Quotables
"The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"
David Sarnoff, American radio pioneer ; 1921
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7362213 | Method and apparatus for remotely controlling a plurality of devices Disclosed is a method for controlling usage times for at least one device, including the steps of: (a) identifying a device to be controlled; (b) utilizing the device by a user; (c) tracking a device usage value for the device as the user utilizes the device; and (d... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7269979 | Set of washing machine and dryer and rear cover assembly thereof A washing system may include a washing machine and dryer set that, for example, include top covers provided at upper sides of the washing machine and dryer; rear covers interchangeably provided at rear sides of the top covers, wherein the rear covers can maintain a ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263861 | Washing and drying machine A washing and drying machine of the present invention includes a water tub elastically supported in a housing; a rotary drum being rotatably mounted in the water tub; a heat pump having a compressor, a heat radiator, a throttle valve, a heat absorber, a pipework, an... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7251906 | Drum type washing and drying machine A drum type washing and drying machine includes a rotary drum for accommodating laundry therein; a front frame for forming a front surface of a main body of the washing and drying machine, wherein the front frame is provided with a laundry loading/unloading opening ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7191544 | Lint removal system A lint removal system includes a housing that has a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. Each of the front and back walls has an elongated opening therein. The openings are aligned. A clothes moving apparatus ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7168274 | Combination washer/dryer having common heat source The combination washer/dryer and method for operating a combination washer/dryer. The washer/dryer has a containment drum which receives wash water, and includes a perforated clothes drum which rotates within the containment drum. A heat plenum is provided in heat t... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6966203 | Washing-drying machine A washing-drying machine includes an inner tub having a rotating shaft and sustained rotatably in an outer tub suspended elastically in a cabinet, where an agitator disposed rotatably on an inner bottom of the inner tub. The washing-drying machine also includes a mo... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6935142 | Washing machine water control Water temperature selection in a washing machine is accomplished by utilizing a single selector that is in communication with an associated processor. The single selector is preferably on the same board as the processor thereby defining a water temperature selection... | 08/30/2005 |
| 5444996 | Washer and dryer communication A communications channel is provided between a washer and a dryer. When the dryer is drying, a signal is sent to the washer to extend the final spin operation in order to continue to mechanically remove water While the dryer operation continues. Fabric ty... | 08/29/1995 |
| 4741182 | Washing and/or drying machine having means for determining a load of clothes in a rotary drum An apparatus for determining the load of clothes in a rotating drum including determining the moment of inertia of the mass of clothes in the drum which is the image of the load of clothes, from data relating to the drive torque of the drum, the friction ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4727733 | Washing machine The washing machine functions according to a new principle and contains the washable items, particularly washable textiles, in stacked layers in a mesh cage which is fixed in position at a drum rotatably mounted in a casing. Wash water as well as drying a... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4663948 | Control circuit for combination washer and dryer A combination clothes washer and dryer of the domestic type, powered by a 110 volt, 15 or 20 ampere residential power line, includes a motor driven washer, and a motor driven tumbler type dryer supplied with heated air by an electrical resistance heater. ... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4623179 | Door latch for appliance A door latch is provided for the access door of an appliance. The door latch apparatus includes bracketry for mounting at least one switch and actuating levers. The movable access door includes a catch which is engageable with one of the actuating levers ... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4510778 | Control system for a combined appliance A control system is provided for controlling the operation of a plurality of associated appliances. The appliances are individually powered from separate power sources. A single control panel is mounted on one of the appliances and includes selection swit... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4498317 | Laundry handling machine, rotational speed reduction arrangement and rinsing device A laundry handling machine for performing both a washing operation and a drying operation includes a blower which directs air over the motor during both the washing and drying operations to cool the motor and additionally directs air over a heating elemen... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4461959 | Control system for a laundry processing machine A wholly automatic commercial laundry in which soiled laundry is automatically routed to available washing machines, is automatically unloaded, conveyed, and loaded into one of several dryers which is available, or is conveyed directly to a finishing stat... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4225812 | Electric motor control system An electric motor of predetermined voltage rating is connected to an electric current supply source higher in voltage than the rated motor voltage in series with a voltage dropping resistor controlled by a thermal relay responsive to motor temperature. Th... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4159211 | Dishwasher water temperature control system A domestic dishwasher is provided with a control system having circuitry including timer switch means adapted to insure automatic wash water at a normal set temperature for all cycles with the user having an option to preselect an elevated wash water temp... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4106517 | Dishwasher control system with cycle reselect A dishwasher control system having a circuitry adapted to automatically drain the dishwasher whenever a selected cycle is user cancelled with user capability to immediately select another cycle. The circuitry includes a timer drain contact for energizing ... | 08/15/1978 |
