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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7380422 | Drum type washing machine Disclosed is a drum type washing machine, by which washing performance is increased as well as laundry damage and water pollution are reduced. The present invention includes a tub provided in a cabinet to hold water, a drum rotatably installed in the tub, at least o... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7337635 | Washing agent dispenser for a domestic washing machine, namely a dishwasher Washing agent dispenser for a household washing machine, namely a dishwasher, which dispenser has a body (2) delimiting at least a recess (3) for containing a certain amount of washing agent, comprising occlusion means (4,5) for said recess (... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7257969 | Apparatus for supplying detergent in washer The invention relates to a detergent supplying apparatus in a washer which includes a cabinet (1), a drum (4) rotatably provided in the cabinet and a tub (3) fixed outside the drum (4). The detergent supplying apparatus includes: a water ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7181934 | Dispensing device for unit dose laundry additive pouch The present invention is directed to a device for dispensing a unit dose water-soluble pouch containing a laundry additive during the spin cycle of a washing machine process having a spinning wash drum. The device is attached to the vertical center post of a washing... | 02/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7086110 | Selective dispensing of laundry additives during automatic machine laundering of fabric Disclosed are systems, methods, devices and kits for the timed dispensing of laundry additive materials into the drum during a cycle of a multiple cycle fabric laundering operation. To bring about such dispensing of additives, a housing structure device having multi... | 08/08/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7036176 | Sequential dispensing of laundry additives during automatic machine laundering of fabrics Disclosed are systems, methods, devices and kits for sequentially dispensing laundry additive materials into the drum of an automatic washing machine as that machine is used to carry out a fabric laundering operation. To bring about such dispensing of additives, a l... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036177 | Dispensing of rinse additives into the rinse cycle during automatic machine laundering of fabrics Disclosed are systems, methods, devices and kits for the timed dispensing of laundry rinse additive materials into the drum of an automatic washing machine as that machine is used to carry out a fabric laundering operation. To bring about such dispensing of rinse ad... | 05/02/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7007862 | Rinse release dispensing device A lightweight, free-body and buoyant dispenser that is centrifugally actuated for releasing a laundry product following the spin cycle includes a housing that has one or more covered apertures one of which is exposed during the spin cycle. The laundry product, which... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6929400 | Flexible reclosable container with easy opening A flexible container of the pouch type, made of material in film form, derived from a contoured tubular body formed by a film with longitudinal and transverse heat-seals of the two ends. The longitudinal heat-seal forms the edge of a longitudinal wing that is folded... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6308356 | Substantially environmental-pollution-free cleaning method and device employing electric energy and surface physical properties A washing method and apparatus characterized by employment of the electric form of energy in addition to the traditional three forms of energy (kinetic energy, thermal energy, and chemical energy) to do the work of cleaning, thereby reducing the requireme... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6301734 | Bulk dispensing agitator and method for using same A bulk dispenser includes a dispensing chamber having an open upper end. A storage chamber is fitted within the dispensing chamber and includes a dispensing opening spaced above the bottom of the dispensing chamber. A valve is within the dispensing openin... | 10/16/2001 |
| 5794290 | Method and apparatus for improving the washing ability of wash water in a washing machine A washing method performed in a washing machine having a wash basket for containing wash water and a wash load includes the step of attaching a tile 10 of a ceramic material to the inside of the wash basket 12 so that the tile 10 is exposed to the wash wa... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5531081 | Two piece laundry additive dispenser cup A novel dispenser cup which may be employed in washing machines or other mechanical devices. More particularly, this dispenser cup mechanism comprises a top cap fixedly positioned above a bottom cup. This dispenser cup uses a parabolic shape in order to f... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5500967 | Liquid fabric softener dispenser for automatic washing machines A liquid fabric softener or treating liquid dispenser for a washing machine having a parabolic or egg-shaped body portion from which radially extends an annular rim portion. The rim portion rests upon a top surface of an agitator and is held in place ther... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5421174 | Washing machine pulsator This invention relates to a pulsator of washing machine enhancing washing capability, having an active ceramic for enhancing the activeness of water, and a container for containing the active ceramic, the container detachably fixed on the pulsator and pro... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5309739 | Ultrasonic clothes washing machine containing a tourmaline ceramic coating A clothes washing machine comprises a water container and a washing tub disposed in the water container to form a space therebetween for containing wash water. A tourmaline ceramic coating is applied to an outer bottom surface of the washing tub or to an ... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5193361 | Agibasket washer with centrally located premixing chamber An apparatus for laundering a textile wash load that includes an imperforate wash tub having a sump at its lower end. A perforate wash basket that is adapted to receive a load of textile materials to be laundered is disposed concentrically within the wash... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5113542 | Centrifugal softener spray dispenser In an automatic washing, a wash additive dispenser is disposed in a tub, and a drive mechanism is provided for selectively rotating the dispenser at a first angular speed and a second, greater angular speed. The wash additive fluid dispenser may be mounte... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5044178 | Rinse aid dispenser A compact rinse aid dispenser that mounts on top of the agitator post and dispenses a rinse aid during the rinse cycle. The rinse aid is held in a conical-shaped cup during the wash/agitate cycle, and then is sprayed out and retained against the inner wal... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5033277 | Fabric softener dispenser for automatic washer The specification discloses a dispenser for liquid additives for use in an automatic clothes washer, particularly of the type having an upright agitator with hollow tubular internal portions. The dispenser structure is adapted to be mounted wholly within ... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4910979 | Counter-rotation wash system A counter-rotation wash system is provided in an automatic washer wherein the basket and agitator are reversely oscillated during a wash mode and the basket and agitator are co-rotated during a liquid extraction or spin mode. A reversing PSC motor is conn... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4882917 | Rinse release laundry additive and dispenser A wash additive combination is provided which is loaded into a washing machine at the start of a wash cycle, and which releases a wash additive, such as a fabric softener, into the rinse solution. The combination comprises a wash additive packet of a foam... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4875575 | Pouched laundry wash active dispenser for improved solubility This invention relates to a disposable dispenser which is designed to be removably fastened to the central agitating post of a washing machine for dispensing a laundry active into the wash water of the machine.... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4691538 | Fully automatic washing machine A fully automatic washing machine having a washing/drying cell rotatably mounted in an outer cell, a rotary blade unit provided on the bottom of the washing/drying cell and provided with a cylindrical member mounted thereon, and a washing machine motor ad... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4656844 | Centrifugal dispenser for automatic washer with high speed spin A centrifugal liquid additive dispenser is provided for an automatic washer having a high stroke rate oscillating vertical agitator and a high spin speed which is readily assembled onto and removed from the agitator by means of a deformable annular wall w... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4478059 | Additive dispenser system for clothes washing appliance The present invention relates to improvements in clothes washing machines of the type having an inner clothes wash basket and an outer water-retaining tub, and more particularly to an additive dispenser system mounted on the hollow post type agitator and ... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4417457 | Agitator mounted dispenser and shower spray device for automatic washer An agitator mounted wash additive dispenser and shower spray is provided for an automatic washer wherein a charge of wash additive is retained in a vertical axis agitator during an agitation step at which time it is diluted, and then is dispensed into the... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4328600 | Washing machine An automatic washing machine of the fresh-water, vertical-axis type has a dynamic system which includes a single perforate wash basket arranged to be driven continuously such that its central axis moves in an orbital path about another axis. The basket is... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4260054 | Laundry additive pouch A laundry additive pouch is disclosed which includes a pair of plastic sheets joined to one another along mutually confronting and opposed marginal edges, one of the sheets including a smaller region remote from the marginal edges which mutually confronts... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4253842 | Detergent compositions and washing methods including and utilizing separate tablets of components A packaged detergent composition consisting essentially of a container and, packed in the container, a first plurality of units each comprising a water-soluble synthetic organic detergent component of the composition, and at least one other plurality of u... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4240277 | Two-piece liquid rinse agent dispenser for clothes washing machine A two piece liquid rinse agent dispenser for use in a top loading automatic clothes washing machine, includes an inner annular member having a central, hollow hub for mounting the dispenser on the agitator of the machine, a first annular wall joined to th... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4186574 | Fabric softener dispenser for vertical agitator A rinse agent dispenser assembly for use with an agitator for rotation and vertical reciprocation. The dispenser includes labryinth seals to retain the liquid rinse agent during vertical reciprocation of the agitator. The liquid agent retainer cup is desi... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4154069 | Dispenser for washing machines A dispenser for use on an agitator-type washing machine is provided. Means are provided for mounting the dispenser on various machines by means of an adapter. The dispenser has a body of generally cylindrical shape which may be mounted on the agitator. Th... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4118957 | Centrifugal dispenser for washing machine agitator A compact and shallow rinse agent dispenser is removably assembled upon the top of an agitator in an automatic clothes washing machine for dispensing a liquid product upon completion of a spin cycle of the washing machine. An annular, wave dampening baffl... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4062205 | Reusable water softener system for clothes washer A water softening system utilizing a reusable, self-contained water softener device for an agitator type clothes washer. The water softener device includes a quantity of cation exchange resin contained in a chamber. The water softener device is placed in ... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4026131 | Laundry additive dispenser This application relates generally to the provision of an apparatus for the dispensing of a laundry additive into an automatic washing machine at the proper interval. More specifically, the present application relates to the provision of an apparatus that... | 05/31/1977 |
