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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7017282 | Drying apparatus and washing machine having the same A washing machine including a drying apparatus. The washing machine including the drying apparatus quickly dries wet laundry by efficiently condensing and adsorbing vapor from humid air of high temperature flowing from a water tub during a drying-mode operation. The... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7000278 | Method and apparatus for end of cycle signal for laundry appliance A method is disclosed for producing an end of cycle for a laundry appliance having a drive motor, a timer motor, and at least one water valve. The method includes determining that the drive motor was previously running and is presently turned off, determining that t... | 02/21/2006 |
| 5881577 | Pressure-swing absorption based cleaning methods and systems The cleaning process according to the present invention includes three main steps including supercritical extraction of soluble contaminants with a solvent composition, subcritical removal of particulate material with agitation, and solvent recovery and r... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5827329 | Method for cleaning in a liquid medium fabrics of clothes, and plant for implementing such method A method and apparatus are described for cleaning fabrics and clothes in a liquid medium wherein a vacuum drying step is effected at a pressure ranging from 1.5×103 Pa to 15×103 Pa in the presence of steam which is injected into th... | 10/27/1998 |
| 4982468 | Method for operating washing machine In a method for operating a washing machine, the accumulated value representative of the number of washing works done in the washing machine is updated and stored in a nonvolatile memory each time such washing work is done. The accumulated value is compar... | 01/08/1991 |
