820results about "Laundry apparatus" patented technology

Systems and methods for the identification, powering and control of products and product packaging. The systems can include a point of sale display having a contactless power supply. The contactless power supply can provide a source of wireless power for products and product packaging. The products and product packaging can include light emitting diodes, e-ink displays and printed speaker circuits that activate as the operating frequency of the contactless power supply varies. Other embodiments include product level sensors, inductive reader networks, printed temperature sensors, product alignment systems, passive identification circuits and methods for controlling operation of the same.

A modular laundry system comprises a first laundry appliance, a second laundry appliance horizontally or vertically arranged relative to the first laundry appliance, and a cabinet module horizontally arranged relative to the first and second laundry appliances.

Systems and methods for the identification, powering and control of products and product packaging. The systems can include a point of sale display having a contactless power supply. The contactless power supply can provide a source of wireless power for products and product packaging. The products and product packaging can include light emitting diodes, e-ink displays and printed speaker circuits that activate as the operating frequency of the contactless power supply varies. Other embodiments include product level sensors, inductive reader networks, printed temperature sensors, product alignment systems, passive identification circuits and methods for controlling operation of the same.

When a home electric appliance detects and identifies an article to be handled by the home electric appliance, the home electric appliance executes handling of the article in conformity with a control program corresponding to the specified article. When the control program corresponding to the specified article is not present, the home electric appliance downloads the corresponding control program from a program distribution means through a network, and further sends information on the article to home electric appliances having possibility to operate the article. Upon reception of information from the home electric appliance, the home electric appliances download a control program corresponding to the article from the program distribution means through the network if the control program corresponding to the article is not present.

A pet enclosure having a moisture and odor-resistant, plastic, rattan-like material woven onto a frame. The enclosure is foldably collapsible for compact storage and shipping, and is quickly and easily assembled with minimal or no tools. An elevated floor panel is securely but removably engaged to the framing of the enclosure. An access door pivots inwardly and outwardly, and can be latched in a closed position or an open position.

A washing machine having a drying function, which includes a steam generating device for spraying steam directly onto laundry, and a method for controlling the same. The method for controlling the washing machine, which supplies hot air, heated by a drying heater, to laundry through a drying duct, includes heating supplied wash water to generate steam; spraying the generated steam onto the laundry through the drying duct to perform a washing operation; determining whether or not a drying operation after the washing operation is performed; and performing a dehumidifying operation such that a drying fan is operated to remove moisture remaining in the drying duct when it is determined that the drying operation is not performed, thereby improving washing capacity, reducing an energy consumption rate, and effectively removing the moisture remaining in the drying duct when the drying operation after the washing operation is not performed.

A modular laundry system comprises a first laundry appliance and a second laundry appliance horizontally arranged relative to the first laundry appliance. The modular laundry system further comprises a laundry care function horizontal module vertically arranged with the first and second laundry appliances and having an associated laundry care function and a width that at least partially spans at least the first and second laundry appliances.

The present invention discloses a composite clothes processing system which comprises the following components: a plurality of clothes processing devices which are used for processing clothes and are arranged adjacent from one another; and a data exchanging unit which is used for executing data exchange among the clothes processing devices, wherein, at least one in the plurality of clothes processing device is composed of a clothes storing device. All processing of the composite clothes in the invention to the clothes can be completed through one system. Furthermore at the condition that a plurality of clothes processing devices are provided, the information related to the clothes needs not be inputted when the clothes is processed in each clothes processing device according to the invention, and therefore the processing to the clothes can be executed more easily.

A method for revitalizing a fabric load with a revitalization system comprises selecting a revitalization program from a plurality of programs and operating the revitalization system in accordance with the selected revitalization program. The programs can include at least one of a fluid insertion step; a fabric relative motion step; a fluid extraction step; a fabric refreshing step; a fabric reshaping step; a light cleaning step; a water extraction operation, a relative motion operation; a fabric air flow operation; a cooling operation; a fluid insertion operation; and a fabric fluid absorption operation.

A laundry basket has a bottom panel with a perimeter. A contiguous side wall extends generally upward from the perimeter of the bottom panel and terminates at an upper end. A basket interior is defined above the bottom panel and bounded by the side wall. A curved wall section of the side wall is curved concavely inward toward the basket interior. The bottom panel and the contiguous side wall, including the curved wall section, are formed of a primary material. A cushion pad is positioned generally at the upper end of the curved wall section and is formed from a secondary material that is softer than the primary material of the curved wall portion.

The present invention relates to washing apparatuses (410) and washing methods, more particularly, to an information transceivr (420) of a new structure for a washing apparatus, for making automatic determination of kinds of laundry introduced to an inside of a drum, and differential determination of washing environments with reference to determined information, for making smooth wash of the laundry.

Collapsible household containers having a foldable wall section with shape-retaining characteristics are disclosed. In particular, collapsible laundry baskets, buckets, colanders, dish drainers, cups, and bottles are provided. The folding region may include foldable tiers of a flexible material, each tier having at least one stable, relatively expanded position and at least one stable, relatively collapsed position; and an intervening, non-folding tier composed of a different, relatively rigid material.

A method of sorting articles for subsequent treatment in an appliance. The method may sort the articles on a mobile device and the sorted articles may be treated according to a cycle of operation implemented by the appliance.

A device for protecting a brassiere and other delicate undergarments during laundering includes a pair of domed or hemispherically shaped shells adapted to assemble together over a cup of the brassiere as a protective covering for the cup. The outer shell has a circularly shaped first rim portion and a hemispherically shaped first dome portion larger than the cup of the brassiere that extends to the first rim portion. The inner shell has a circularly shaped second rim portion and a hemispherically shaped second dome portion that extends to the second rim portion, said second dome portion having a size adapted to fit within the first dome portion of the outer shell with the first and second rim portions in concentric relationship and the cup of the brassiere disposed intermediate the first and second dome portions. At least three pins are included on the second rim portion of the inner shell and at least three pin-engaging structures are provided on the outer shell for engaging the pins in order to removably secure the inner shell to the outer shell with the cup of the brassiere in between. Each pin-engaging structure preferably defines a slot adapted to receive a pin in multiple pin positions with a friction fit sufficient to engage the pin. A further improved embodiment includes a circularly shaped cover member adapted to fit on the inner cage in order to form an auxiliary compartment for at least one additional clothing article.

A collapsible container is provided having four side panels with twist-and-fold frames, joined on two opposing ends by end panels. A zippered opening is placed in one end panel and in one side panel. Handles are formed in the end panel on the side by the side panel containing the opening. Handles are formed in at least one of the side panels on either side of the side panel containing the opening, adjacent the end panels.

An asset tracking system is provided, having particular usefulness in connection with the marking and tracking of textile goods such as garments and linens. Interrogation of RFID tags located on various garment parts insures that the parts are properly tracked, identified and matched.

Textiles coupled with electrical components that are responsive to actions of the wearer and the surrounding environment. The textiles comprise a variety of sensors that interface with the cloud, networks, and devices. The textiles monitor physiological characteristics of the wearer. Objects in the environment may interact with the electrical components of the textiles. Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems that include electrical components, such as, accelerometers, gyroscopes, Bluetooth chips, NFC chips, and RF tags integrate with the textiles to wirelessly communicate with networks.

A laundry system comprises a laundry appliance and a vertical laundry module. The vertical laundry module comprises a backsplash that complements a backsplash on the laundry appliance and has an effective upper surface that is located at substantially the same height as an effective upper surface of the laundry appliance. The backsplash can further comprise a function element that can be a laundry care function or a non-laundry care function.

A textile rinsing method in a washing machine, the washing machine including a tub, a rotating basket within the tub and a water spraying device, the method comprising stopping the basket, admitting a predetermined fresh water quantity, storing the predetermined fresh water quantity in the tub, spraying the textiles by means of the water spraying device, draining and centrifuging the remaining liquid in the tub and determining the number of semi-rinses. The method may be carried out in a washing machine including a tub and a rotating basket within the tub, wherein the washing machine comprises a pumping system, and a set of spraying means, including a directional valve, a conduction hose, a tub cover and, be it a hose with a plurality of holes or a nozzle and deflector or dispenser box, wherein by means of the directional valve, the pumping system is capable of leading through the conduction hose a determined quantity of fresh water stored in the tub to the, be it a hose with a plurality of holes or a nozzle and deflector or dispenser box, wherein any of the afore are capable of directing the water towards the basket.

Collapsible household containers having a foldable wall section with shape-retaining characteristics are disclosed. In particular, collapsible laundry baskets, buckets, colanders, dish drainers, and cups are provided. The folding region may include foldable tiers of a flexible material, each tier having at least one stable, relatively expanded position and at least one stable, relatively collapsed position; and an intervening, non-folding tier composed of a different, relatively rigid material.