DETERGENT SUPPLY APPARATUS OR WASHING MACHINE COMPRISING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240376657A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-14

    申请号:US18784336

    申请日:2024-07-25

    Abstract: A washing machine including a cabinet, a drum forming a laundry room, and a detergent supply apparatus, to supply detergent to the laundry room, and including a detergent container forming a detergent receiving space and a detergent pump coupleable to and decouplable from the detergent container and configured to pump detergent accommodated in the detergent receiving space. The detergent pump comprises a pumping portion including a compression space having a volume controllable to be varied such that the detergent accommodated in the detergent receiving space is drawn into an inner side of the detergent pump or is discharged to an outer side of the detergent pump as the volume of the compression space is varied. The detergent pump comprises a detergent discharge flow path connectable to the compression space to allow the detergent discharged from the compression space to move to the outer side of the detergent pump.

    CLOTHING TREATMENT APPARATUS
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240229332A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18615937

    申请日:2024-03-25

    CPC classification number: D06F39/022

    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a clothing treatment apparatus including a cabinet, a tub disposed within the cabinet, and a detergent supply device configured to supply detergent to the tub, wherein the detergent supply device includes a detergent container configured to store detergent, a housing configured to receive the detergent container and supply the detergent and water to the tub, and a connection tube including an inlet and an outlet, the inlet and the outlet are in communication with the housing so that the detergent supplied from the housing through the inlet can be stored in the connection tube.

    WASHING MACHINE
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210164148A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-03

    申请号:US17109392

    申请日:2020-12-02

    Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine including a detergent supply device capable of preventing a detergent and water from overflowing to the outside of a detergent container. The washing machine includes a main body, a tub disposed in the main body, and a detergent supply device configured to supply a detergent to the tub and to receive water at a position lower than a level of the detergent contained in the detergent supply device, wherein the detergent supply device includes a first outlet configured to increase the time it takes for the detergent put in the detergent supply device to be discharged to the outside of the detergent supply device, and a second outlet configured to discharge the detergent put in the detergent supply device and water introduced into the detergent supply device through an inlet.

    WASHING MACHINE
    4.
    发明公开
    WASHING MACHINE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240263378A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-08

    申请号:US18511179

    申请日:2023-11-16

    CPC classification number: D06F39/02

    Abstract: A washing machine comprises: a housing; a tub in the housing; and a detergent box configured to move in a withdrawal and an insertion direction relative to the housing and including a detergent storage space to store therein a detergent to be supplied to the tub; a first elastic member, and a second elastic member, wherein the first and second elastic members are configured so that, when the detergent box is moved into the housing in the insertion direction, the first and second elastic members press the detergent box in the insertion direction away from a first position and a second position, respectively, the second position being spaced rearward of the first position in the housing, and when the detergent box is moved out of the housing in the withdrawal direction, the first and the second elastic members press the detergent box in the insertion direction.

    WASHING MACHINE
    5.
    发明公开
    WASHING MACHINE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240229331A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18385739

    申请日:2023-10-31

    CPC classification number: D06F39/02 D06F34/28

    Abstract: A washing machine including a housing, a control panel having an opening and a fixing protrusion, and a detergent supply device configured to be drawn into and out of the opening. The detergent supply device including a body to accommodate a detergent therein, and a handle rotatably connected to the main body and including a locking protrusion. The detergent supply device and the handle are configured to have a locked state in which the detergent supply device is drawn into the washing machine, the locking protrusion is positioned closer to the body than the fixing protrusion, and forward movement of the detergent supply device is restricted by the locking protrusion contacting the fixing protrusion, and, the handle is rotatable to move the locking protrusion thereby releasing the detergent supply device from the locked state to an open state in which forward movement of the detergent supply device through the opening is not restricted.

    WASHING MACHINE AND CLOTHING TREATMENT APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20240376656A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-14

    申请号:US18782819

    申请日:2024-07-24

    Abstract: A washing machine includes a cabinet, a tub disposed within the cabinet, and a detergent supplier configured to supply detergent to the tub, wherein the detergent supplier includes a detergent container, and a detergent pump dockable with the detergent container, the detergent pump includes a first case including a detector having at least a portion located within the detergent container, an inlet portion formed to allow detergent to be introduced from the detergent container, and an outlet portion formed to allow the detergent introduced through the inlet portion to be discharged, a second case couplable to the first case, the second case including a terminal electrically connectable to the detector, and a pump configured to draw in detergent through the inlet portion and discharge the drawn-in detergent through the outlet portion.

    CLOTHES TREATMENT APPARATUS
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240254676A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18629143

    申请日:2024-04-08

    CPC classification number: D06F39/02 D06F23/04 D06F39/12

    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a clothes treatment apparatus according to an embodiment including a cabinet, a tub disposed in the cabinet, and a detergent supply device configured to supply detergent into the tub, wherein the detergent supply device includes a housing, a detergent container provided in the housing to accommodate detergent, a water supply guide configured to guide water from a water supply source to the inside of the housing, and a partition configured to cover a portion of the detergent container to prevent water supplied into the housing by the water supply guide from flowing to an upper side of the detergent container.

    DETERGENT SUPPLY DEVICE FOR CLOTHES PROCESSING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20240209559A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18599065

    申请日:2024-03-07

    CPC classification number: D06F39/022 F16K15/063

    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a detergent supply device for a clothes treating apparatus including a detergent container, a detergent pump module including a detergent pump and configured to communicate with a valve opening, a valve body configured to communicate with the detergent container at one end thereof, a plunger provided to be movable within the valve body, an opening and closing member provided on the plunger to open or close the valve opening in response to a movement of the plunger, and a sealing member including an outer circumferential sealing portion covering an outer circumferential surface of the valve body, an opening sealing portion extending from the outer circumferential sealing portion to cover at least a portion of an end of the valve body and forming the valve opening, and a sub-sealing portion provided integrally with the valve opening at an end of the opening sealing portion and contacting the opening and closing member when the valve opening is closed.

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