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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6059845 | Dry cleaning apparatus and method capable of utilizing a siloxane composition as a solvent A system and method are provided for dry cleaning articles utilizing a siloxane solvent. The system includes a cleaning basket for receiving articles therein and a one or more tanks for containing a siloxane solvent. Coupled between the tank and the clean... | 05/09/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5142887 | Resonant wave-jet agitator washing machine Now discovered that a resonance rotating wave sustained by a rotating fluid jet can achieve a high level of agitation as required in washing devices. The rotating fluid wave is created by one or more constant flow rotating fluid jets that are rotating at ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 4906367 | Lint strainer for washing machine drains A lint strainer for removing the lint from the exit hose of a washing machine before the lint can enter the drain of the residence or other structure in which the washing machine is located. The lint strainer has a flexible fabric mesh strainer tube havin... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4893486 | Flow-intensifying apparatus for clothes washer A flow-intensifier for use in an upright automatic clothes washing machine includes a weight disposed intermediate the washer agitator and the washer drum, non-extendible elongate connectors operatively connected at one end to the agitator for movement th... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4637230 | Clothes washing machine This invention relates to automatic clothes washing machines, and more particularly to an improved structure in such machines for affecting the washing of very small loads of clothing in a high detergent concentration. The clothes washing machine has wash... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4419870 | Valveless liquid pumping agitator for automatic washers A fluid pumping agitator for use in a vertical axis automatic clothes washing machine which pumps wash liquid from an inlet in the skirt portion of the agitator through a venturi to an outlet in the barrel portion of the agitator. The agitator pumps liqui... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4402198 | Water pumping agitator for automatic washers A fluid pumping agitator for use in a vertical axis automatic clothes washing machine which pumps wash liquid from an inlet in the skirt portion of the agitator to an outlet in the barrel portion of the agitator. The agitator pumps liquid in both directio... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4338802 | Agitator mounted filter for an automatic washer A filter for use in a vertical axis automatic clothes washing machine mounted on the exterior of a two section separable agitator and which projects into a fluid flow path. The exterior section is easily removable, cleanable and replaceable. The filter is... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4207760 | Vane arrangement for clothes washing machine A vane shape for producing optimum washing action in vertical axis clothes washing machines including vanes located in the bottom of the tub or basket and shaped with radially canted edges which cause the fabric articles to be pulled and slid outwardly as... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4081975 | Clothes washer with centerpost mounted lint filter bag A self-compacting lint filter for a domestic clothes washer is mounted on a rotatable and vertically reciprocal agitator for movement therewith. The filter is in the form of an elongated mesh bag which extends axially into the hollow of the agitator upsta... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4066393 | 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 ... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4003225 | Lint filter for automatic washer A lint filter agitator assembly for an automatic washing machine having a driving member, an agitator secured to the driving member. The agitator has an upper center post, a lower flared base portion, and at least two agitating vanes. There is provided a ... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3937042 | 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 torus shaped jacket formed of a closely woven po... | 02/10/1976 |
