公开(公告)号：US20190242047A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-08

申请号：US15890501

申请日：2018-02-07

Applicant: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

Inventor： Gregory Allen Dedow ,  Paul Owen Davis

IPC: D06F35/00 ,  D06F33/02

CPC classification number: D06F35/006 ,  D06F33/02

Abstract: A washing machine appliance, including one or more methods of operation, is provided herein. A method of operation may include rotating articles within a tub at a tumble speed for a first period and rotating articles within the tub at a pre-plaster speed for a second period following the first period. The pre-plaster speed may be greater than the tumble speed. The method may also include measuring movement of the tub during the second period. The method may further include determining whether a set condition is met based on the measured movement, and rotating articles within the tub at a plaster speed in response to determining the set condition is met based on the measured movement.

公开(公告)号：US20190203403A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US16235793

申请日：2018-12-28

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Hwanjin JUNG ,  Myunghun IM ,  Jaehyun KIM ,  Junghoon LEE ,  Kyungchul WOO

IPC: D06F37/30 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F39/08

CPC classification number: D06F33/02 ,  D06F35/006 ,  D06F2204/065 ,  D06F2204/082 ,  D06F2204/10

Abstract: A method of controlling a washing machine with a drum rotatably provided in a tub that receives water, and a circulation pump that circulates water in the washing machine, the method including: rotating the drum in a first rotational direction by a first rotational amount during which laundry is raised on an inner circumferential surface of the drum by a centrifugal force; subsequent to rotating the drum by the first rotational amount, further rotating the drum by a second rotational amount in the first rotational direction during which the laundry falls from the inner circumferential surface of the drum; increasing a pump speed of the circulation pump while the drum is rotated by the first rotational amount in the first rotational direction; and decreasing the pump speed of the circulation pump while the drum is rotated by the second rotational amount in the first rotational direction.

公开(公告)号：US20190203402A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US16235767

申请日：2018-12-28

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Myunghun IM ,  Hwanjin JUNG ,  Jaehyun KIM ,  Junghoon LEE ,  Kyungchul WOO

IPC: D06F37/30 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F39/08

CPC classification number: D06F35/006 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F2204/02 ,  D06F2204/06 ,  D06F2204/065 ,  D06F2204/082 ,  D06F2232/04

Abstract: A method of controlling a washing machine that includes a tub, a drum rotatably disposed in the tub, at least one nozzle spraying water toward the drum, a washing motor rotating the drum, and a circulation pump circulating water discharged from the tub, the method including: supplying a first level of water into the tub; operating the circulation pump at a first speed; controlling a rotation of the drum to repeatedly alternate between an acceleration and a deceleration so that laundry in the drum alternates between maintaining contact with an inner surface of the drum and separating from the inner surface of the drum; further supplying water to the tub to raise the first water level to a second water level.

公开(公告)号：US20190194853A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-27

申请号：US16269792

申请日：2019-02-07

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： ERIC K. FARRINGTON ,  STEVEN FRICKE ,  NICHOLAS C. FUGAL ,  CHRISTINE L. STRAIN ,  PHILIP R. THOMPSON ,  ROBERT C. WILLIAMS

IPC: D06F37/20 ,  D06F37/30 ,  D06F37/40 ,  D06F37/24

CPC classification number: D06F37/206 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F37/20 ,  D06F37/24 ,  D06F37/245 ,  D06F37/30 ,  D06F37/40 ,  D06F2204/065

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a tub defining an interior, a basket located within the interior and rotatably mounted within the tub and having an upper and lower basket base portion, a balance ring mounted to the upper edge of the basket peripheral wall, a clothes mover rotatably mounted within the basket, a drive system comprising a motor operably coupled to the basket and the clothes mover and configured to selectively oscillate or rotate the basket or the clothes mover and a first and second drive shaft, and a drive attachment mechanism configured to couple the basket to the second drive shaft, with the drive attachment mechanism comprising a bushing assembly.

公开(公告)号：US20190024290A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-24

申请号：US16070270

申请日：2017-01-13

Applicant: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yuliang JIANG ,  Xizhan GONG ,  Xinyu ZHAO

IPC: D06F39/00 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F17/12

CPC classification number: D06F39/008 ,  D06F17/12 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F39/006 ,  D06F39/087 ,  D06F2202/08 ,  D06F2202/085 ,  D06F2204/04

Abstract: A washing method using steam and a washing machine are provided. The method includes: feeding water into an outer drum, and stopping feeding the water when a water inflow level reaches a preset water level, the preset water level is determined based on a position of an outer drum heating device and a position of a bottom of an inner drum, heating the water inside the outer drum, and stopping heating the water when it is heated for preset time or heated to a preset temperature, and performing a steam washing of the clothes.

公开(公告)号：US20180338258A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-22

申请号：US15838086

申请日：2017-12-11

Applicant: ALLIANCE LAUNDRY SYSTEMS, LLC

Inventor： Adam Dill ,  Scott Chiavetta ,  Ryan Moore ,  Bill Coffman ,  Richard Guernsey

IPC: H04W28/02 ,  H04Q9/00 ,  G06Q20/32 ,  D06F31/00 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F39/00

CPC classification number: H04W28/0215 ,  D06F31/00 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F39/005 ,  D06F2210/00 ,  D06F2212/02 ,  D06F2214/00 ,  D06F2216/00 ,  G06Q20/102 ,  G06Q20/202 ,  G06Q20/3223 ,  G06Q20/325 ,  G06Q20/3276 ,  G06Q20/36 ,  G06Q50/10 ,  G07F17/20 ,  G08C17/02 ,  G08C2201/51 ,  H04L12/2803 ,  H04L67/125 ,  H04L69/08 ,  H04Q9/00 ,  H04Q2213/1313 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W84/12 ,  H04W88/16

Abstract: A system is provided for remotely communicating with one or more cleaning units, each including a control unit for operating the cleaning unit, and a first low data rate device coupled to the control unit. A gateway unit nearby each of the cleaning units includes a Wi-Fi protocol device and a second low data rate device coupled to the Wi-Fi protocol device. An internet connected device is wirelessly coupled to the WiFi protocol device, and the first low data rate device is wirelessly coupled to the second low data rate device. A data transfer rate of the first and second low data rate devices is substantially lower than a data transfer rate of the WiFi protocol device.

公开(公告)号：US20180298543A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-18

申请号：US15486500

申请日：2017-04-13

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： JAMES J. BEAUDREAULT ,  GAURAV BHARDWAJ ,  ADAM BROWN ,  PUSHKAR P. GIJARE ,  EAMON C. LYONS ,  THIBAUT VIGUIER

IPC: D06F39/02 ,  D06F37/04

CPC classification number: D06F39/028 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F37/04 ,  D06F39/02 ,  D06F39/022 ,  D06F2202/02 ,  D06F2202/10 ,  D06F2202/12 ,  D06F2204/02

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance includes a cabinet, a treating chamber, and a treating chemistry dispenser provided with the cabinet and fluidly coupled to the treating chamber. The dispenser includes multiple compartments for treating chemistry, including multiple powder chemistry compartments and multiple liquid chemistry compartments. A cover for the dispenser includes a first lid selectively covering the multiple power chemistry compartments and a second lid selectively covering the multiple liquid chemistry compartments.

公开(公告)号：US20180274164A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：US15934087

申请日：2018-03-23

Applicant: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation

Inventor： Hak Bong KIM

IPC: D06F39/08 ,  B01F3/04 ,  D06F35/00

CPC classification number: D06F39/087 ,  B01F3/04113 ,  B01F3/0446 ,  B01F3/04503 ,  B01F3/04751 ,  B01F5/0688 ,  B01F2003/04858 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F35/002 ,  D06F39/085 ,  D06F39/088 ,  D06F2202/08 ,  D06F2204/086

Abstract: A washing machine includes a cabinet; an outer basket in the cabinet and configured to contain wash water; an inner basket in the outer basket and configured to accommodate laundry; a water supply valve unit in the cabinet and connected to an external water supply source to receive wash water; a cabinet cover on an upper side of the cabinet and having an input hole for the laundry; and a micro-bubble generator configured to receive wash water from the water supply valve unit, generate micro-bubbles, and supply the micro-bubbles to a washing space. The micro-bubble generator includes a nozzle unit at or near the input hole and configured to generate micro-bubbles by receive wash water in which gas is dissolved or mixed and discharge wash water having the micro-bubbles therein into the inner basket after the micro-bubbles are generated.

公开(公告)号：US20180274163A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：US15934259

申请日：2018-03-23

Applicant: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation

Inventor： Ui Kun HWANG

IPC: D06F39/08 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F35/00

CPC classification number: D06F39/085 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F35/002 ,  D06F39/087 ,  D06F2202/085 ,  D06F2204/084 ,  D06F2204/086

Abstract: A washing machine includes a cabinet; an outer basket in the cabinet and configured to contain wash water; an inner basket in the outer basket and configured to accommodate laundry; a water supply valve unit in the cabinet and connected to an external water supply source to receive wash water; a cabinet cover on an upper side of the cabinet and having an input hole for the laundry; and a micro-bubble generator configured to receive wash water from the water supply valve unit, generate micro-bubbles, and supply the micro-bubbles to a washing space. The micro-bubble generator includes a nozzle unit at or near the input hole and configured to generate micro-bubbles by receive wash water in which gas is dissolved or mixed and discharge wash water having the micro-bubbles therein into the inner basket after the micro-bubbles are generated.

公开(公告)号：US20180274157A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：US15468211

申请日：2017-03-24

Applicant: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

Inventor： David Scott Dunn ,  Paul Owen Davis ,  John Andrew Schmelz

IPC: D06F37/20 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F35/00 ,  D06F39/12 ,  D06F37/12

CPC classification number: D06F37/203 ,  D06F33/02 ,  D06F39/125 ,  D06F2202/12 ,  D06F2204/065 ,  D06F2222/00

Abstract: A washing machine appliance and method of operation are generally provided herein. The washing machine appliance may include a cabinet, a first pair of diagonal feet, a second pair of diagonal feet, a tub, a basket, a measurement device, a motor, and a controller. The motor may be configured for selectively rotating the basket within the tub. The controller may be in operative communication with the motor and the measurement device. The controller may be configured for rotating the basket for a first period, monitoring movement of the cabinet between the first pair of diagonal feet and between the second pair of diagonal feet during the rotating, determining a first diagonal movement value, determining a second diagonal movement value, evaluating one or both of the diagonal movement values against a predetermined value, and transmitting a stability signal.