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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8028550 | Laundry appliance A laundry machine configured to supply a first amount of water to the wash tub wherein a wash plate can be oscillated such that clothes items directly above and in contact with the impeller are frictionally dragged in a oscillatory manner with the wash chamber while... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7874187 | Laundry appliance A laundry machine configured to supply a first amount of water to the wash tub wherein a wash plate can be oscillated such that clothes items directly above and in contact with the impeller are frictionally dragged in a oscillatory manner with the wash chamber while... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7628044 | 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 ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7506525 | 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 t... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7392672 | Pulsator and washing machine using the same A pulsator includes a metallic upper pulsator having an inlet at a center of the pulsator and upwardly protruding upper washing ribs radially around the inlet and a synthetic resin lower pulsator having upwardly protruding lower washing ribs and contacting a lower s... | 07/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7313933 | Laundry appliance utility shelf A laundry appliance having a cabinet enclosing a laundry treating mechanism, the cabinet having an openable door in a vertical front face thereof, is provided with a shelf recessed in the cabinet and arranged to be extendable to a horizontal position in an embodimen... | 01/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7213423 | Washing machine A washing machine capable of minimizing tangle and damage of the laundry is disclosed. The washing machine includes: a wash shaft installed perpendicularly at a lower center of an inner tub, and rotated by a rotational force transferred from a motor; a wash plate or... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7171714 | Method of controlling a washing machine A method of controlling a washing machine is provided. The washing machine control method executes a washing process with a wobbling device. In the method, an operation of causing a washboard to wobble and an operation of rotating a spin-drying tub in the washing pr... | 02/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7069752 | Auger agitator assembly An agitator assembly includes an agitator body and an auger body mounted on the upper end of the agitator body. There are at least three separate helical flighting segments on the auger body. Bearings are provided at the upper end of the auger body and at the lower ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7013517 | Rotating/tipping agitator for a washing machine A combination rotating/tipping mechanism for an agitator arranged in an inner tub of a washing machine includes a drive member, a tipping member fixedly mounted to the agitator and pivotally mounted to the drive member, and a pivot link interconnecting the tipping m... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013683 | Turbine-like air-circulation enhancer for use with a clothes washing machine An accessory for a clothes washing machine includes a door having air flow ports and an air-circulation enhancer having a fan mechanism for mounting on top of an agitator of the clothes washing machine. The an mechanism has a turbine-like structure such that air is ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6918271 | Inner tub for washing machine An inner tub for a washing machine, which is able to increase a dried degree of laundries and to increase a reliability of the washing machine by improving a structure of an inner tub hub and reinforcing the inner tub to make a spin-drying of high speed possible, co... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6886372 | Vertical axis washing machine including rotating/tipping agitator A tipping mechanism for a vertical axis washing machine includes an agitator, a drive member, a tipping member and a stationary pivot member. The pivot member preferably takes the form of a ball which is received in a socket defined by the tipping member. In a prefe... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6497121 | Air-circulation enhancer for use with a clothes washing machine A clothes washing machine includes an accessory mounted on top of an agitator. The accessory includes fan blades that are stored in one configuration to be out of the way of articles being moved into or out of a washing tub of the washing machine and are ... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6334343 | Washing machine scubbing enhancement device A washing machine scrubbing enhancement device for improving the cleaning efficiency of washing machines. The washing machine scrubbing enhancement device includes a scrubber attachment comprising a channel member with side walls connected by a base wall ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6227014 | Recessed vane dual action agitator An agitator for a clothes washer having radially extending vanes and a slide member between the vanes. Vanes extend from the barrel portion of the agitator toward the outer perimeter of the skirt. The vanes have a base toward the barrel and a tip toward t... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6227013 | Wash plate for a clothes washer A wash plate for a clothes washer having upwardly extending fins and triangular shaped protrusions spaced between the fins. A hub extends upwardly from the center of the wash plate to keep clothes separated. The wash plate has holes provided on the surfac... | 05/08/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6212722 | Apparatus and method for rolling clothes in an automatic washer A method and apparatus for washing cloth items in an automatic washer is provided wherein the automatic washer includes a wash basket defining a wash chamber and an impeller located within the bottom of the wash chamber. The method includes loading cloth ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6145350 | Washing machine having sub-pulsator A washing machine having a sub-pulsator, the washing machine including a pulsator rotating in the left/right directions by a driving source during the washing process and guide duct mounted in a wash/spin-dry tub for guiding the washing water agitated by ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6070439 | Pulsator assembly for use in a washing machine for forming water flow spouting upward Disclosed is a pulsator assembly used in a washing machine. The pulsator assembly comprises of disc-shaped lower pulsator and upper pulsator. A spouting port is formed at a central part of the upper pulsator, and an inflow port is formed at the lower puls... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6012447 | Heated mixing kettle with dual acting agitators A heated kettle for melting and mixing a thermoplastic resin into a homogeneous mixture has a helically-formed agitator which rotates about a central shaft in close proximity to the internal wall of the kettle. Fixed to the shaft at approximately the cent... | 01/11/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5950459 | Electric washing machine including washing tank and agitator which rotate in opposite directions An electric washing machine includes a washing machine body, a water tank fixed in the washing machine body and having an opening at the bottom, a double-cylindrical axis body formed of outer and inner rotary axes passing through the opening in the water ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5946949 | Clothes washing machine having a water-ejecting pulsator A clothes washing machine has a pulsator and a spurting apparatus for spurting washing water upwardly from the center of the pulsator, so as to disperse laundry gathered thereabove. The spurting apparatus has at least one guide duct and a spurt cap. The g... | 09/07/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5943885 | Spin tub for a washing machine A spin tub, which is installed in a washing machine, includes a washing ring and a ring guide for guiding the washing ring to be rotated along an inner sidewall of the spin tub, an engaging means for fixing the ring guide on an inner sidewall of the spin ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5941100 | Clothes washing machine having a water-ejecting pulsator for ejecting filtered water A clothes washing machine has a pulsator and a spurting apparatus for spurting washing water upwardly from the center of the pulsator, so as to disperse laundry gathered thereabove. The spurting apparatus has at least one guide duct and a spurt cap. The g... | 08/24/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5927105 | Pulsator assembly of a washing machine A pulsator assembly of washing machine having a plurality of auxiliary pulsators. The washing machine has an outer tub, a spin tub rotatably accommodated within the outer tub, a main pulsator rotatably disposed at an inner lower portion of the spin tub, a... | 07/27/1999 |
| 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 |
