Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7621157 | Washing-machine and similar household appliances with rotary drum A washing machine, with an unusually easy assembly, having an electric motor with a central axis and a washing tank having a fixing bracket, to fix the electric motor to the tank. The fixing bracket includes a first arm and a second arm. The machine has structure as... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7331202 | Drum-type washing machine with rotatable pulsator A drum-type washing machine including a rotatable pulsator. The drum-type washing machine includes a water tub to contain water therein. A rotary drum is included in the water tub and rotating in alternating directions to hold laundry located in the rotary drum to b... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316134 | Washing machine with wobbling unit and clutch A washing machine with a wobbling unit including a washing plate which wobbles in a vertical direction without rotating, thus washing laundry. The wobbling unit further includes a vertical rotating shaft rotating by a washing shaft and an inclined rotating shaft pro... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7254969 | Ribbed washing machine basket A basket for a washing machine includes a body comprising an outer wall and at least one rib extending radially inward from said wall, said rib comprising at least a first portion having a first cross section and a second portion having a second cross section, said ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7216516 | Wobble joint A wobble joint particularly useful for supporting a wash plate in a wash basket of an automatic washing appliance includes inner and outer races formed with mating part-spherical surfaces having common centers of curvature about a longitudinal axis of the joint. Ant... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7197783 | Appliance having a driving mechanism An appliance having a driving mechanism is provided, the appliance (10) comprising two rotatable portions (32, 34) which are rotatable by the driving mechanism (50) about an axis (40). The driving mechanism (50) comprises a gearbox... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7178368 | Rotating-drum washing machine The washing machine comprises a rotating drum (4) formed by two complementary portions, a first one (6) of which is connected to driving means (10, 11), while the other one (7) is rotatably free with respect to the first one (6), b... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7171828 | Washing machine A washing machine includes a wobbling device having a rotary blade. The wobbling device causes a wobbling action of a washboard without rotating the washboard during a washing mode operation, and rotates the rotary blade in one direction to allow a sufficient amount... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7131159 | Method of controlling wobbling washing machine A method of controlling a wobbling washing machine which performs a washing operation, a rinsing operation, and a disentangling operation by wobbling a washing plate. The disentangling operation includes wobbling the washing plate at a speed higher than a wobbling s... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7107798 | Drive mechanism for an automatic washer A drive mechanism for a vertical axis automatic washer. The washer has a rotatable wash basket, a rotatable agitator concentrically mounted in the wash basket and a drive motor. The drive mechanism includes a first drive shaft driven by the motor at a first rotation... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7047583 | Washing machine and method of controlling the same A washing machine which washes laundry by wobbling a washing board mounted on an inner surface of a bottom of a spin-drying tub, and a method of controlling the same. The washing machine includes a weight detection unit and a control unit. The weight detection unit ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7028512 | Washing machine A washing machine is provided, which washes laundry by mechanisms of vibration or/and pumping, thereby improving washing performance, and preventing the laundry from being damaged while reducing consumption of washing water. The washing machine includes an outer tub... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6986271 | Washing machine A washing machine having a wobbling device. The wobbling device causes a wobbling action of a washboard without rotating the washboard during a washing mode operation, thus effectively washing the clothes. This wobbling device includes a vertical rotary shaft rotate... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6865912 | Washing machine A washing machine is disclosed, in which a structure of transmitting power to a wobbler is improved. The outer tub is provided in a cabinet, an inner tub rotatably provided in the outer tub, and the wobbler is provided in the inner tub. A cylindrical dehydration sha... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6115863 | Drive system for a vertical axis washer A drive and support system for a bottom plate disposed in the bottom of a wash basket of an automatic washer. The bottom plate is driven to radially gyrate or wobble within the wash basket by an output shaft which extends upwardly though the bottom and is... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5950460 | Washing machine with agitator A washing machine with agitator is disclosed. The washing machine with agitator has a washing tub of which a bottom surface protrudes axially and inwardly like a pyramid, wherein the washing tub has at least two slanted portions which slant upwardly from ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5881580 | Auxiliary washing device in a washing machine Auxiliary washing device in a washing machine comprises a beam mounted on an upper side of an outer tub and extended to an inner space of a washing tub, and a washing bar supported at an extended end of the beam to be capable of swinging. The washing bar ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5829277 | Top loading clothes washer An improved washing machine is provided with a rotatable wash basket having rotatable agitators mounted therein. The agitators have the shape of a spherical segment so as to nest adjacent the interior surface of the wash basket. The agitators include a sp... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5791167 | Automatic washer and a wash plate clothes deflector therefor A washplate deflector for an automatic washer having a wash basket and a moveable washplate positioned within the basket. The deflector is mounted to the periphery of the washplate and abuts the wash basket, preventing clothing disposed in the wash basket... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5784901 | Washing machine A washing machine according to the present invention is a new washing machine which is compact and can realize uniform and good washing. The plane shape of a washing tub 211 is an approximately rectangular inner shape which is defined by a bottom 213, a p... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5661988 | Washing structure of a fully automatic washing machine A washing net attaching and detaching structure of a fully automatic washing machine with a washing course of dry-marked clothes is shaped as a basket which is attachably and detachably installed within a washtub for being vibrated in the up and down dire... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5657651 | Washing apparatus of a fully automatic washing machine A washing apparatus of a fully automatic washing machine incorporated with a washing course of dry-marked clothes includes a motor shaft installed to a motor mounted to an outer tub for being rotated by the driving of the motor, a driving member coupled w... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5619870 | Washing machine having punch-washing function The invention relates to a pulsator with an improved structure and more particularly to a pulsator having punching function used in the washing machine. The pulsator of the present invention is composed of such improved structure that a rotating member ha... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5605062 | Washing machine having an eccentric link for preventing a tangling of washing objects A washing machine for reducing a tangling of washing objects is disclosed. The washing machine includes an eccentric link having a base plate, an upper shaft formed on an upper surface of the base plate, and a lower shaft formed on a lower surface of the ... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5528913 | Washing machine with snubbers for limiting unbalanced load vibration excursions A plurality of snubbers for a washing machine dampens and isolates unbalanced load excursions by using the positive displacement pumping action of air being forced through an orifice in each snubber. One end of each snubber is attached to the washing mach... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5507053 | Method of washing in a verticle axis washer A method of washing clothes in an automatic washer having an imperforate wash tub, a perforate wash basket disposed within the tub and rotatable about a vertical axis and a bottom plate disposed within the lower portion of the wash basket and mounted for ... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5504955 | Method of rinsing in a vertical axis washer A method of rinsing in an automatic washer having an imperforate wash tub, a perforate wash basket disposed within the tub and rotatable about a vertical axis and a bottom plate disposed within the lower portion of the wash basket and mounted for wobbling... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5490400 | Vibration-isolating apparatus for a clothes washing machine and method of assembly A clothes washing machine includes an outer tank, a plurality of vertical suspenders hung by their upper ends adjacent respective corners of the tank, and a water container disposed within the tank and supported at lower ends of the suspenders. The upper ... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5487284 | Washing machine having punch-washing function The invention relates to a pulsator with an improved structure and more particularly to a pulsator having punching function used in the washing machine. The pulsator of the present invention is composed of such improved structure that a rotating member ha... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5475992 | Equipment for textile surface-treatment A method and equipment for the surface-treatment of textiles, whereby the textiles are processed by mechanically stressing their surfaces, illustratively to achieve fading/wash-out effects, thereby simulating substantial wear of a garment, additional wast... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5461886 | Low frequency vibration type washing machine having shrinkable shielding means for preventing clothes from jamming A low frequency vibration type washing machine has a shrinkable shielder for prevention of clothes jamming in the gap between the low frequency vibrating disc and the inner bottom of the washing tub from the outside. The washing machine includes the washi... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5452594 | Low frequency vibration type washing machine and method A low frequency vibration type washing machine is disclosed that is capable of detecting the range of linear reciprocating movement of its drive shaft to control the vibration range of its low frequency oscillating vibrator to be constant, and sensing wat... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5450733 | Input energy saving device for low frequency vibration type washing machine An input energy saving device for a low frequency vibration type washing machine. The device lets the resonance frequency of the washing tub and the input frequency of the oscillating disc be equal to each other during generation of resonance phenomena in... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5327603 | Combined pulsator and drum type washing machine This invention provides a combined washing machine in which pulsator type and drum type washing machine features are united such that they can be selectively utilized depending upon a desired washing condition, thereby executing optimal washing operation.... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5205141 | Reciprocating laundry basket for an automatic washer A reciprocating laundry basket for an automatic washer is provided in which the basket has a peripheral wall, a bottom wall contiguous with the peripheral wall, a post mounted within the basket for rotation with the basket, a spray device mounted on the p... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5090220 | Automatic washing machine having tub posture tilting mechanism A washing tub and an outer tub are inclined together by a tub posture tilting mechanism. The tub posture tilting mechanism is constituted of a link mechanism structure. One of the tub posture tilting mechanism comprises mainly a pair of beams mounted inte... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4522045 | Portable small-sized washing machine A portable small-sized washing machine is proposed. The washing tub of this machine has a capacity of washing about ten dishcloths at the most, each of these dishcloths being about 30 cm square.... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4279135 | Dyeing, washing and/or milling A dyeing washing and/or milling machine particularly useful for dyeing woollen components including an annular working fluid reservoir and rotating paddle members which pass into and out of the reservoir to circulate the fluid therein. The apparatus may f... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4193275 | Agitator mechanism for clothes washing machine An agitator for a clothes washing machine including a center post extending into the clothes receiving receptacle and upon which is mounted a vertically reciprocable agitator member including an agitator element extending radially outward from the center ... | 03/18/1980 |
