Abstract: A mounting star stabilizing and rotationally mounting a washing drum of a washing machine. The mounting star comprises at least three arms near the center of the mounting star and a hollow molded body with a box-like open profile. Support points support the mounting star against the rear wall of the washing drum and are arranged at a distance from approximately the mid-length of each arm. The open profile of the arm is made of a pair of surfaces which are non-connected between themselves and are at least similar to a flat rectangle which forms the transversal section of the supports and the short sides thereof are oriented towards the rear wall of the washing drum. Both of the supports are connected by means of a third support of the identical transversal surface from arm to arm, with a support of the other arm.

Abstract: An inventive electric washing machine is configured so that a gas to be used for performing a specific process (decontamination process) on laundry is prevented from leaking to the outside. In the electric washing machine, a packing (120) to be brought into intimate contact with a door (12) for sealing a gap defined between the door (12) and a peripheral edge of an outer tub opening (118) when the door (12) is closed is opposed to a housing opening (14) with a space (129) defined between a lower edge portion of the housing opening (14) and the packing (120). If the door (12) is closed with laundry protruding through the lower edge portion of the housing opening (14), the protruding laundry is caught between the door (12) and the packing (120), so that the packing (120) is not brought into intimate contact with the door (12).

Abstract: A dish washing machine, which is capable of preventing wet vapor from flowing to a control panel provided to a door when the air in the door which opens and closes a washing tub is changed into the wet vapor due to a change in temperature during operation. The dish washing machine includes a main body having a washing tub, a door hinged with the main body, and opening and closing the washing tub, a control panel provided to the door, and a partition provided between the door and the control panel so as to block wet vapor in the door from flowing to the control panel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry device, and more particularly, to a laundry device of a new structure, in which a depressed portion is formed along a circumference of a portion of a hole in a cabinet for press fit to a groove in a holding member of a power cord assembly, thereby maintaining a secure joining state of the power cord assembly with the cabinet.

Abstract: Commercial material processing machines such as garment laundering often entail conveyors and large containers (e.g., dryer drum, washer) that pose safety hazards to workers who work in proximity to the equipment, even safety procedures if followed would preclude the worker from inadvertently entering the machine. Having an interrogator antenna within the machine and a transmitter attached to the worker, such as a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag provides a means for sensing when a worker is in a hazardous position. When sensed, safety circuitry shuts off actuators to prevent further conveying of material into the machine and movement of the large container (e.g., drum).

Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine having ball balancers, which adjust a relation between a gap, between the inner wall of a racer of each of the ball balancers and balls, and viscous oil, so as to reduce the vibration and noise of the washing machine. Each of the ball balancers of the washing machine includes balls and viscous oil accommodated in a racer, and the viscosity of the viscous oil is varied in proportion to a gap between the racer and the balls. When the viscosity of the viscous oil is 1˜100 cSt, the gap is set to 0.5˜1.0 mm, when the viscosity of the viscous oil is 100˜380 cSt, the gap is set to 1.0˜2.0 mm, and when the viscosity of the viscous oil is 380˜1,000 cSt, the gap is set to 2.0˜3.0 mm. Thereby, the relation between the gap and the viscous oil is optimized, and the ball balancers effectively exhibit a balancing function and thus minimize the vibration and noise of the washing machine.

Abstract: A drum-type washing machine, by which an enhanced assembly of a top plate can be provided, is disclosed. The top plate for a washing machine includes a board covering a top of the washing machine, a front frame provided to a front side edge of the board to enhance a structural strength of the board, a rear frame provided to a rear side edge of the board to enhance the structural strength of the board, at least one connecting member provided to adjoining portions of the front and rear frames to secure the adjoining portions together, and at least one fixing guide spaced apart from the at least one connecting member, the at least one fixing guide providing a slip-fit connection between the front and rear frames.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a dispenser with a detergent box, a locking unit, and an automatic withdrawing unit. The locking unit acts to lock or unlock the detergent box as it is inserted into and withdrawn from the dispenser. The automatic withdrawing unit biases the detergent box to the withdrawal position.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a detergent dispenser with a removable detergent box, a locking unit, and an automatic withdrawing unit. The locking unit may lock or unlock the detergent box once it is inserted into the dispenser. The automatic withdrawing unit utilizes a wire wound on a spring biased reel to pull the detergent box to a withdrawn state when the locking unit is unlocked.

Abstract: A washing machine wherein the structure of a door to open and close a laundry inlet hole formed at the upper part of a housing is improved. The door includes front and rear door parts hingedly coupled with each other. The front door part has a front-to-rear length less than that of the rear door part. Consequently, when the door is opened, the front door part is folded to the rear door part and the lower end of the front door part is located at the upper part of the rear door part. The rear door part has a see-through portion, through which the interior of the housing is seen while the door is closed.

Abstract: A loading basket (6) for a washing machine (1) comprises a rear wall (8), a front wall (9) opposite the rear wall (8) and a side wall (7) defining an inner space (10) of the basket, as well as one or more dragging blades (12) arranged on the side wall (7) and projecting to the inside of the basket. The side wall (7) comprises a drilling with a plurality of small through holes (13), which are arranged at the vertex of respective domes (14) projecting to the outside of the basket (6), as well as a plurality of rounded projections (18) in the shape of a spherical dome without through holes and projecting to the inside (10) of the basket (6).

Abstract: For fastening water level regulators on parts of washing machines, an adapter including a housing having first and second portions each for accommodating a water level regulator, a fastening device for fastening the adapter on parts of a washing machine, and two openings in the accommodating portions for accommodating a fastening device disposed on the respective water level regulator. The fastening device of the adapter is disposed in a central portion of the housing, the first accommodating portion is disposed in a first side portion, and the second accommodating portion is disposed in a second side portion, the central portion being bounded by the two side portions. The opening in the first accommodating portion is disposed substantially perpendicularly to the opening in the second accommodating portion.

Abstract: For fastening water level regulators on parts of washing machines, an adapter including a housing having first and second portions each for accommodating a water level regulator, a fastening device for fastening the adapter on parts of a washing machine, and two openings in the accommodating portions for accommodating a fastening device disposed on the respective water level regulator. The fastening device of the adapter is disposed in a central portion of the housing, the first accommodating portion is disposed in a first side portion, and the second accommodating portion is disposed in a second side portion, the central portion being bounded by the two side portions. The opening in the first accommodating portion is disposed substantially perpendicularly to the opening in the second accommodating portion.

Abstract: A fabric tension control device includes two holder plates fixedly mounted inside a dyeing machine at two opposite lateral sides, and an elongated fabric guide connected between the holder plate and adapted to guide pieces of fabric in the dyeing machine, the holder plates each having a receiving portion adapted to hold the elongated fabric guide in one of a series of angular positions, the elongated fabric guide having a plurality of rod members and a plurality of rectangular open frames alternatively connected in series and adapted to guide a respective piece of fabric in the dyeing machine, pairs of revolving cylinders respectively disposed at two opposite long sides of each rectangular open frame and adapted to guide movement of pieces of fabrics in the dyeing machine, and two polygonal end blocks disposed at two distal ends of the series of rod members and rectangular frames and respectively coupled to the receiving portions of the holder plates in one of a series of angular positions.

Abstract: A yarn roll spindle locking assembly including a pivotally translating engagement/release mechanism. The locking assembly may be dropped onto a spindle to self-actuatingly lock in position and is readily removable from the spindle by manual depression of a release element. The locking assembly includes upper and lower body members coupled to one another so that the upper main body member and lower main body member are resiliantly biased apart from one another to provide the locking assembly with compression/expansion capability.

Abstract: A stageless quick clamping handle device for dyeing spindle of yarncheese, including an upper cap, a clamping plate, a lower cap, a fitting rod, a spacer and a spindle. The clamping plate is inclinedly placed in and engaged with the upper cap and the upper cap is secured to upper side of the lower cap. The fitting rod has a fitting section at lower end and is downward sequentially snugly passed through the upper cap, the clamping plate, the lower cap and the spacer to connect with the upper end of the spindle. The spacer is permitted to freely stageless drop down due to gravity for compressing the yarncheese. Therefore, the liquid dye in the spindle is prevented from leaking. By means of the engagement between the clamping plate and fitting rod, the spacer is prevented from being lifted by the flushing force of the water coming from the pump.

Abstract: Articles especially adapted for in-home dry cleaning comprise a carrier in spherical or polyhedral form which is impregnated with a cleaning composition. Multiple articles are placed together with soiled garments in a sealed bag and tumbled, preferably in a hot air clothes dryer, to clean and refresh the garments.

Abstract: Textile yarn package supporting carriers are disclosed for use in textile dyeing machines to enable the machine to be effectively operated at less than full capacity. Each carrier has a base with multiple upstanding package supporting posts each having a longitudinal package supporting portion extending upwardly from the base and dimensioned to securely support a predetermined maximum number of packages on each post. A cap mounts to the spindle portion of each post for movement therealong into engagement with the outermost package on the post. The cap has a latching arrangement with a latch plate disposed to be selectively movable between a disengaged or release position wherein the latch plate does not impede relatively free sliding movement of the cap along the post and a second engaged position wherein the latch plate is braced against the post to prevent sliding movement of the cap along the post.

Abstract: A locking assembly for securing spools of fibrous material on a spindle during a pressurized dyeing operation. The locking assembly has jaws which, when in a locked position, engage with the spindle to secure the spools thereon. An actuator moves the jaws to a released position for removal of the spools. A tapered surface of the jaws cooperates with the spindle to allow the locking assembly to be placed on the spindle without the need for manually setting the jaws in a released state.

Abstract: A plastic spacer ring for spacing apart and sealing plastic dye tubes during yarn package dyeing. Each plastic spacer ring has an annular groove on both its upper and lower surface for receiving an end face of a dye tube. Each groove has an open top and a closed bottom with the width of the open top greater than, and the width at the closed bottom less than the predetermined wall thickness of the plastic dye tube body. This construction provides tangential contact between the end faces of the plastic dye tubes on both side walls of the annular groove, which in turn, provides two seals substantially continuously about the circumference of the end face of the dye tube.

Abstract: The disclosure is of washing machine apparatus including a ring, within the clothes basket, and imbalance indicators coupled thereto and adapted to provide a visual indication to an operator when an imbalance occurs and provides problems in the spin cycles. The indicators show the operator where the imbalance is located and it can be easily corrected.

Abstract: A cylindrical container (1) is horizontally arranged with its longitudinal axis. The container is subdivided by a flexible membrane (5) into a larger chamber (6) for holding textile material, preferably in a receptacle (3), and dyeing liquor, and a smaller chamber (7) for a pressurized gas. An excess pressure necessary for the high-temperature dyeing process is maintained in the smaller chamber (7) to compensate for changes in the liquor volume. These changes are temperature dependent. It is sufficient if the volume of the smaller chamber (7) is smaller than one-tenth the volume of the larger chamber (6).

Abstract: A spindle nut remains attached to a dye spindle for repeated dye operations and includes radially projecting cam surfaces for successively guiding and locking a lock ring against outward movement relative to the spindle nut at the beginning of successive dye operations. A pressure plate engages the outermost yarn package on the dye spindle and a tube is fixed to the pressure plate and extends outwardly about the spindle toward the lock ring at the beginning of each dye operation, terminating in spaced relation from the lock ring. The pressure obtained during each successive dye operation moves the pressure plate outwardly until the tube engages the lock ring to hold the yarn packages on the spindle during dyeing.

Abstract: An apparatus for continuous liquid treatment of a cloth comprising a treating solution soaking tank (A) provided at a position adjacent to a cloth inlet of a steamer body (B), through which a cloth 2 to be treated is continuously transported for wet-heat treatment, said treating solution soaking tank (A) including:a fixed tank 5 fitted with a cloth guide roll 7;a movable tank 4 having a wall surface adjacent to the wall surface of the fixed tank 5 for forming a cloth passage 6 of a cloth to be treated therebetween;a cylinder 13 for turning the movable tank 4;treating solution supply pipes 8 for supplying a treating solution successively to the cloth passage 6; andwashing showers 12 for jetting washing water to the cloth passage 6. The exchange of a treating solution in the treating solution soaking tank can be done speedily and effectively with no need of interrupting the transportation of the cloth prior to the wet-heat treatment of the cloth in the steamer body.

Abstract: A fluid flow suppressor for use with a number of running threadlines comprising a pair of plates which are rotatable about a common axis substantially parallel to the threadlines, the plates being provided with apertures through which the threadlines may be threaded when the apertures are superimposed and a number of slots corresponding to the number of threadlines, the slots in one of the plates opening into the right hand side of the aperture in that plate and the slots in the other of the plates opening into the left hand side of the aperture in that other plate, the slots being so disposed that on rotation of the plates they superimpose on each other.

Abstract: A quick-release fastening device for securing a bobbin spacer to a spindle on which bobbins are axially mounted while allowing the absorption of thermal expansion of the bobbins, which device comprises a locking rod adapted to be firmly secured, at one end, to the spindle. The rod has an annular groove therein. Upper fastening means includes a sleeve slidably fitted on the locking rod which sleeve has ball-holding holes at the position corresponding to the annular groove and balls are located in the holes. A locking slide member is mounted on the sleeve which member is slidable freely along the sleeve and has a recess at its inner side. A compression spring is disposed in the recess and serves to cause sliding of the slide member. A flange member is provided surrounding the uppermost part of the sleeve above the recess and is fitted in the locking member. The balls are held between the annular groove of the locking rod and the slide member.

Abstract: A liquid level regulator for the solvent of a dry cleaning machine comprises a box-like body mounted within a cleaning chamber of the machine and having holes to allow the solvent to penetrate thereinto, wherein the liquid is calmed and forms a substantially even level. This level is detected in order to control the same both within the machine chamber and within the box-like body.

Abstract: Methods of and apparatus for cold dyeing pile fabrics, particularly carpets, wherein dye liquor is first applied to the pile side of the fabric in an amount between 150% and 300% of the material weight, the dye impregnated fabric then being coiled, under tension, into a roll and the roll allowed to stand, all at room temperature. The magnitude of the tensile force applied to the fabric is greater than about 90% of that required to cause dye liquor to emerge from the roll, but is not more than that which enables 5%, at the most, of the liquor to emerge from the roll.

Abstract: A formed cover is attached to motor mounting studs for overlying an electric motor of an appliance such as an automatic washer. The cover has raised perimeter wall portions about flat liquid collection zones, spillways formed through the wall portions at selected corner locations, and drip lips subjacent the spillways to direct spilled liquid away from said motor. From one side of the cover a flexible drape is hung alongside the motor to protect vital motor control components from liquid splashes. A central portion of the cover is raised and open to permit cooling air passage along the motor shaft and through the cover.

Abstract: Method for packaging and dyeing yarns comprising the steps of winding at least one yarn on a provisional core, at the same time imparting to the yarn a continuous rotation and a rciprocating translation, and to advance the wound yarn continuously so that it comes off the said core. The tubular packaging that continuously comes off its support core has brought to bear on it a plurality of jets or sprays of dye directed radially, over the entire circumference of the packaging.

Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for interrupting the rotary movement of a drive roller for feeding a textile web and comprises a pivoted lever having a frame at one end with an opening through which passes the web driven by the roller. Positioned beneath the opening in the frame is a ring nozzle supplied with liquid under pressure to advance the web passing through the opening in the frame through a guide tube associated with the nozzle. A magnetic switch is provided in circuit with the drive means for the roller to effect stoppage of the rotation of the roller when the switch is actuated, a linkage being connected between the lever and the switch to actuate the latter when the lever is pivoted.