Song, Ig Geun Kwon, Suk Yun Moon, Hee Tae Lim, Dong Il Lee
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Publication number: 20120011893Abstract: A laundry machine is disclosed. The laundry machine includes a tub comprising a front surface part (112) having an opening formed in a center thereof to introduce laundry therein, a drum rotatably provided in the tub, the drum having an opening formed therein to load the laundry therein, and a gasket (200) provided between an inner surface of the front surface of the tub and a front end of the opening of the drum. The gasket (200) comprises a plurality of ribs (205a, 205b, 205c) arranged along a radial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2010Publication date: January 19, 2012Inventors: Ig Geun Kwon, Soo Bong Kim, Min Gyu Jo
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Publication number: 20120000253Abstract: A laundry machine is disclosed, which includes a cabinet (600, 620, 630, 640) defining an external appearance thereof, the cabinet (600, 620, 630, 640) comprising a base (600), a tub (100, 120, 130) provided in the cabinet (600, 620, 630, 640), a drum (300, 320, 340) provided in the tub (100, 120, 130), the drum (300, 320, 340) rotatable with respect to the tub (100, 120, 130) and a pressure adjusting part provided in the tub (100, 120, 130) to prevent forward movement of the drum (300, 320, 340) generated by pressure difference during the rotation of the drum (300, 320, 340). As a result the laundry machine may improve capacity of the tub (100, 120, 130) and to prevent collision between the drum (300, 320, 340) and the tub (100, 120, 130) by adjusting the pressure inside the tub (100, 120, 130).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2009Publication date: January 5, 2012Inventors: Suk Yun Moon, Dong II Lee, Ig Geun Kwon, Soo Bong Kim
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Publication number: 20110296877Abstract: A laundry machine for washing laundry is disclosed. The laundry machine includes a cabinet to form an outer appearance, the cabinet comprising a base, a tub arranged in the cabinet, and a support unit provided at the base, to support a vertical weight of the tub. There is an effect of increasing the capacity of the laundry machine in accordance with a variation in the structure of the laundry machine. It is also possible to enhance the support stability of the capacity-increased tub by vertically supporting the weight of the tub.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2009Publication date: December 8, 2011Inventors: Jung Tae Song, Ig Geun Kwon, Suk Yun Moon, Soo Bong Kim, Dong Il Lee
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Publication number: 20110289982Abstract: A drum type washing machine including a housing, a spin tub, and a ball balancer coupled to the spin tub, the ball balancer including a first plastic member and a second plastic member joined to each other to form an annular-shaped race, the first plastic member including a first side wall, a second side wall and a connecting wall to form a three-sided annular-shaped structure having an open side, and the second plastic member adapted to cover the open side, the three-sided annular-shaped structure having a U-shaped cross-section with a first rounded inside corner formed between the first side wall and the connecting wall and a second rounded inside corner formed between the second side wall and the connecting wall. A radius of curvature of each of the first and second rounded inside corners is greater than a radius of curvature of opposite diagonal inside corners of the annular-shaped race.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Doo Young Ryu, Ja Young Kim, Ito Michiaki, Myung Sun Kang
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Publication number: 20110283743Abstract: Drum type washing machine is disclosed, including a cabinet having a base plate, a tub fixedly secured to an inside of the cabinet, a drum positioned in the tub for holding washing water, a rotation shaft connected to a rear of the drum, a bearing housing assembly for supporting the rotation shaft, buffering and supporting members connected between the bearing housing assembly and the base plate, and fastening means for fastening the bearing housing assembly to the cabinet releasably.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2009Publication date: November 24, 2011Inventors: Jung Tae Song, Hee Tae Lee, Soo Bong Kim
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Publication number: 20110277514Abstract: A laundry machine includes a cabinet (10), a first tub (20) having at least predetermined portion directly connected to the cabinet (10), a second tub (30) provided underneath the first tub (20), relative movable with respect to the first tub (20), the second tub (30) receiving wash water together with the first tub (20), and a drum (40) rotatable about a vertical shaft within the first and second tubs (20; 30).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2009Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Young Suk Kim, Jae Won Chang, Hyun Seok Seo
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Publication number: 20110271461Abstract: A washing machine and a control method thereof are disclosed. The present invention relates to a washing machine, more specifically, to a washing machine that dehumidifies air used in drying laundry by using water thrown away after rinsing course, with flowing a condensation duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2010Publication date: November 10, 2011Inventors: Young Bok Son, Ae Kyung Chae, Yong Cheol Jin, Yoon Seob Eom, Sang Hun Kim, Sung Min Ye
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Publication number: 20110247374Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a cabinet, a rotatable drum, and at least one foot extending from and supporting the cabinet, with the foot being configured to dampen the vibrations of the laundry treating appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2010Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: DONALD R. MILLER, BRENNER M. SHARP
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Publication number: 20110239710Abstract: A simple washing device includes a casing and a washing mechanism mounted on the casing. The casing has a lower room formed on a bottom thereof. The washing mechanism includes a cylinder and an openable cover pivotally mounted on a top of the cylinder. A first bucket is received in the cylinder. A lateral of the first bucket has a plurality of through holes defined therein and extending therethrough. A bottom of the first bucket has a plurality of orifices defined therein and extending therethrough. The first bucket has a spindle axially mounted therein. A driving mechanism is received in the lower room.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2010Publication date: October 6, 2011Inventor: Wen-Sung LEE
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Publication number: 20110203323Abstract: A front loading washing machine including a housing; a water reservoir installed in the housing for containing washing water; a spin tub provided in the water reservoir to hold laundry to be washed, the spin tub having an annular recess and rotating with respect to a horizontal axis of the washing machine; and at least one balancer installed in the annular recess of the spin tub, the balancer comprising an annular shaped race formed of a plastic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2011Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Doo Young Ryu, Ja Young Kim, Ito Michiaki, Myung Sun Kang
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Publication number: 20110203324Abstract: A drum type washing machine including a balancer capable of rapidly reducing vibration of a spin tub. The drum type washing machine includes a spin tub which is rotated by receiving rotational force from a driving motor through a rotating shaft, a rear balancer having an annular shape and being coupled to the spin tub, and a shaft flange provided at a center portion thereof with the rotating shaft and coupled to the spin tub so as to uniformly transfer the rotational force to the spin tub. The rear balancer is supported on a rear surface of a rear cover by the shaft flange. Thus, the balls accommodated in the balancer are prevented from moving out of the balancer, even if the balancer is broken due to long-period use.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2011Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Ja Young Kim, Ito Michiaki, Doo Young Ryu, Myung Sun Kang
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Publication number: 20110179831Abstract: A front loading washing machine including a housing; a water reservoir installed in the housing for containing washing water; a spin tub provided in the water reservoir to hold laundry to be washed, the spin tub having an annular recess and rotating with respect to a horizontal axis of the washing machine; and at least one balancer installed in the annular recess of the spin tub, the balancer comprising an annular shaped race formed of a plastic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2011Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Doo Young Ryu, Ja Young Kim
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Publication number: 20110179832Abstract: A sliding drawer washing machine in which the drum can be moved between a retracted position within the outer dimension of the washing machine and a withdrawn position wherein access may be gained to the inside of the drum in a substantially vertical direction comprising a drum for a washing machine comprising a substantially lateral wall (2), and first and second end walls (3, 16), characterised in that the lateral wall (2) is comprised of adjacent circumferential zones, the first zone (4) having a plurality of apertures therein and the second zone (6) being substantially aperture free.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2009Publication date: July 28, 2011Inventor: Andrew Martin Reason
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Publication number: 20110173761Abstract: An inline washing system to be formed from a tunnel-type washing machine (10) which both rinses and removes water from the items of laundry. However, rinsing and simultaneously also water removal can also be performed in the downstream spin-dryer (18) or water-removal press. It has been found that the rinsing performance is better and fresh water can be saved on account of the invention. By virtue of the invention, it is possible to wash relatively small amounts of laundry using a tunnel-type washing machine (10) in an economical manner. The tunnel-type washing machine (10) can be designed to be shorter and also simpler if it is designed without a rinse zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2006Publication date: July 21, 2011Inventors: Wilhelm Bringewatt, Engelbert Heinz
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Publication number: 20110167877Abstract: A washing machine or other laundry appliance has a drum that rotates during washing cycles of the appliance. The appliance further incorporates a ballast system including a reservoir having means for permitting water to flow between said reservoir and the drum, an inlet for enabling said reservoir to be filled with water, and an outlet for enabling water to be drained from said reservoir. The appliance further incorporates means for filling said reservoir and maintaining said reservoir substantially full of water during the washing cycles. Weight of the reservoir when it is substantially full of water acts to counter balance vibrations generated by the rotation of the drum during the washing cycles of the appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Inventors: Andrew Reason, Mario Rabaiotti, James Osgood
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Publication number: 20110162152Abstract: A method for applying a processing composition to laundry in a laundry treatment appliance with a rotatably mounted drum is provided. The method includes setting a predefined residual moisture content in the laundry by adding water and by rotating the drum. The method further includes applying a processing composition to the laundry in liquid form or in the form of fine droplets. The processing composition is sprayed onto the laundry by an introduction apparatus while the drum is moved at a speed at which the laundry lies against the drum or at a faster speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2009Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventors: Andreas Hanau, Hartmut Schaub, Ingo Schulze
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Publication number: 20110146004Abstract: Provided are a washing method and washing machine. In the washing method, an eco-rinsing process where a drum rotates in a state where at least a portion of laundry is pressed against the inner wall of the drum and wash water is sprayed into the drum is performed. A spinning process where the spraying of the wash water is stopped and the wash water is removed from the laundry by accelerating the drum is performed. Here, at least a portion of the laundry remains pressed against the wall of the drum in the eco-rinsing process and the spinning process.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Changoh KIM, Jaehyun Kim, Jaewon Chang, Jongmin Lee, Sangheon Lee, Youngho Kim
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Publication number: 20110146355Abstract: A washer including a housing, a washing tub in the housing, a drum rotatably mounted in the washing tub for receiving laundry to be washed, the drum having an axis of rotation and an opening for inserting the laundry into an interior of the drum, and a dynamic deflector coupled to the washing tub, the dynamic deflector being one of translatable in one or more axes and rotatable about one or more of the axes, the dynamic deflector deflecting the laundry that contacts the dynamic deflector toward the interior of the drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATIONInventor: Jonathan Murrell
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Patent number: 7958756Abstract: An improved gasket (1) for a drum-type washing machine comprises a front flange (11) and a rear flange (15). Between the front flange (11) and the rear flange (15), a first substantially U-shaped section (13) connects to the front flange (11) and a second section (14) connects said first section (13) and the rear flange (15), wherein said second section (14) has a substantially flat contour at a lower position and increasingly curves outwardly from the axis from the lower position to a lateral position while decreasingly curves outwardly from the axis from the lateral position to an upper position opposite to said lower position. In such a configuration, said gasket (1) can absorb the greater vibration occurred in the lateral position in a normal washing operation process.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2006Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventor: Ismael Gracia Bobed
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Patent number: 7958651Abstract: An apparatus for retrieving articles from a dryer or otherwise retrieving article from places not easily accessible is described herein. The apparatus comprises a handle with a head attached thereto. The head can be mounted so as to be detachable, swivable, or interchangeable. The handle can be telescoping for further reaching capability or foldable for easy storage. The apparatus can provide illumination as well as be configured to reach into small, various shaped, and otherwise not easy to reach locations.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2006Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Inventor: Allan M. Maniha
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Publication number: 20110132041Abstract: A household appliance includes a housing having a door formed in a front panel thereof for accessing an interior of the housing, a tub disposed inside the housing, and a rotatable drum within the tub and having an axis of rotation, the rotatable drum for receiving laundry through the door. The tub includes a tub body, a heater pocket integrally formed in a lower portion of the tub body, the heater pocket forming a cavity in fluid communication with the drum, the heater pocket for at least partially surrounding a heating element for heating a fluid in the tub, and a fluid guide on an interior surface of the tub, the fluid guide one of guiding the fluid from the tub body into the heater pocket and disrupting a fluid ring formed in the tub body during rotation of the rotatable drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2011Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATIONInventors: Uwe Mette, Jonathan Murrell, Ramon Rodriguez, Rolf Schuck
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Patent number: 7954345Abstract: A washing machine to guarantee easy mounting or separation of an ornamental panel and prevent the coming off or distortion of door trims. The washing machine includes a body having a laundry opening, a door mounted to the body to open or close the laundry opening and having a rim, an ornamental panel mounted to an outer surface of the door, a plurality of door trims coupled to the rim of the door supporting the ornamental panel, and a coupling device coupling of the door trims. The coupling device includes a plurality of holding recesses formed in the rim of the door and spaced apart from one another, and a plurality of holding hooks protruding from an inner surface of the respective door trims to be introduced into and caught by the holding recesses.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2008Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jong Won Park
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Publication number: 20110120195Abstract: Disclosed herein is a drum washing machine. A rotational track of a first door to open and close an opening of a machine body is concentric with a rotational track of a second door to open and close an opening of a water tub, thereby improving user convenience.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2010Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jeoung Kyo Jeoung, In Ju Lee, Hoon Wee, Yun Joo Change
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Publication number: 20110113569Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a motor to rotate a drum about the horizontal axis of rotation and an axial drive mechanism to reciprocate the drum relative to the horizontal axis of rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2009Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Luiz Von Dokonal, Robert J. Pinkowski
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Patent number: 7937974Abstract: A laundry processing apparatus is disclosed. The laundry processing apparatus includes a drum having a drum opening perforated in a circumferential surface thereof for entrance/exit of laundry, a drum door for opening and closing the drum opening, and a locking device for automatically coupling the drum and the drum door to each other while the drum and the drum door are rotated.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2007Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jin Woong Kim, Na Eun Kim, Jae Won Chang
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Publication number: 20110099727Abstract: Provided is a method for washing laundry in a washing machine, wherein the washing machine includes a tub and a drum disposed inside the tub, the method comprising: supplying wash water mixed with detergent into the tub and spraying wash water changed to whirling water without detergent into the drum; circulating the wash water and rotating the drum, thereby the wash water soaking the laundry; and rotating the drum containing laundry soaked in the wash water.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Wooyoung Kim, Youngho Kim, Jaehyun Kim, Moonhee Hong, Changoh Kim, Kyungchul Woo, Myonghun Im, Sangheon Lee, Jaewon Chang, Sooyoung Oh, Jongmin Lee
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Publication number: 20110079053Abstract: A laundry machine includes a cabinet and a tub is provided in the cabinet for holding washing water. A drum is rotatably provided in the tub, and a motor is provided at a rear of a tub for rotating the drum, where the motor includes a stator provided at a rear wall of the tub and a rotor. A transfer preventive unit provided at least at one of the stator and the tub to change a vibration/noise transfer function between the stator and the tub.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2010Publication date: April 7, 2011Inventors: Seung Chul PARK, Kyung Seop Hong, Seong Hyeon Kim, Kyu Yeol Koak
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Publication number: 20110067185Abstract: A washing method and a washing machine are provided. Wash water is drained from a tub prior to initiating a main spinning process, and wash water is supplied into a drum to decrease the volume of the laundry which is increased by the draining. Therefore, it is possible to effectively reduce the volume of laundry and thus to improve the mobility of the laundry. Then, a main spinning process is performed by spinning the drum at high speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Bon Kwon Koo, Kyo Soon Chae, Byung Keol Choi, Deok Kyu Kim
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Publication number: 20110061172Abstract: A method for washing laundry and a washing machine, in which balancing of the laundry load is effectively carried out. The method for washing includes supplying wash water mixed with a detergent, spinning or rinsing the laundry by rotating the washing machine drum in which the laundry is located, thereby causing the laundry to be repeatedly lifted within and then fall towards the bottom of the drum. The method further involves balancing the laundry by repeatedly accelerating and decelerating the drum. The wash water is then drained.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Bon Kwon Koo, Kyo Soon Chae, Byung Keol Choi, Deok Kyu Kim
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Publication number: 20110056249Abstract: A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Inventors: In Ho Cho, Hyung Yong Kim, Eun Jin Park, Ig Geun Kwon, Sang Il Hwang, Han Su Jung, Kyung Chul Woo, Byung Keol Choi, Myong Hun Im, Soo Young Oh, Moon Hee Hong, Woo Young Kim, Sang Heon Lee
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Patent number: 7900372Abstract: A clothes dryer has horizontally extending louvres located in its rear cabinet wall that permit ambient air to enter the dryer cabinet during normal dryer operation. U-shaped cover brackets are positioned to horizontally extend and cover the louvres where the brackets each define a horizontally extending airflow channel having opposing open ends. Air entering the dryer flows through the louvres along the airflow channels and out through the open ends. The cover bracket helps to contain a fire within the dryer cabinet should one occur by restricting flow of ignited particles and other debris as a result of a fire from exiting through the louvre.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2008Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Mabe Canada Inc.Inventors: Silvia Ionelia Prajescu, Pasquale Antonio Renzo, Dominique Larochelle
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Publication number: 20110041565Abstract: Disclosed herein is a washing machine in which a balancer is directly mounted on a body of an inner tub without a front surface part of the inner tub. The washing machine includes an outer tub to store water, a body formed in a cylindrical shape provided with an opening at one surface thereof and provided in the outer tub, and a balancer connected to an inner diameter part at the opening of the body to reduce unbalance of the body generated during rotation of the body and to reinforce the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2010Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong Kwon KIM, Kyu Chai LEE, Hong Seok KO, Sang Up LEE
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Publication number: 20110030150Abstract: An apparatus and a method of operating a laundry treating appliance treating laundry according to a cycle of operation having by determining a parameter indicative of a change in packing density of the laundry in a treating chamber and taking an operating action based on the determined parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2009Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: FARHAD ASHRAFZADEH, RYAN R. BELLINGER
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Publication number: 20110005278Abstract: A portable washing appliance for washing small quantities of clothing. A container open at the top has a first compartment for receiving an item of clothing for washing. The container includes a perforated basket which is motor or manually driven to effect a washing operation as well as pre-soaked and rinse operations. Water may be discharged from a first compartment in the container into at least one second compartment, located either below or adjacent thereto, which contains a removable waste receptacle. The waste receptacle collects wash water. rinse water and water extracted during a spin dry operations which may be discarded through a kitchen or bathroom sink drain.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: I+D+M Creative, LLCInventors: Fran Z. Slutsky, Matthew Corey Cataudella
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Patent number: 7862871Abstract: A plastic container for domestic washing machines comprising a bearing shell (1) that accommodates a plastic member (3) in an injection moulding process, said plastic member being more solid and of better quality than the plastic forming the container (5). The metal bearing shell (1) and the plastic member (3) that is injection-moulded thereinto form a structural unit onto which the corresponding plastic container (5) is injection-moulded.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2003Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Miguel Angel Gomez Caudevilla, Ismael Gracia Bobed, Alberto Mañas Molina
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Publication number: 20100326142Abstract: A laundry drum for a laundry treatment machine that is rotatable about an axis, wherein the laundry drum includes a drum jacket made of metal sheet, and wherein the drum jacket has throughflow holes and linear elevations that are distributed in a peripheral direction and that extend transversely to a periphery line. The linear elevations rise at a distance from one another in a straight or curved line from cylindrical regions of the laundry drum. Agitators are disposed on an inner periphery of the drum jacket and the throughflow holes are disposed in the cylindrical regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBHInventors: Johannes Geyer, Stephan Sommer, Wilfried Wildung
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Publication number: 20100325815Abstract: A washing machine that controls water supply modes of washing and rinsing operations and a control method thereof. For the washing operation, the wetting of the laundry is improved through the supply of water in unidirectional rotation in which the water is supplied while a washing tub and a pulsator are simultaneously rotated in one direction. For the rinsing operation, laundry is quickly separated from the washing tub, such that the laundry is sufficiently mixed with the water, through the supply of water in unidirectional rotation and the supply of water in alternating-direction rotation in which the water is supplied while only the pulsator is rotated in alternating directions, thereby achieving rinsing utilizing water supply time, and, in addition, turnover of the laundry is smoothly achieved such that washing residues present on the laundry are effectively removed from the laundry, thereby improving rinsing efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae Hui Im, Jung Ran Jung
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Publication number: 20100300156Abstract: The present invention relates to a washing machine (1) comprising a control unit (3) that implements a spinning profile whereby the laundry is maintained not to form deep wrinkles difficult to ease out even by the ironing process but instead shallow creases that can easily be ironed out.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2008Publication date: December 2, 2010Inventors: Aysegul Ayday Besikci, Ebru Gungor, Feryat Yildirim
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Patent number: 7841220Abstract: A drum-type washing machine is disclosed, in which bearings are received in the bearing housing assembly. The bearing housing assembly may include a support portion coupled to a motor, and a coupling portion connected to a damper bracket.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2008Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hee Tae Lim, Jae Won Chang, Hyun Seok Seo, Min Gyu Jo
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Publication number: 20100293722Abstract: The method of the invention encompasses the stages of: rotating the basket in a weighing rotation determined by a microprocessor, of a top-loading machine, already containing the load of clothes to be washed; producing signals for a load sensing device, assembled on a suspension rod of a containment drum that holds the basket, of the maximum and minimum loads to which such suspension rod is subject during each spin of the basket, processing the above-mentioned signals in order to define the average load applied to the suspension rods and with this information, the weight of the load of clothes; and determine, through the microprocessor and as a function of the weight of the load of clothes, the weight of the load of water fed into the containment drum. The method in question also allows control over the various operating functions of the machine, through monitoring the load applied to the above-mentioned suspension rod.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2008Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: WHIRLPOOL S.A.Inventors: Erico de Oliveira Munhoz, Adelcio Braz, Antonio de Oliveira, Rodrigo Franca Alves, Wladimir Alex Magal, Carlos Eduardo Buratto de Toledo, Douglas Alex Resende Pereira, Jorge Oyama, Marcelo Campos Silva
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Publication number: 20100294005Abstract: A drum is fixed to a mounting star, on which a shaft for drive of the drum is fixed. The fixing is achieved by means of arrangement of several openings in the mounting star with different entry and exit diameters, whereby a tip corresponding to each opening is arranged on the drum, which is introduced through the smallest hole in the opening. The tip is subsequently deformed such that the outer surface thereof is pressed against at least the walls of the opening, whereupon the fixing is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBHInventor: Ismael Gracia Bobed
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Publication number: 20100287996Abstract: A laundry drum for a laundry treating machine, wherein the laundry drum includes a drum cover that has a cylindrical shape and structures that are distributed in a circumferential direction of the drum cover. The structures project from the cylindrical shape of the drum cover that is mounted in the laundry drum. Further, the structures are formed from inwardly bulging linear elevations that extend along a circumferential line.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2009Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBHInventors: Johannes Geyer, Stephan Sommer, Max Speckhart, Roland Vetter, Wilfried Wildung
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Publication number: 20100287995Abstract: The present invention relates to a washing machine tank (1), of the type provided with a basically cylindrical structure obtained by moulding plastic materials, designed to house a rotary metal drum, characterised in that it is provided with a smooth bottom wall (2) with central hole, against which a circular cap (3) is exactly engaged and permanently fixed with concavity facing the bottom wall, with a cylindrical nozzle in central position designed to be perfectly aligned with the central hole of the bottom wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2008Publication date: November 18, 2010Inventors: Stefano Mancini, Gianfranco Bacelli
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Patent number: 7827834Abstract: A bearing housing assembly and drum-type washing machine having the same are provided. Bearings are received in the bearing housing assembly. The bearing housing assembly may be formed by insert injection molding, and a damper for damping vibration of a drum may be connected to a tub by a damper bracket.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2006Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hee Tae Lim, Jae Won Chang