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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6334342 | Washing machine having horizontally moving washing plates A washing machine having horizontally moving washing plates is disclosed. The washing machine comprises an inner tub for receiving a detergent water and a laundry; a pulsator for agitating the detergent water which is rotatably mounted in an interior of t... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6332343 | Automatic washing machine with improved power transmission mechanism An automatic washing machine includes a water tub having a bottom with a through hole, a rotating tub rotatably mounted in the water tub, an electric motor including a rotor and mounted on an underside of the water tub, a hollow tub shaft rotatably mounte... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6269822 | Installation for wet-treating substrates In a device for the wet treatment of substrates (3) in a container (1), containing a treatment fluid (2), whereby the substrates (3) are introduced into the container (1) with a substrate carrier (5), an optimal alignment and centering of the substrates (... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6244079 | Brake assembly of a washing machine A brake assembly of a washing machine is comprised of a brake drum rotating together with a spin basket, a brake band disposed on an outer side of the brake drum, and a brake lever for driving the brake band. A brake spring elastically pushes the brake le... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6244078 | Drive system for washing machine Bearing fretting conditions are eliminated in washing machines by providing a drive system in which the bearings are not loaded during the spin mode. The drive system includes an input shaft and first and second hubs rotatively mounted about the input sha... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6220063 | Drive system for clothes washer A washing machine includes a cabinet with an opening. A wash basket is mounted within the cabinet for rotation about a wash basket axis, and includes an access opening through which clothes may be loaded and unloaded. At least one agitator is mounted with... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6202451 | Power transmission apparatus of washing machines A power transmission apparatus of a washing machine, the apparatus employing a wash/spin-dry tub inside and outer tub and an agitating member centrally disposed inside the wash/spin-dry tub for agitating laundry, wherein the apparatus comprises upper and ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6189171 | Washing machine having a variable speed motor A washing machine having a variable speed motor. The washing machine has a basket for holding articles to be washed and has a first axis of rotation. A basket drive shaft connected to the basket drives the basket. An agitator disposed in the basket along ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6082152 | Washing machine having a washing liquid pumping apparatus A washing machine pumps a washing liquid towards an upper portion of a spin tub while a washing cycle is being executed. The washing machine has a pumping unit disposed at an underside of an outer tub so as to pump the washing liquid from a bottom wall of... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6006553 | Heat dissipating blades for a motor of a washing machine A clothes washing machine has a motor which includes a stator, and a rotor disposed around the stator. The rotor includes a disk-shaped plate having radial blades disposed on an upper surface thereof. The blades are situated beneath the stator and generat... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5946948 | Clothes washer having a pulsator apparatus In a clothes washer having a main pulsator 4 which is rotatably disposed in a clothes basket 3, the driving force transmitting apparatus 17 is disposed in a chamber 12 partitioned by the horizonal plate. The driving force of the motor 5 transmits simultan... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5931029 | Agitator mechanism for a clothes washing machine A clothes washing machine includes a spin basket and a water-agitating mechanism mounted at the bottom thereof. The water-agitating mechanism includes an agitator having radial blades, and a wash baton projecting upwardly from a center region of the agita... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5921114 | Pulsator for washing machine A pulsator for a washing machine installed in a washing tub is provided. The present pulsator for a washing machine comprises: a main body installed rotatably on a bottom of the washing tub with a vertical axis, and having a fan chamber and a upper surfac... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5918486 | Washing machine having an apparatus for generating a turbulent flow in a spin tub A washing machine having an apparatus for generating a turbulent flow. The washing machine has a cabinet, an outer tub installed in the cabinet to receive a washing water, a spin tub mounted in the outer tub to receive articles, an apparatus installed at ... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5916275 | Pulsator for a washing machine A pulsator of a washing machine for effectively washing small-sized or light weight articles. The pulsator has a rotating disc, and a cylindrical member having a chamber for receiving an article to be washed and integrally formed at a center of an upper s... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5865046 | Clothes washer having a pulsator apparatus In a clothes basket having a pulsator apparatus, the pulsator apparatus comprises a first pulsator 20 disposed above a bottom portion of a clothes basket 2 and rotated by a motor 4, and a driving gear wheel 42 provided rotatably in the first pulsator 20. ... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5862685 | Washing machine transmission A washing machine transmission performs a washing by rotating a pulsator in forward and reverse directions during a washing cycle even though a driving source rotates in any one direction only, so that an overload in the driving source can be prevented. A... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5862684 | Washer having shoe cleaning device A clothes washer includes a wash tub in which an agitator is mounted. The agitator includes a blade member which oscillates clockwise and counterclockwise about a vertical axis, a reciprocable member which oscillates with the blade member while reciprocat... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5860299 | Power system of clothes washing machine A clothes washing machine includes a water tub, a spin basket, and a clothes agitator. A vertical dehydrating shaft is fixed to the spin basket, and a laundering shaft extends coaxially within the dehydrating shaft. Upper and lower ends of the laundering ... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5850750 | Clothes washer having a pulsator apparatus In a clothes basket having a pulsator apparatus, a pulsator apparatus comprises a driving pulsator 20 disposed above a bottom portion of a clothes basket 2 and rotated by a motor 4, and a plurality of driven pulsators 30 rotated by the rotation of the dri... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5839299 | Pulsator of washing machine Disclosed is a pulsator of a washing machine. A rotating plate which rotates by a driving part, is provided. A plurality of vanes are radially positioned at a predetermined distance apart from each other on the rotating plate. An irregular water flow gene... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5823019 | Washing machine Disclosed is a washing machine capable of enhancing washing effectiveness by generating a perpendicular-shaped waterflow. The washing machine has a washing tub for providing space to wash washing articles and a pulsator having a plurality of protrusions f... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5809808 | Clutch bearing for clothes washer transmission A transmission for a washing machine includes a housing, an agitator shaft rotatably mounted to the housing, and an input shaft rotatably mounted to the housing. A one-way clutch connects the input shaft and the housing which permits relative rotation bet... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5794633 | Washing machine with sub-pulsators A washing machine with sub-pulsators is disclosed. A pulsator for generating vortical water flow is installed at a bottom of a washing tub, and many sub-pulsators are mounted on an inner side wall of the washing tub. Many ducts for forming passages in a v... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5784904 | Washing machine with a compound pulsator having a plurality of sub-pulsators A washing machine with a compound pulsator has a bottom sub-pulsator mounted on the bottom of the washing tub which is revolvable on the revolving shaft, a top sub-pulsator mounted on an upper part of the revolving shaft which is revolvable on the revolvi... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5784902 | Automatic washer and load responsive agitator therefor An automatic washer having an agitator that is responsive to the forces imparted to the agitator from a clothes load. The agitation comprises an auger, having an auger vane that is connected to a base having flexible vanes, by a force responder. Upon the ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5775137 | Agitator An agitator is capable of efficiently agitating clothing without damaging fibers of the clothing. The agitator includes an agitating section having agitating pieces, which are capable of agitating clothes, or any other medium, and a driving mechanism for ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5765405 | Agitator for a clothes washer having a vertically reciprocable rod for preventing entanglement of clothes A clothes washing machine includes a washing basket and an oscillating agitator disposed at a bottom of the washing basket. The agitator includes a plate having radial blades, and an upward guide fixed at a center of the plate. A reciprocable member is mo... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5746071 | Washing machine having a washing liquid pumping apparatus Disclosed is a washing machine which can strongly pump a washing liquid towards an upper portion of a spin tub while a washing cycle is being executed. The washing machine has a housing and an outer tub disposed in the housing so as to receive the washing... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5732574 | Washing machine transmission A transmission including a housing, an agitator shaft rotatably mounted to the housing, an input shaft rotatably mounted to the housing, and an agitation system which back-and-forth agitation of the agitator shaft when the input shaft rotates relative to ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5727403 | Washing machine with a variable pulsator A revolving shaft disposed at a bottom of a stationary tub has first axial grooves. A washing tub revolvable on the revolving shaft has a spiral guide groove formed at its lower inner surface. A pulsator is rotatably mounted on a bottom in the washing tub... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5727404 | Washing machine with a double pulsator An outer pulsator mounted on a bottom of a washing tub has a hollow protruding part protruded upwardly at a center thereof and a bottom plate extended radially from a lower skirt of the protruding part. An inner pulsator is installed inside of the protrud... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5722265 | Washing machine equipped with a laundry-striking apparatus A washing machine is disclosed which applies direct impulses to laundry. The washing machine includes a cam, a plurality of horizontal movement parts, and a plurality of vertical movement parts. The cam is fixedly inserted into the shaft of the speed-redu... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5720189 | Pulsator assembly for a washing machine Disclosed is a pulsator assembly for a washing machine. The pulsator assembly comprises a pulsator rocking in right, left, up and down directions while rotating forwards or in reverse according to a forward or revere rotation force and a connecting member... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5720190 | Low torque washing machine transmission A transmission for driving an agitator in a washing machine includes a housing, an input shaft for being driven by a motor, and an output shaft for driving the agitator. The input shaft includes a crank disposed in the housing, and the output shaft includ... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5711170 | Integrated tub and cabinet structure A laundry appliance cabinet includes a first panel member of integral construction and at least one additional panel member joined to the first panel member to form a plurality of exterior cabinet walls and a tub within those exterior walls.... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5680779 | Washer with a wash plate Described is a washer having a driving unit which is installed at the lower portion of a rotation axis and rotates the rotation axis, a feed unit which is axially connected to the rotation axis and moves up and down as the rotation axis rotates, and a was... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5655389 | Low torque washing machine transmission A transmission for driving an agitator in a washing machine includes a housing, an input shaft for being driven by a motor, and an output shaft for driving the agitator. The input shaft includes a crank disposed in the housing, and the output shaft includ... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5651277 | Clutch mechanism for automatic washer An automatic washer includes an elongated shaft mounted to a motor for rotation about the longitudinal axis of the shaft. A fabric basket is rotatably mounted to the shaft and an agitator is attached to the shaft above the fabric basket. A clutch is posit... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651278 | Agitator with enhanced clothes engaging vane for automatic washer An improved agitator construction is provided for an automatic clothes washing machine in which a surface or contour of a vane carried on a portion of the agitator which is intermittently rotated in a single direction is shaped to enhance engagement betwe... | 07/29/1997 |
