公开(公告)号：US11802360B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-31

申请号：US18100038

申请日：2023-01-23

申请人： WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

发明人： Gianluca Bocchino ,  Roy E. Masters ,  Arun Rajendran

IPC分类号： D06F34/14 ,  B01D5/00 ,  D06F58/22 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/50 ,  D06F103/00 ,  D06F103/42 ,  D06F103/58 ,  D06F105/06 ,  D06F105/34 ,  D06F105/36 ,  D06F58/45 ,  D06F58/30 ,  B08B3/02 ,  D06F58/02

CPC分类号： D06F34/14 ,  B01D5/0015 ,  D06F58/22 ,  B08B3/02 ,  B08B2203/0223 ,  D06F58/02 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/30 ,  D06F58/45 ,  D06F58/50 ,  D06F2103/00 ,  D06F2103/42 ,  D06F2103/58 ,  D06F2105/06 ,  D06F2105/34 ,  D06F2105/36

摘要： A fluid flow system for a laundry appliance includes a blower that delivers process air along an airflow path having a heat exchanger. A drain channel receives condensate from the heat exchanger and fluid spray from a spray nozzle for directing lint particles to the drain channel and on to a sump for collecting fluid, including the condensate. A pump seat and a fluid outlet are integrally formed in a sump cover. A pump directs the fluid from the sump to the fluid outlet. A fluid level sensor detects at least minimum and maximum capacities of the fluid in the sump. When the fluid is below the minimum capacity, the pump defines an idle state. When the fluid reaches the minimum capacity, the pump defines an active state. When the fluid exceeds the maximum capacity, the pump directs the fluid to the fluid outlet.

公开(公告)号：US11739468B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-29

申请号：US17006509

申请日：2020-08-28

申请人： LG Electronics Inc.

发明人： Sungwoon Jung ,  Hunjun Jang

IPC分类号： D06F39/02 ,  D06F34/14 ,  D06F39/12 ,  D06F103/60

CPC分类号： D06F39/022 ,  D06F34/14 ,  D06F39/028 ,  D06F39/12 ,  D06F2103/60

摘要： A drawer of a clothes treating machine includes a drawer frame that extends in a lengthwise direction and is configured to be inserted into and drawn out form a housing of the clothes treating machine, and a storage container that is configured to be inserted into the drawer frame and to accommodate a clothes treatment agent therein. The storage container includes a check valve that protrudes from a first side of the storage container and is configured to selectively allow the clothes treatment agent to be discharged from the storage container. The drawer frame includes a rear end portion configured to accommodate at least a portion of the check valve therein, and a partition member disposed at the rear end portion and configured to restrict movement of the check valve in an up and down direction.

公开(公告)号：US11686036B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US16667172

申请日：2019-10-29

申请人： LG Electronics Inc.

发明人： Woore Kim ,  Beomjun Kim ,  Sangwook Hong

IPC分类号： D06F39/12 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F58/30 ,  D06F58/16 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F34/14 ,  D06F58/38

CPC分类号： D06F39/12 ,  D06F34/14 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F39/083 ,  D06F58/16 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F58/30 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F2103/08

摘要： Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus. The present invention includes a cabinet, a tub provided within the cabinet, a drum provided within the tub to receive a treatment target therein, the drum made of metallic material, an induction module provided to the tub to heat the drum by induction, an infrared sensor provided to the tub to measure a temperature of the drum, and a barrel lens connected to the infrared sensor so that thermal radiation radiated from the drum enters the barrel lens, wherein the barrel lens includes a guide portion guiding vertically incident thermal radiation to the infrared sensor only.

公开(公告)号：US20230151526A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-18

申请号：US17529632

申请日：2021-11-18

申请人： Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

发明人： Hyeonsoo Moon ,  Hoyoung Lee ,  Jeonghoon Lee ,  Khalid Jamal Mashal ,  Je Kwon Yoon

IPC分类号： D06F34/14 ,  D06F33/36 ,  D06F33/38 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G05B19/04

CPC分类号： D06F34/14 ,  D06F33/36 ,  D06F33/38 ,  G06K9/00624 ,  G05B19/041 ,  D06F2103/02

摘要： A washing machine appliance includes a wash basket that is rotatably mounted within a wash tub and that defines a wash chamber for receiving a load of clothes. A camera assembly is used to monitor articles for washing within the wash basket. Specifically, a controller of the washing machine appliance uses the camera assembly to obtain a reference image and one or more test images, which utilize image recognition to assess turn-over of the articles for washing during a given wash cycle. When turn-over performance is inadequate, a controller may adjust one or more operating parameters of the wash cycle to improve performance. Turn-over performance of the wash cycle is determined to be adequate once the image recognition process fails to find adequate correlation between the reference image and the test image a predetermined number of times.