| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 068212000 | Elements | 38 |
| 20080202174 | Washing Machine Comprising a Fuel Cell and a Hydrogen Generating Reactor - Machine for washing items of various kind, comprising a washing tub containing the washing liquor, and provided with a reactor performing a twofold function, i.e. generating heat for heating up said washing liquor and a stream of gaseous hydrogen supplying a fuel cell that generates a source of electric power. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080216523 | FOREIGN MATERIALS FILTERING APPARATUS - In a foreign materials filtering apparatus for a washing machine, a filter unit is not exposed to inside of a washing tub thus not to directly come in contact with laundry. Accordingly, the filter unit and laundry are prevented from being damaged, and the entire appearance is enhanced. Additionally, the foreign materials filtering apparatus is modularized to facilitate a detachable mounting, thereby enhancing the user's convenience. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090071202 | Washing machine - A washing machine having a lifter is disclosed. The washing machine comprises a housing; a tub provided in the housing and holding washing water therein; a drum rotatably mounted in the tub and receiving laundry therein; and a lifter mounted to an inner surface of the drum to lift the laundry while rotating along with the drum, wherein the lifter is formed to have a nonlinear shape, and wherein the lifter is oriented such that a centerline thereof forms a predetermined angle with respect to a rotational axis of the drum. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090126419 | LAUNDRY DEVICE - An object of the present invention devised to solve the problem lies on providing a laundry device in which a control panel is designed to be mounted/dismounted conveniently according to a state of arrangement of the laundry device. For this, the laundry device includes a body case ( | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090288455 | DRUM WASHING MACHINE - A drum washing machine is disclosed. The drum washing machine according to the present invention includes a tub for storing wash water therein, a drum rotatably mounted within the tub, a motor mounted in rear of the tub, the motor having a shaft to rotate the drum, a bearing housing inserted into the tub with a hollow allowing the shaft of the motor to pass through formed in a center thereof, a bearing secured to the hollow of the bearing housing and an outlet hole for discharging gas or moisture generated in the bearing and the adjacent portion of the bearing to and outside of the bearing housing. The present invention has an advantageous effect of enhancing durability thereof, because the drum washing machine includes the outlet hole provided in the bearing housing where the shaft is rotated to prevent moisture or water from remaining in the bearing housing. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100018261 | DRUM TYPE WASHING MACHINE - A drum type washing machine has a cabinet forming an outer appearance of the washing machine, a tub fixed inside the cabinet for storing the washing water, a drum disposed in the tub and having both side surfaces supported by the cabinet to be rotatable and an inlet through which laundries come in/go out on a circumferential surface thereof, and a driving motor fixed on one side surface of the drum to rotate the drum. Washing capacity can be increased while maintaining the entire size of the washing machine by increasing a diameter of the drum without increasing the size of the cabinet, and the entire size of the washing machine can be compacted by minimizing the installation space of the driving motor. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100077803 | LAUNDRY MACHINE - The present invention relates to laundry machines, and, more particularly, to a safe laundry machine which enables a user to open/close a door easily, and can prevent an accident caused by opening/closing of the door from taking place. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100116005 | Home appliance, washing machine, and manufacturing method of home appliance - A home appliance and a washing machine are provided. The home appliance includes a casing member defining an external appearance of the home appliance, and an exterior panel coupled to an outer surface of the casing member. The exterior panel includes an ornament having a patterned portion on which an image is formed, and a transparent member integrally coupled to an outer surface of the ornament. The exterior panel provides improved material text and three-dimensional effect, arousing a user's aesthetic appreciation. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100132416 | Washing Machine and Tub Cover of the Same - A washing machine capable of preventing scattering of washing water supplied to a tub through a tub cover. The washing machine is provided with a washing water supply unit that supplies the washing water to the tub cover. The washing water supply unit includes washing water inlet ports that allow the washing water to flow into the tub, and at least one anti-scattering protrusion that prevents scattering of the washing water supplied to the washing water inlet ports. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100139333 | MOTOR CONTROLLER AND DRUM WASHING MACHINE - A motor controller including a vector controller that controls a permanent magnet motor including a rotor being provided with a permanent magnet having a coercivity low enough to allow modification in amount of magnetization and that executes a vector control by detecting current flowing at the permanent magnet motor; a speed/position detector that detects a rotational speed and a rotational position of the permanent magnet motor; a magnetization controller that increases or decreases the magnetization of the permanent magnet depending on the rotational position of the permanent magnet motor through adjustment in status of the magnetization of the permanent magnet by way of armature counteraction; and a demagnetization detector that detects a decrease in the magnetization of the permanent magnet magnetized by the magnetization controller during operation of the permanent magnet motor. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100186462 | PLASTIC TUB FOR A WASHING MACHINE OR A WASHER DRYER - A plastic tub for a washing machine includes a cylindrical casing; and an end face wall sealing the cylindrical casing. The end face including a bearing mount for a shaft of a laundry drum and radially-aligned reinforcing ribs molded into the end face wall. The reinforcing ribs begin at the bearing mount and branch in a Y-shape along their radial extent. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100192640 | PLASTIC SUDS TUB FOR A WASHING MACHINE OR A WASHER/DRYER - A plastic suds tub for a washing machine includes a cylindrical casing, an end face wall closing off the casing with a hollow-cylindrical, solid bearing mount, a stabilizer on the end face wall of a more solid and higher-quality plastic than the casing, and reinforcement ribs molded into the stabilizer or end face wall. The reinforcement ribs being radially-aligned from the bearing mount and branching along their radial extent. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100236297 | STATOR OF MOTOR AND WASHING MACHINE HAVING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a stator of an electric motor and a washing machine having the same, wherein the stator includes a stator core of a stack of bases each with a plurality of poles, an insulator having an upper insulator and a lower insulator fastened to the stator core, a plurality of fastening portions each having a fastening hole for fastening the stator, and a plurality of connection portions each having a plurality of vertical ribs for connecting the insulator to each of the fastening portions, wherein the insulator, the fastening portions, and the connection portions are injection molded as one unit, with the stator core inserted thereto. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100275660 | Motor, method of manufacturing the same, and washing machine having motor manufactured thereby - Disclosed are a motor including a stator and a rotor separated from each other in an axial direction and a washing machine having the motor. Teeth made of a member formed separately from bobbins formed on the stator are installed on the bobbins. Therefore, the teeth are installed on the bobbins after a wire is wound on the bobbins. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100287997 | WASHING MACHINE, BOOT PURIFYING AID, BOOT TRAY AND BOOT ATTACHMENT - It is an object of the present invention to provide a washing machine capable of advantageously sanitizing a boot with cleaning air. A tubular member ( | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100294006 | SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY FOR LAUNDRY MACHINE - The present invention refers to a suspension assembly for laundry machines and, more specifically, to a suspension assembly for laundry machine comprising a washing liquid-containing tank suspended inside a structural housing. Said suspension assembly of the present invention comprises at least a suspension rod coupled to an upper portion of the inner wall of said housing and an lower portion of the outer wall of said tank; and at least a radial connection element with a first edge couplable to different positions of the outer wall of said tank and a second edge couplable to the suspension rod. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110048081 | BALANCE RING SYSTEM ON TWO PLANES FOR A SPIN ROTARY MACHINE - A textile washing machine has a rotary basket balanced in at least one of its two planes, where optionally a first balance ring is structurally formed at the lower part of the basket or bottom of basket in order to balance the lower plane of the rotary basket and/or optionally, a second balance ring structured at the upper part of the basket. The first balance ring comprises: a channel or track that forms an integral part with the bottom of basket, a viscous drag fluid lodged in the track, a plurality of spheres lodged in the channel or track, immerse in the viscous drag fluid, and a lid that seals hermetically against the track. The lid comprises at least one radial rib in order to provide the bottom of basket with a structural reinforcement so that the bottom of basket does not weaken due to the presence of the track or channel. The second balance ring includes: a base with a first wall and a second wall, a cover that closes the base and with the same walls of the base, a working fluid lodged in the base, at least a curved blade lodged in the base where the blade covers from the first wall of the base and leaves a clearing between the blade and second wall, allowing the working fluid to have a vertical component; and at least a straight blade lodged in the base and alternated with the at least one aforementioned curved blade. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110067459 | WASHING MACHINE - A washing machine includes an outer tub, and a counterweight fastened to the outer tub by a screwed connection. The screwed connection includes a screw guided through an opening of the counterweight, a spiked plate at an end of the screw with a spike-type projection in a fastening section of the outer tub that non-rotatably secures the spiked plate, and a brace at the other end of the screw that braces the counterweight and the fastening section with the spiked plate. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110146357 | Geometric Configuration of Tub - In a household washer which contains a tub with a cylindrical wall suspended by means of suspension rods, the tub also is comprised of ears with petals by which the tub is held in one extreme by suspension rods, at least one cylindrical reinforcement which surrounds the cylindrical wall, at least one pair of lobes in a substantially upper area of the tub, and additionally preferably one spout for over-flow in a substantially upper area of the tub. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110167878 | SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENT FOR CLOTHES WASHING MACHINE - The suspension arrangement for the clothes washing machine is defined by a plurality of suspension rods, each comprising a slim and flexible stem having an upper end coupled to a structural cabinet and a lower end coupled to a tank to be suspended inside the structural cabinet. The arrangement also provides for a plurality of radial rods, having an inner end coupled to a median side region of the tank, and an outer end coupled to a facing median region of a respective suspension rod so as to transmit to each respective suspension rod at least part of the radial displacement of the tank during machine operation, so as to cause a corresponding elastic deformation, by flexion, on the respective suspension rod. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110167879 | Washing Machine - The present invention relates to a washing machine ( | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110308281 | WASHING MACHINE - A washing machine is provided. The washing machine may include a casing, an outer tub, and a suspension. The suspension may include a support rod, a cap, a first elastic member, and a friction damper. The support rod may be connected to the casing at one end thereof. The support rod may penetrate the cap, and the cap may move upward and downward along the support rod according to an amount of vibration of the outer tub. The support rod may penetrate the first elastic member, which may elastically support the cap. The friction damper may be movably provided along the support rod and generate a certain frictional force with the support rod. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120024022 | LAUNDRY DRUM FOR A LAUNDRY TREATMENT MACHINE - A laundry drum on the one hand is to exhibit the advantageous features of structures of the prior art distributed in the circumferential direction, which protrude from the cylinder shape of the drum casing accommodated in the laundry drum, but at the same time however create the basics for their embodiment for advantageous influencing of the laundry movement within the laundry drum during its rotational movement. To this end structures are inventively formed from ring-shaped protrusions distributed in the circumferential direction. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120031152 | DEVICE TO ALLOW THE WASHING OF FOOTWEAR INSIDE WASHING MACHINES - The present invention relates to a device to allow the washing in washing machines of footwear in general, particularly sport footwear. According to the essential aspects of the present invention, the device comprises means ( | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120118025 | DRIVER FOR FASTENING TO A SHEET METAL DRUM OF A LAUNDRY MACHINE - Fastening plastic drivers in a washing machine drum having at least two domes on the inside, which comprise a cavity extending along its center line, and are oriented perpendicular to the sheet casing of the drum and which serve to fasten the driver. A hole pattern corresponding to the arrangement of the domes of a driver is punched into the sheet casing of the drum. The driver is placed with its dome ends, which project beyond the contact surface of the driver with the sheet casing, onto the sheet casing so that the dome ends pass through the holes of the hole pattern. Counter holders are inserted from the opposite side into the cavities of the domes. From the fastening side, hold-down elements are driven against the sheet casing. Heated form punches are driven against the dome ends until the dome ends have mushroom-shape ends. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120186307 | FABRIC TREATING MACHINE - A fabric treating machine according a present invention comprises a first vibration mitigation part which is disposed between a stator and a bearing unit. Therefore, it can reduce the transfer of the vibration from the driving unit to the bearing unit, and the vibration of an inner tub and an outer tub can be reduced, and a noise can be reduced. Thus, a reliability of product can be improved. Also, a fabric treating machine according a present invention comprises a vibration mitigation part which is disposed between an upper bearing unit and a lower bearing unit. Therefore, it can reduce the vibration transfer from the lower bearing unit to the upper bearing unit, and the vibration of an inner tub and an outer tub can be reduced, and a noise can be reduced. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120291498 | DRAIN HOSE AND WASHING MACHINE HAVING THE SAME - A washing machine capable of reducing noise generated during a drain operation or a spin dry operation with a simple structure. The washing machine includes a cabinet, a tub disposed inside the cabinet to accommodate wash water, a drain pump disposed at a lower side of the tub to drain the wash water contained in the tub, a first drain hose connecting the tub to the drain pump to allow the wash water contained in the tub to be introduced into the drain pump, and a second drain hose guiding the wash water, which is introduced into the drain pump, to outside the cabinet. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130014546 | DRUM-TYPE WASHING MACHINEAANM Kobayashi; ShinichiroAACI OsakaAACO JPAAGP Kobayashi; Shinichiro Osaka JPAANM Inoue; YutakaAACI ShigaAACO JPAAGP Inoue; Yutaka Shiga JPAANM Itami; MasahiroAACI OsakaAACO JPAAGP Itami; Masahiro Osaka JPAANM Ushijima; HideakiAACI KyotoAACO JPAAGP Ushijima; Hideaki Kyoto JP - A drum-type washing machine includes left and right side plates formed of steel plates, the side plates defining side surfaces of an outer case, a front cover provided with an openable and closable door, the front cover defining a front surface of the outer case, an upper cover defining an upper surface of the outer case, a water tank oscillatably arranged in the outer case, and a rotary drum axially supported in the water tank, wherein a plurality of concave portions are formed on the left and right side plates, and the concave portion closer to the front surface of the outer case as a door side has an arc shape with a larger curvature. Thus, rigidity of the side plates in the up and down direction and the left and right direction is increased, so that vibration at the time of spin-drying is reduced. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130255330 | MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR WASHING MACHINE - One exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure is directed to a motor assembly for a washing machine. The motor assembly includes a rotor and a stator. The stator includes an inner diameter and an outer diameter with the inner diameter including an insulator. The insulator defines a fastening opening for joining the stator to the washing machine. The insulator includes a locating pin that is separate and in a different plane from the fastening opening and configured to mate with a bearing retainer in the washing machine. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130312464 | BALANCE RING WITH FEATURES TO CONTROL FLUID DISTRIBUTION - A balance ring for an appliance is provided that has features to control fluid distribution particularly during certain critical speeds where large oscillatory motion created by an out of balance condition might otherwise cause the balance ring fluid to redistribute improperly. The balance ring can include an inner chamber that is in fluid communication with an outer chamber. The inner chamber can include baffles that impede the movement of fluid along the circumferential direction when e.g., the balance ring experiences large oscillatory motion. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20140157837 | COLLECTOR RING OF WASHING SUPPLIES FOR VERTICAL AXIS WASHING MACHINE - This invention relates to a collector ring of washing supplies for vertical axis washing machine between a storage container of washing supplies and the assembly formed by water storage tank and the washing basket. The said collector ring ( | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140196508 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAFELY POWERING AN APPLIANCE USER INTERFACE WITHOUT EXTERNAL POWER - Systems and methods for safely powering an appliance user interface without external power are provided. One exemplary method includes receiving power generated by rotation of a rotor. The method further includes monitoring for the presence of a safety condition and disabling passive braking of the rotor when the safety condition is present such that the user interface of an appliance is powered. An exemplary washing machine can include a basket and a motor which includes a rotor, the motor being configured to rotate the basket by rotating the rotor. The washing machine can further include a user interface and a motor control circuit configured to drive the motor. The motor control circuit can be further configured to receive power generated by rotation of the rotor, monitor for the presence of a safety condition, and disable passive braking of the rotor when the safety condition is present. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140230497 | ACOUSTICALLY INSULATED MACHINE - A home appliance, such as a clothes washing machine, has a source of noise and an acoustic insulator. The source of noise moves between a first position and a second position during operation of the appliance. The acoustic insulator has a movable portion that moves with the source of noise between the first position and the second position during operation of the appliance and an interface that remains substantially stationary as the source of noise moves between the first and second positions. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140283564 | WASHING MACHINE WITH WATER STORAGE TANK - A washing machine comprises a tub in which a drum is rotatably mounted, and a storage tank having a flow connection to the tub via a feeding line provided with a discharge pump and a three-port valve adapted to drive the flow to a drain or to the storage tank, rinsing fluid being stored in the storage tank for subsequent reuse. The washing machine further comprises an automatic valve connected to a drain line downstream the three-port valve and to an overflow line downstream the storage tank, said automatic valve being provided with means for avoiding any mixture of flows in the different configurations of the washing machine cycles. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140345333 | Household Appliance for Wall Mounting - A wall-mount household appliance ( | 11-27-2014 |
| 20160186369 | A Laundry Treatment Device Having a Control Panel Assembly - A laundry treatment device ( | 06-30-2016 |
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| 20190145040 | LOCKING MECHANISM FOR INNER TUB AND WASHING MACHINE | 05-16-2019 |
