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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120124755 | BASKET WASH A laundry appliance or washer for washing an associated laundry item includes a housing and an integrated agitator/basket assembly received in the housing. A drive assembly is operatively associated with the agitator and the basket for activating movement of the agitato... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120006065 | WASHING MACHINE A washing machine is disclosed. The washing machine includes a washing tub, a motor to rotate the washing tub, and a driving unit that drives the motor using a pulse width modulation (PWM) scheme, mixes a three-phase PWM scheme and a two-phase PWM scheme in a common ope... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110296876 | Pulsator device for washing machines and washing machine having the same A pulsator device in which a second pulsator performs different movements according to rotating directions of a first pulsator so as to reduce water consumption and improve washing performance.... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20090293554 | PULSATOR WASH SYSTEM A pulsator wash system includes a cabinet, a wash tub supported within the cabinet, a wash basket supported within the wash tub, and a drive system for rotating the wash basket. A pulsator is disposed adjacent a bottom of the wash basket and drivingly connected to the d... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090211311 | BASKET ASSEMBLY FOR A WASHING MACHINE A basket assembly for a washing machine includes a basket and a bracket attached to the basket. A motor is coupled to the bracket and the bracket transmits rotation from the motor to the basket. The support bracket is formed of a thermoplastic and includes a hub and fin... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090120137 | Washing machine Washing machine including an outer tub in a cabinet for holding washing water, an inner tub rotatably mounted on an inside of the outer tub having an agitating device rotatably mounted therein, a power transmission device having a washing shaft connected to the agitatin... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20070044520 | Spiral vane clothes mover An automatic washer for washing garments comprises a wash basket with an open top defining a wash chamber, and a clothes mover mounted in the washer for reciprocal movement about an axis of rotation within the wash chamber. The clothes mover comprises an apron, and at l... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20070028399 | Full automatic washing machine and method for controlling the same Full automatic washing machine, and method for controlling the same, the fall automatic washing machine including a spinning tub 2 movably fitted in an outer tub 1, a pulsator 3 rotatably fitted in the spinning tub 2 to be rotatable independe... | 02/08/2007 |
| 20060272362 | Washing machine having water jets A washing machine includes a container disposed within an outer housing and having a chamber for receiving clothes to be washed, and a generating device for generating water streams or jets to act onto the clothes and to wash the clothes with the water jets, without typ... | 12/07/2006 |
| 20060260366 | LAUNDRY APPLIANCE FOR WASHING SMALL QUANTITIES OF CLOTHING A portable hoseless washing appliance for washing small quantities of clothing. A container open at the top has a first compartment for receiving an item of clothing for washing. The container includes a perforated basket which is motor or manually driven to effect a wa... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20060162395 | Wash plate for an automatic clothes washer An automatic washing machine comprises a wash tub and a wash plate movably mounted within the wash tub for imparting mechanical energy to articles of fabric in the wash tub. The wash plate comprises a base and a blade that extends from the base and terminates in a tip. ... | 07/27/2006 |
| 20060042022 | Washing machine and method for controlling the same A washing machine includes a washing shaft that extends through an outer tub, and is coupled to an inner tub and a double rotor motor coupled to the washing shaft. The double rotor motor has two rotors drivable independently from each other and wound independently from ... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20050284191 | Clothes washer with clothing trap An automatic clothes washer having a clothes trap for reducing the likelihood that an article of clothing can escape from a wash basket during the spinning of the basket. ... | 12/29/2005 |
| 20050284196 | Washing machine agitator assembly A clothes mover in a washing machine comprises a body mounted for reciprocal rotational movement about a generally vertical axis and at least one vane, which comprises a base mounted to the body and a tail extending from the base and having an upper edge that transition... | 12/29/2005 |
| 20050284197 | Washing machine agitator assembly An agitator assembly for an automatic washing machine comprises an agitator and an auger mounted to the agitator. The auger comprises a tubular body defining a peripheral surface and having a central longitudinal axis. A vane spirals around the tubular body and extends ... | 12/29/2005 |
| 20050279142 | Drum-type washing machine A drum-type washing machine including a housing, a water tub installed in the housing to contain wash water, a rotating tub rotatably installed in the water tub to rotate upon receiving a rotating force via a rotating shaft, a stator fixedly mounted to the water tub hav... | 12/22/2005 |
| 20050278869 | Washing machine and coupling apparatus A coupling apparatus includes an inner shaft rotatably driven about a longitudinal axis of rotation, an outer shaft concentric with the inner shaft for selective rotation about the longitudinal axis, a coupling element movable between a first position engaging the inner... | 12/22/2005 |
| 20050223754 | Washing machine A washing machine is disclosed, to minimize power loss when transmitting power generated in a motor to a washing shaft. The washing machine includes an outer tub provided in a cabinet and storing washing water therein; an inner tub rotatably provided in the outer tub an... | 10/13/2005 |
| 20050204559 | Expanded clamping band for washer The present invention includes an expanded metal clamping band for reinforcing a spin tub body of a washer. A metal locking band is assembled to an outer surface of a metal spin tub body to reinforce the spin tub. The spin tub is formed through expanding the metal spin ... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050166643 | Washing machine Washing machine including an outer tub in a cabinet for holding washing water, an inner tub rotatably mounted on an inside of the outer tub having an agitating device rotatably mounted therein, a power transmission device having a washing shaft connected to the agitatin... | 08/04/2005 |
| 20050125910 | Laundry appliance A laundry drying machine includes a cabinet and a laundry holding drum rotatably supported within said cabinet for rotation about a horizontal axis. The drum includes a cylindrical wall and a pair of ends. A drum hatch comprises a section of the cylindrical wall. A moto... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050126232 | Washing machine using BLDC motor A washing machine using a BLDG motor is disclosed. The washing machine having a brushless DC motor for rotating a tub includes a case, a dynamic braking resistor, mounted with respect the case, producing heat energy when the brushless DC motor is braked, and a mount, co... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050120759 | Apparatus and method for switching power transmission mode of washing machine An apparatus and method for switching a power transmission mode of a washing machine id disclosed, to prevent malfunction and damages of the washing machine by switching the power transmission mode stably in which the method includes: (a) rotating the cam (600) b... | 06/09/2005 |
| 20050081574 | Washing machine Disclosed is a washing machine including an outer case, an outer tub disposed in the outer case to receive washing water, a rotational tub rotatably disposed in the outer tub, a pulsator rotating in the rotational tube to generate forced water current, a tub cover forme... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081578 | Screw assembly and washing machine using the same A screw assembly and a washing machine using the same are disclosed. The screw assembly includes a head, to be seated on an upper surface of the rotated member, a body, extending downwardly from the head, to be screwed into the rotating member and to thereby grip the ro... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081573 | Washing machine A washing machine capable of preventing a magnet, which detects a number of rotations of a washing shaft, from being removed from a predetermined position. The washing machine includes a drive motor to generate a rotating force. A washing shaft is rotated by the drive m... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050039497 | Apparatus for washing clothing An apparatus for washing clothing, the apparatus comprising: an agitator hub; and an agitator vane mechanically coupled to the agitator hub at a proximal edge of the agitator vane, the agitator vane having a vane height not monotonically decreasing from the proximal edg... | 02/24/2005 |
| 20050039496 | Counter-rotation wash method and transmission machine A transmission mechanism suitable to be used in a washing machine for creating dual-direction driving comprises a drive power input end and two drive power output ends, in which one of drive power output ends is connected to an agitator shaft (10) to drive the ag... | 02/24/2005 |
| 20050005649 | Introduced to clothes washing and drying machines Improvements introduced to clothes and drying machines, according to which the application of the innovative circumscribed ring-motor (1) is established, and now also the flat ring-motor (6) and its respective variations, in mini washing machines and mini-... | 01/13/2005 |
