Laundry Or Dry Cleaning Type Patents (Class D32/6)
  • Publication number: 20040148980
    Abstract: A damper includes: a cylinder having a receiving space with a predetermined depth in a longitudinal direction on one side thereof; a rod inserted to be movable relatively in a longitudinal direction in the receiving space of the cylinder; a friction surface formed at one side of the cylinder and the rod; a friction member positioned at the cylinder or the rod and rubbing on the friction surface; a thermally deformable member being deformed according to a change in a temperature to make the friction member be tightly attached to the friction surface or separated therefrom; and a heating unit for thermally deforming the thermally deformable member. The damper absorbs the small and large amount of vibrations to thereby prevent transfer of vibration to other parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Dong-Won Kim, Joon-Woo Kim, Young-Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 5783918
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of controlling an automatic door opening/closing apparatus for a washing machine that includes the steps of determining whether or not there is an error in an automatic door opening or closing operation carried out in response to a command to open or close the washing machine's door; determining if the erroneous operation has been repeated more than a predetermined number of times according to consecutive incoming commands to open or close the door; and when erroneous operation has repeated more than the predetermined number of times, ignoring a subsequent command to open or close the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ssi Chol Choi
  • Patent number: D502577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Mark W. Baldwin, Ruben Castano
  • Patent number: D503835
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinji Oda
  • Patent number: D440364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph LaZar, Marianne Grisdale
  • Patent number: D443118
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph LaZar, Marianne Grisdale
  • Patent number: D446890
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Yoo Seok Cho
  • Patent number: D446891
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Tae Il Kim
  • Patent number: D447608
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Monotub Industries, plc
    Inventor: Martin William Myerscough
  • Patent number: D514756
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Antony J. Kirk, Michael K. Patton
  • Patent number: D450164
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Notetry Limited
    Inventors: James Dyson, Iain Roberts
  • Patent number: D456572
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ildefonso Resuello, Jonathan Dalton, Dana Reinisch, Rafael Massei, Aaron Hayes, James Owen, Charles L. Jones, Philip Michael Thompson, Tania L. Aldous, Mark William Baldwin
  • Patent number: D457991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Mark W. Baldwin, Ruben Castano, Giorgia Santini, Oren Shai
  • Patent number: D457992
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Mark W. Baldwin, Ruben Castano, Giorgia Santini, Oren Shai
  • Patent number: D459037
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Maytag Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen D. Schober
  • Patent number: D459844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Mark W. Baldwin, Ruben Castano, Giorgia Santini, Oren Shai
  • Patent number: D460588
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Hui Dong Son
  • Patent number: D463631
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Mark W. Baldwin, Ruben Castano, Giorgia Santini, Oren Shai
  • Patent number: D465307
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignees: Haier Group Corporation, Qingdao Refrigeration Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Guanglin Du, Yongsheng Zhang
  • Patent number: D465308
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ildefonso Resuello, Jonathan Dalton, Dana Reinisch, Raffaele Mazzei, Aaron Hayes, James Owen, Charles L. Jones, Timothy Edward McKeown, Allen D. Wong, Daniel Henry Quinlan
  • Patent number: D465622
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignees: Haier Group Corporation, Qingdao Refrigeration Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Danxiao Wang, Jianzhong Liu
  • Patent number: D468873
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Inventor: Sanjay Varma
  • Patent number: D470632
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co.
    Inventor: Shinji Oda
  • Patent number: D476782
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventor: Craig Alan Huddleston
  • Patent number: D477898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Johannes Geyer
  • Patent number: D290052
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Ohsawa, Hideki Takayama, Hikaru Kaji, Hiroshi Ohsugi
  • Patent number: D292629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1987
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gen Nagai, Takao Ohsawa, Hideki Takayama, Masao Takahashi
  • Patent number: D293021
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1987
    Inventor: Lorne R. McCartney
  • Patent number: D489496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Appliances Limited
    Inventor: Kent Bradley Thomas Sneddon
  • Patent number: D490946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Bo Won Suh, Young Il Kim
  • Patent number: D491324
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Young Il Kim, Hui Dong Son
  • Patent number: D492073
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Appliances Limited
    Inventor: Kent Bradley Thomas Sneddon
  • Patent number: D300279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1989
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Umehara, Yoshitoyo Nishite, Kazuhiko Nakao, Junichi Udagawa
  • Patent number: D301781
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1989
    Assignee: Girbau, S.A.
    Inventor: Antonio G. Bover
  • Patent number: D301782
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1989
    Assignee: Girbau, S.A.
    Inventor: Antonio G. Bover
  • Patent number: D313679
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: Sharp Corporation
    Inventor: Junichi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: D316920
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1991
    Inventor: Jess Murphy
  • Patent number: D320098
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Inventor: Sammy D. Lange
  • Patent number: D320877
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Assignee: Renzacci S.p.A. Industria Lavatrici
    Inventor: Gabrio Renzacci
  • Patent number: D340785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1993
    Assignee: Girbau, S.A.
    Inventor: Antonio G. Bover
  • Patent number: D359602
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1995
    Assignee: Maytag Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Swartz, Robert L. Deatherage, Gary B. Jackovin
  • Patent number: D360501
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1995
    Assignee: Amana Refrigeration Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Ertz, Robert S. Huff, Douglas V. Montgomery, Gregg C. Montgomery
  • Patent number: D374954
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Katz, Kevin S. Laundroche, Scott A. Calvert
  • Patent number: D380883
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Mark Katz, Kevin Scott Laundroche
  • Patent number: D422387
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keishi Mutoh, Toshiyuki Moriya, Yoshihiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: D422762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Tsuda, Kazuya Takahashi, Yoshiaki Ueda
  • Patent number: D424763
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Inventors: Walter W. Schinzing, Susan J. Spaulding, Scott A. Schinzing
  • Patent number: D426685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Girbau, S.A.
    Inventor: Ramon Sans Rovira
  • Patent number: D431336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Count On Us, Corp.
    Inventor: Dominic S. Brancato
  • Patent number: D432281
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph LaZar, Marianne Grisdale