Laundry Or Dry Cleaning Type Patents (Class D32/6)
  • 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: D271147
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1983
    Inventor: Howard Krebs
  • Patent number: D271148
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1983
    Inventor: Howard Krebs
  • Patent number: D271815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1983
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Oosawa, Joji Nishiyama, Hajime Kasai, Etsuro Hirose
  • Patent number: D284124
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1986
    Assignee: Sharp Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Haruguchi, Katsuya Matsumura, Yamaguchi Kiminori, Teruko Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: D288433
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1987
    Assignee: DBA Products Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Remo N. Picchietti, Sr.
  • Patent number: D289212
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuji Nakamura, Junichi Udagawa, Kazuhiko Nakao
  • 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: 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