2038results about "Washing machine with receptacles" patented technology

The present invention provides a multi-drum washing machine, comprising a first drum, a second drum, and an electric heating system. The electric heating system is capable of generating a hot air flow, and the hot air flow of the electric heating system can be delivered to the first drum and / or the second drum simultaneously or separately. The multi-drum washing machine also comprises a first drum and a heat pump system. The heat pump system is capable of generating a hot air flow, and the hot air flow of the heat pump system can be delivered to the first drum. Compared with the prior art, the multi-drum washing machine described in the present invention uses a common electric heating system for drying the first and second drums, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost and space occupied by the multi-drum washing machine. The first drum uses the heat pump system for drying, avoiding the need for three drums to be dried simultaneously using a single drying system, thereby improving the drying effect of the clothes, shortening the drying time, and enhancing the user experience.

The present invention belongs to the technical field of washing machines and related cleaning technologies, and specifically provides a shoe washing machine. The present invention aims to solve the problems that in existing shoe washing machines, shoes are prone to jamming and excessive friction. For this purpose, the shoe washing machine of the present invention includes a base body and a wave wheel. The base body is connected to the wave wheel. The area of the base body gradually decreases from the cross-section close to the wave wheel to the cross-section far from the wave wheel. A brush-like structure is provided on the surface of the base body. The base body is connected to the wave wheel, and the base body can move together with the wave wheel. Moreover, a brush-like structure is provided on the surface of the base body, which can achieve effective washing of shoes. The base body and the inner barrel of the shoe washing machine form a space with an upward opening that gradually becomes larger, which can effectively prevent the problems of jamming and excessive friction during the washing process of shoes, resulting in shoe wear.

A laundry appliance including a cabinet, a tub, and a drum. The tub is positioned inside the cabinet. The tub includes a front tub wall having a front tub opening, a rear tub wall, and a tub sidewall that extends between the front tub wall and the rear tub wall. The drum is rotatably supported within the tub. The drum includes a front drum opening, a rear drum wall, a drum sidewall that extends between the front drum opening and the rear drum wall, and a laundry compartment positioned inside the drum that is accessible through the front drum opening. An air gap is positioned radially between the tub sidewall and the drum sidewall. At least one heating element is positioned on or in the tub sidewall to heat the tub sidewall and therefore air flowing through the air gap.

An agitator for use in a laundry treating appliance includes a barrel having an upper end and a lower end, configured to removably attach to an impeller mount, comprising a plurality of tabs extending radially outward from an exterior surface of the barrel, and a plurality of snaps, and a modular accessory configured to be selectively attachable to the barrel, the modular accessory defining exterior features to interact with laundry items, the modular accessory comprising an accessory body defining a hollow interior sized to receive the barrel, the accessory body having an open bottom, generally cylindrical sides, and an open top; a plurality of tab holders disposed on an inner surface of the accessory body, the tab holders positioned to receive the tabs of the barrel when the modular accessory is slid onto the barrel; and a plurality of snap locks disposed on the inner surface of the accessory body.

A clothes drying device, including an air channel, an air path switching assembly, multiple clothes drying apparatuses, and multiple heating apparatuses. The air path switching assembly includes a first multi-position switching component and a second multi-position switching component. The first multi-position switching component and the second multi-position switching component are respectively provided between a hot air input section and intermediate heat source sections and between a hot air output section and the intermediate heat source sections; the first multi-position switching component and the second multi-position switching component have the same number of switching positions and are configured to work in conjunction to each other so that at least one clothes drying apparatus is selectively communicated with the corresponding hot air input section, the hot air output section, and the intermediate heat source sections so as to form a circulation loop.

The invention relates to the technical field of washing machines, and discloses a double-drum full-automatic washing machine which comprises a machine shell, a cover plate is rotationally installed on the machine shell, water containing barrels with two water containing cavities are installed in the machine shell side by side, and each water containing barrel is fixedly connected with the machine shell through three springs. The springs are used for buffering vibration generated by the water containing buckets in the running process of the washing machine so as to keep the stability of the water containing buckets, a dewatering barrel is arranged in each water containing bucket, a gap exists between each dewatering barrel and the inner wall of the corresponding water containing bucket, and a washing motor is installed at the bottom of the outer side of each water containing bucket. And the washing motor and the dewatering cylinder are coaxially arranged. The two independent water buckets are arranged, and each bucket is provided with a completely independent water inlet and drainage system, so that classified washing of different types of clothes is realized, and cross contamination is effectively avoided. By means of the design, a healthier and more sanitary clothes washing environment is provided for a user.

The washing machine with the drying function comprises a double-shaft motor, a washing drum and an air blower, and the double-shaft motor comprises a first output shaft and a second output shaft; the washing drum is in transmission connection with the first output shaft, and the washing drum is driven to rotate through the first output shaft; the second output shaft is provided with a clutch, the clutch can be switched between a separation state and a connection state, the second output shaft independently rotates relative to the air blower in the separation state, and the air blower is in transmission connection with the second output shaft through the clutch in the connection state. And the air blower is driven to rotate through the second output shaft. Compared with the traditional scheme that two motors are needed, one motor is saved, the manufacturing cost is reduced, meanwhile, the space is saved, and the overall size of the washing machine is reduced.

A laundry treatment apparatus includes a washing machine module and a drying machine module that are integrally installed in a common cabinet, and a single drying module configured to produce dry hot air. The laundry treatment apparatus has a reduced product size and performs a method for drying laundry in a washing drum and a drying drum. The method includes detecting a dryness in real time while performing drying processes simultaneously in the washing drum and the drying drum by the common drying module, and controlling an amount of supplied dry hot air and an amount of recovered dry hot air to be different to reduce an overall drying process time and electric power consumption. The drying processes performed in the drying machine of the washing machine are simultaneously completed to improve convenience for a user.

According to the roller washing machine, a washing cavity is formed in a washing part, washing openings are formed in the washing part, the washing openings communicate with the washing cavity, the washing openings comprise second washing openings, and the second washing openings face a drying air channel; the water inlet valve is opened, the second flushing port sprays water, and the water inlet valve is closed, and the second flushing port stops spraying water; a drying fan rotates to suck water sprayed out of a second flushing opening into a drying air duct so as to flush the drying fan and the drying air duct, and the drying fan can scatter the water, so that the water can be cleaned in all directions; the controller is configured to control the drying fan to rotate and control the water inlet valve to be opened and closed alternately for at least two cycles after receiving a drying air duct flushing signal, and in one cycle, the water inlet valve is opened for a first preset time, the water inlet valve is closed for a second preset time, and the water inlet valve is closed for a second preset time; the flushing time can be guaranteed, and the soft flocks can be cleaned powerfully.

The present invention discloses a fabric cleaning machine with a water circulation function, comprising a sewage tank, a clean water tank, a machine body base and a machine body upper cover, wherein the machine body base is internally provided with a sewage pump and a suction motor, the sewage pump and the suction motor are mounted between the machine body upper cover and the machine body base, the machine body upper cover is provided with a main switch, the main switch is fixedly connected with the machine body upper cover, the filtering assembly is connected with the sewage pump, and the clean water tank is connected with the sewage pump. The present invention has the following beneficial effects that the purposes of recycling water and being more convenient to use and place are achieved.

This washing machine comprises a housing, a drum rotatable while inside the housing, and a lifter extending from the inner circumference surface of the drum toward the rotation axis of the drum. The lifter comprises a lifter body mountable on the drum, a lifter case coupleable to and decoupleable from the lifter body, the lifter case having an inlet and an outlet, a filter to be provided on the lifter case, and a lifter valve that is deformable to be away from the inlet of the lifter case to open the inlet and return toward the inlet of the lifter case to close the inlet.

A foreign particulate removal assembly for a laundry appliance includes a cabinet and a drum that is disposed within the cabinet. The drum includes a humidity sensor. The foreign particulate removal assembly further includes a fluid emitting feature that is operably coupled to a fluid housing proximate the drum. The fluid emitting feature is configured to selectively dispense fluid into the drum. A controller is communicatively coupled with the fluid emitting feature. The controller is configured to activate the fluid emitting feature when the humidity sensor detects a predetermined wetness of clothing items disposed within the drum.

The embodiment of the utility model discloses a drying device and washing equipment, and the drying device comprises a shell assembly which defines a containing cavity; the moisture absorption assembly is rotatably arranged in the containing cavity, and the moisture absorption assembly rotates around the rotating axis; the moisture absorption assembly divides the containing cavity into a first space and a second space which are distributed in the axial direction. The first space is communicated with an air inlet of the drying device; the second space is communicated with an air outlet of the drying device; the shell assembly comprises a first bottom wall, the first bottom wall is located on the first space side, the first bottom wall is concave inwards at the rotating axis, so that a containing groove is formed in the outer side of the first bottom wall, and a first boss is formed in the inner side of the first bottom wall; a first mounting through hole is further formed in the rotating axis of the first bottom of the accommodating groove; the driving assembly comprises a fixing body and a driving shaft, and at least part of the fixing body is located in the containing groove; the driving shaft penetrates through the first installation through hole and is connected with the moisture absorption assembly so as to drive the moisture absorption assembly to rotate relative to the first boss.

A laundry appliance includes an apron extending between a bottom end and a top end along the vertical direction and between a first side and a second side along the lateral direction, an apron extension positioned on the top end of the apron and defining a mechanical compartment; a cross brace extending along the lateral direction between the first side and the second side of the apron and securing a front end of the apron extension, wherein the cross brace defines one or more shoulder bolts, and a control panel mounted to the cross brace, the control panel defining one or more keyhole slots for engaging the one or more shoulder bolts on the cross brace when the control panel is in the installed position.

A washing machine appliance includes a cabinet comprising a front panel defining a chamber opening and a top panel, a wash tub positioned within the cabinet and defining a wash chamber, a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub for receiving a load of clothes, and a detergent drawer assembly slidably mounted within the cabinet for receiving a wash additive and directing the wash additive to the wash chamber during operation of the washing machine appliance. The detergent drawer assembly includes a detergent drawer slidably mounted to the cabinet and defining a cartridge chamber, a hinged plate mounted to the detergent drawer and being rotatable between an open position and a closed position, and a cartridge defining a chamber. The cartridge is slidably mounted to the hinged plate when the hinged plate is in the open position.

A laundry treatment appliance includes a cabinet forming a receiving space therein; a tub provided within the receiving space; and a dispenser assembly provided within the receiving space, the dispenser assembly being in fluid communication with the tub. The dispenser assembly includes a drawer body insertable to and retractable from the cabinet and provided adjacent to the tub, the drawer body defining at least one receiving compartment; a removable cartridge selectively positioned within the at least one receiving compartment between an inserted position and a removed position; a dosing compartment provided in the drawer body, wherein the dosing compartment is in fluid communication with the removable cartridge when the removable cartridge is in the inserted position; and a sensor in operable communication with the dosing compartment, the sensor configured to sense a level of fluid within the dosing compartment.

The invention discloses a roller washing and drying all-in-one machine which comprises a box body. An outer cylinder and an inner cylinder; a drying device; a condensing disc; a condensation valve; the first temperature sensor is used for detecting the first air temperature Ta of the bottom of the outer cylinder; the second temperature sensor is used for detecting the temperature Tb of second air flowing back through the air return opening; the controller is configured to sequentially take n values of T according to a first preset time interval and record the values as T1, T2, T3,... Tn; the difference value Tz between the maximum value Tmax and the maximum value Tmin of the T in the second preset time period is calculated, when the difference value Tz does not exceed the preset temperature difference, the average value of the n T in the second preset time period is defined as T ', and the difference value Tm between the second air temperature and the first air temperature is sequentially calculated according to a second preset time interval; and when Tm-Tn 'is larger than or equal to Tx and Tb is larger than or equal to Ty, the drying mode is stopped, Tx is the first stop judging parameter, and Ty is the second stop judging parameter.

A method of operating a washing machine appliance includes initiating a spin cycle by operating the motor to spin the wash basket to a first speed, performing a first acceleration by operating the motor to accelerate the wash basket from the first speed to a second speed, obtaining a first average motor power of the motor while performing the first acceleration, decelerating the wash basket to the first speed, performing a second acceleration by operating the motor to accelerate the wash basket from the first speed to the second speed, obtaining a second average motor power of the motor while performing the second acceleration, and stopping the spin cycle in response to determining that a reduction in a remaining moisture content exceeds a target reduction in the remaining moisture content based at least in part on the first average motor power and the second average motor power.

The utility model discloses a clothes drying device and a washing and drying all-in-one machine. The clothes drying device comprises a shell, a roller and a heat pump system, the shell is provided with an air duct, the roller is provided with a drying cavity, and the drying cavity communicates with the air duct to form a circulating air path; the heat pump system comprises a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator and an airflow driving part, wherein the condenser, the evaporator and the airflow driving part are arranged in the air duct. The airflow driving part is used for driving airflow to circularly flow in the circulating air path. The condenser comprises a condensation heat exchange tube, the evaporator comprises an evaporation heat exchange tube, and the inner diameter of the evaporation heat exchange tube is larger than that of the condensation heat exchange tube; the evaporation heat exchange pipe is provided with at least two independent evaporation flow paths, the at least two evaporation flow paths are communicated with the condensation heat exchange pipe, and a refrigerant discharged by the compressor firstly flows through the condensation heat exchange pipe and then flows through the at least two evaporation flow paths to form a refrigerant circulation loop.

A system for controllably releasing humid air including a washing unit having a housing; a washing drum within the housing; a port defining a first opening operable to intake air from an outside atmosphere into an internal cavity of the washing drum; a vent defining a second opening operable to direct the air to flow out of the internal cavity of the washing drum; and a release pipe with a first end coupled to the vent and a second end terminating on an exterior of the washing unit to enable the air to flow out of the vent to an exterior of the housing. The system also includes a damper positioned within the release pipe operable to open or close the release pipe to release humidity to the outside atmosphere and a processor configured to communicate with an external measurement device and operable to selectively open or close the damper.

The utility model relates to the technical field of clothes care machines, and discloses a clothes drying and protecting cabinet with a micro-washing decontamination device, which comprises a machine main body, a control device, a heating body in the machine main body, a fan, a drying cavity, a door for sealing the drying cavity and a spraying device electrically connected with the control device, the spraying device is positioned in the drying cavity, and a spraying hole of the spraying device faces the interior of the drying cavity. The water tank is used for storing water, the decontamination tank is used for storing cleaning liquid, and the spraying device is communicated with the water tank and the decontamination tank.

The utility model discloses a high-speed dewatering semi-automatic pulsator washing machine which comprises an outer barrel body, a pulsator used for cleaning and a detachable dewatering barrel are arranged in the outer barrel body, the high-speed dewatering semi-automatic pulsator washing machine further comprises a driving device used for driving the pulsator and the dewatering barrel to rotate, and an output shaft of the driving device is provided with a first transmission end and a second transmission end. The first transmission end is used for being connected with a speed reducer to output a first rotating speed to the impeller, the second transmission end directly outputs a second rotating speed to be connected with a dewatering barrel, and in the first cleaning mode, the dewatering barrel is not installed, and the impeller independently operates at the first rotating speed in the outer barrel body; according to the utility model, the dewatering effect is better, the time of a user is saved, the use experience of the user is improved, the number of product parts is small, the product structure is simpler and more reliable, the fault probability is reduced, meanwhile, the production and assembly are simple, the production cost is reduced, and the market development is facilitated.

A method of operating a washing machine appliance includes rotating a wash basket within the washing machine appliance and monitoring a humidity for a period of time while rotating the wash basket. The method also includes determining a slope of the monitored humidity over the period of time. In response to the determined slope being less than a minimum threshold, the method includes providing a user notification.

A washing machine appliance may include a tub, a basket, an impeller base, and an extended post. The impeller base may include one or more impeller fins extending radially outward from the rotation axis, a mounting face disposed radially inward from the one or more impeller fins, and an impeller cap. The mounting face may include a central bracket defining a mounting channel. The impeller cap may be slidably seated within the central bracket. The extended post may be removably attached to the impeller base and include a connector column, a shader collar, and a mating face. The connector column may selectively rest on the impeller cap and defining a cam groove above a bottom end. The shader collar may be disposed about the connector column and include a follower pin seated within the cam groove. The mating face may include a locator wing received within the mounting channel.

A washing machine appliance includes a tub, a rotatable basket within the tub, and an annulus defined between the tub and the basket. A method of operating the washing machine appliance includes activating a drain pump to remove standing wash liquid from the annulus. The method also includes deactivating the drain pump after removing the standing wash liquid and rotating the basket within the wash tub for a first time period after deactivating the drain pump. The drain pump remains deactivated during the first time period. The method further includes determining a level of wash liquid in the annulus after rotating the basket within the wash tub for the first time period and determining a load type of the load of articles based on the level of wash liquid in the annulus after rotating the basket within the wash tub for the first time period.

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior volume and a housing mounted within the interior volume of the cabinet. The laundry appliance also includes an air filter assembly positioned in the housing. The air filter assembly includes a shell, a sealing member on a face of the shell, and a biasing element configured to bias the shell into sealing engagement with the housing.

The utility model relates to the technical field of clothes treatment, in particular to clothes treatment equipment, and aims to solve the problem that the drying efficiency is influenced by the temperature rise of a compressor in the process of executing a drying mode of the conventional clothes treatment equipment. Therefore, the clothes processing equipment comprises a box body and a drying system installed in the box body, the drying system comprises a drying air channel, a heat pump module and a cooling fan, an evaporator and a condenser of the heat pump module are both installed in the drying air channel, the evaporator is located on the upstream of the condenser, and the cooling fan is located on the upstream of the condenser. A compressor of the heat pump module is installed outside the drying air channel, and the cooling fan is used for blowing air towards the compressor. The cooling fan is arranged in the box body to blow air to the compressor, and in the process of executing the drying mode, the temperature of the compressor can be prevented from being too high, so that the drying efficiency is improved.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a drying module and a household electrical appliance, the drying module comprises: a suction module used for sucking air in a containing cavity to form wet circulating airflow; the dehumidification module is located at the downstream of the suction module, and at least part of the dehumidification module is used for dehumidifying the wet circulating airflow; the heating module is arranged adjacent to the dehumidification module and is used for heating and drying at least the other part of the dehumidification module; the temperature and humidity detection component is arranged on an air duct between an air outlet of the containing cavity and an air inlet of the dehumidification module and used for detecting the real-time temperature value and the real-time humidity value of the wet circulating airflow, and therefore the drying module only needs one temperature and humidity detection component, the number of the detection components is greatly reduced, installation is convenient, and the drying efficiency is improved. And the cost is also reduced.

The embodiment of the utility model discloses a drying system and clothes processing equipment. The first drying subsystem comprises an evaporator, a condenser, a throttling component and a compressor which are connected through a refrigerant flow path; the second drying subsystem comprises a moisture absorption and dehumidification device and a regeneration device, the moisture absorption and dehumidification device is used for adsorbing moisture in drying air, and the regeneration device is used for regenerating the moisture absorption and dehumidification device adsorbing the moisture; the evaporator, the moisture absorption and dehumidification device and the condenser are sequentially arranged along a circulation path of drying air, the regeneration device comprises a heating device, the heating device is used for heating regeneration air, the regeneration air is used for desorbing moisture adsorbed in the moisture absorption and dehumidification device, and the regeneration air is used for regenerating the moisture absorbed in the moisture absorption and dehumidification device along a circulation path of a refrigerant. The heating device is connected to the downstream side of the compressor and the upstream side of the condenser. Therefore, drying can be quickly and efficiently carried out.

An autonomously cleanable lint filter assembly disposed in a closed air loop for a combination washing and drying machine includes a housing disposed upstream of a fan configured to pull airflow through the lint filter assembly from an air outlet of the combination washing and drying machine, two or more mesh filters spaced apart and disposed within the housing, a spring loaded axle extending through the housing and receiving thereabout the two or more mesh filters, three or more drain holes disposed within a lower half of the housing, two or more annular flanges disposed on an inner surface of the housing configured to receive thereon in a reversible face seal mating under force imparted by airflow one of the two or more mesh filters, and at least two spray nozzles disposed within the housing configured to deliver sprays of liquid to one of the two or more mesh filters.