公开(公告)号：US20220018053A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-20

申请号：US17491848

申请日：2021-10-01

申请人： WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

发明人： ROMMY MARIANA BUENO ,  NDJEKA K. LUHAHI ,  ERIC G. GRISWOLD ,  JOEL ALDEBARAN SALAZAR ,  DENNIS KEHL ,  ALEJANDRO GUZMAN ,  STEVEN KEY ,  RYAN JAMES VAN ZOEST

IPC分类号： D06F33/43 ,  D06F33/48 ,  D06F33/69 ,  D06F39/02 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F34/24 ,  D06F105/60 ,  D06F103/70 ,  D06F103/38

摘要： A laundry treating appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior. A drum is located within the interior and defines a treating chamber. The laundry treating appliance includes a recirculation circuit including a recirculation pump having an inlet and an outlet. The laundry treating appliance further includes a bulk treating chemistry dispenser. A method for rinsing or cleaning the bulk treating chemistry dispenser can be included.

公开(公告)号：US11851798B1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-26

申请号：US17979194

申请日：2022-11-02

申请人： Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

发明人： Jose Efren Rodriguez Munoz ,  Mary Joy Cardilino Gentry

IPC分类号： D06F33/43 ,  D06F33/44 ,  D06F103/38 ,  D06F103/70 ,  D06F105/62 ,  D06F103/44 ,  D06F105/58

CPC分类号： D06F33/43 ,  D06F33/44 ,  D06F2103/38 ,  D06F2103/44 ,  D06F2103/70 ,  D06F2105/58 ,  D06F2105/62

摘要： A washing machine appliance or method for operating the same may include determining a self-clean condition exists at one or more washing machine appliances and identifying a daily availability or coordinated arrangement for one or more self-clean cycles. The method may also include prompting a user to initiate the one or more self-clean cycles. The method may further include receiving a cycle-initiation command and initiating the one or more self-clean cycles at the one or more washing machine appliances within the daily availability window or based on the coordinated arrangement.

公开(公告)号：US11291347B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-05

申请号：US16758772

申请日：2018-10-23

申请人： Selden Research Ltd.

发明人： Peter Woodhead ,  Terry Holland ,  Ian Morris

IPC分类号： A47L15/00 ,  D06F33/37 ,  A47L15/42 ,  A47L15/44 ,  D06F103/14 ,  D06F34/22 ,  D06F103/68 ,  D06F101/20 ,  D06F33/72 ,  D06F39/02 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F103/00 ,  D06F103/18 ,  D06F103/20 ,  D06F103/22 ,  D06F103/38 ,  D06F103/70 ,  D06F105/42 ,  D06F105/58 ,  D06F101/00

摘要： Disclosed herein is a chemical dosing system for an appliance, such as a laundry washing machine or a dishwashing machine, having a water inlet, the system comprising a meter determining the volume of water supplied to the appliance, a pump for dispensing a quantity of a chemical to the appliance and a control unit arranged to receive a signal from the meter and to cause to be dispensed to the appliance a volume of chemical that is proportional to the quantity of water supplied to the appliance. The disclosed system may enable a correct quantity of chemical to be automatically dispensed to many types of appliance, without the need to know anything about the appliance, or to derive an electrical signal from the appliance.

公开(公告)号：US11591738B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-28

申请号：US16911962

申请日：2020-06-25

申请人： Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

发明人： Stephen Edward Hettinger ,  Ryan Ellis Leonard

IPC分类号： D06F34/06 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F37/30 ,  D06F33/36 ,  D06F37/20 ,  D06F33/47 ,  D06F105/54 ,  D06F103/04 ,  D06F103/38 ,  D06F103/70 ,  D06F105/62 ,  D06F21/06

摘要： A method of operating a washing machine appliance is provided. The washing machine appliance includes a rotatable basket and a motor configured to drive the rotatable basket. The method includes sensing an attribute of articles in the basket. The method also includes determining a pause duration for an agitation operation based at least in part on the sensed attribute of the articles in the basket. The method further includes performing the agitation operation for a period of time. The agitation operation includes activating a motor of the washing machine appliance to agitate the articles within the basket for an agitation duration and deactivating the motor of the washing machine appliance for the pause duration. The period of time is equal to the sum of the agitation duration and the pause duration.

公开(公告)号：US11286603B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-29

申请号：US16177859

申请日：2018-11-01

申请人： LG Electronics Inc.

发明人： Kiwook Lee ,  Jungmoon Je

IPC分类号： D06F33/47 ,  D06F33/00 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F103/18 ,  D06F103/38 ,  D06F103/42 ,  D06F103/48 ,  D06F103/70 ,  D06F105/08 ,  D06F105/48 ,  D06F105/54 ,  D06F105/58 ,  D06F34/08 ,  D06F101/20 ,  D06F34/28

摘要： The present invention provides a laundry treating apparatus including a drain pump having a motor, an inverter unit to transfer power to the motor, and a control unit to control the inverter unit to operate the drain pump, wherein the control unit sets an operation mode of the drain pump based on a current flowing in a part of the inverter unit, and controls the inverter unit based on the set operation mode.

公开(公告)号：US12114822B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-15

申请号：US17689767

申请日：2022-03-08

申请人： Selden Research Ltd.

发明人： Peter Woodhead ,  Terry Holland ,  Ian Morris

IPC分类号： A47L15/00 ,  A47L15/42 ,  A47L15/44 ,  D06F33/37 ,  D06F33/72 ,  D06F34/22 ,  D06F39/02 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F101/00 ,  D06F101/20 ,  D06F103/00 ,  D06F103/14 ,  D06F103/18 ,  D06F103/20 ,  D06F103/22 ,  D06F103/38 ,  D06F103/68 ,  D06F103/70 ,  D06F105/42 ,  D06F105/58

CPC分类号： A47L15/0055 ,  A47L15/0047 ,  A47L15/0057 ,  A47L15/4229 ,  A47L15/4297 ,  A47L15/4454 ,  A47L15/449 ,  D06F33/37 ,  A47L2301/04 ,  A47L2301/06 ,  A47L2401/026 ,  A47L2401/11 ,  A47L2401/14 ,  A47L2401/20 ,  A47L2401/22 ,  A47L2501/07 ,  D06F33/72 ,  D06F34/22 ,  D06F39/022 ,  D06F39/087 ,  D06F2101/00 ,  D06F2101/20 ,  D06F2103/00 ,  D06F2103/14 ,  D06F2103/18 ,  D06F2103/20 ,  D06F2103/22 ,  D06F2103/38 ,  D06F2103/68 ,  D06F2103/70 ,  D06F2105/42 ,  D06F2105/58

摘要： Disclosed herein is a chemical dosing system for an appliance, such as a laundry washing machine or a dishwashing machine, having a water inlet, the system comprising a meter for determining the volume of water supplied to the appliance, a pump for dispensing a quantity of a chemical to the appliance and a control unit arranged to receive a signal from the meter and to cause to be dispensed to the appliance a volume of chemical that is proportional to the quantity of water supplied to the appliance. The disclosed system may enable a correct quantity of chemical to be automatically dispensed to many types of appliance, without the need to know anything about the appliance, or to derive electrical signal from the appliance.

公开(公告)号：US11339519B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-24

申请号：US16615965

申请日：2018-05-10

申请人： QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.

发明人： Yongqiang Jiang ,  Zhilong Zhao ,  Xiaojie Pi ,  Xuewu Hou

IPC分类号： D06F35/00 ,  D06F33/44 ,  D06F33/34 ,  D06F105/10 ,  D06F33/36 ,  D06F105/56 ,  D06F105/02 ,  D06F103/70 ,  D06F105/52 ,  D06F34/06

摘要： A washing machine and a steam washing method. In order to enable the washing machine to meet a user's demand for refined washing and to achieve the object of reducing washing machine costs and energy consumption, the steam washing method includes: receiving an initial washing program of the washing machine; determining whether a steam washing instruction is received; and if not, performing a corresponding initial washing operation according to the initial washing program, and if so, configuring at least one steam washing program based on the initial washing program, where the washing machine can perform the corresponding steam washing operation according to the steam washing program. The method heats a minimum amount of water each time to generate steam, and determines whether a second heating is performed to generate steam based on the washing effect, so massive heating is avoided if much steam is unnecessary, thus maximizing energy savings.