An air purifier having a polygonal casing defining one or more inside corners, a cylindrical air filter extending along a center axis within the polygonal casing with a space formed between a radially outwards facing surface of the filter and at least one of the one or more the inside corners of the casing, and a filter cleaner at least partly located in the space. The filter cleaning has a cleaning member, a gear mechanism, at least one UV light source, a motor configured to drive the gear mechanism to thereby drive the radially outwards facing surface of a cylindrical air filter past the cleaning member and the at least one UV light source, and a filter cleaner housing encasing the motor, the cleaning member and the gear mechanism.
B01D 29/64 - Regenerating the filter material in the filter by scrapers, brushes or the like, acting on the cake side of the filtering element
B01D 46/00 - Filters or filtering processes specially modified for separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours
F24F 8/22 - Treatment, e.g. purification, of air supplied to human living or working spaces otherwise than by heating, cooling, humidifying or drying by sterilisation using UV light
F24F 3/16 - Air-conditioning systems in which conditioned primary air is supplied from one or more central stations to distributing units in the rooms or spaces where it may receive secondary treatmentApparatus specially designed for such systems characterised by the treatment of the air otherwise than by heating and cooling by purification, e.g. by filteringAir-conditioning systems in which conditioned primary air is supplied from one or more central stations to distributing units in the rooms or spaces where it may receive secondary treatmentApparatus specially designed for such systems characterised by the treatment of the air otherwise than by heating and cooling by sterilisationAir-conditioning systems in which conditioned primary air is supplied from one or more central stations to distributing units in the rooms or spaces where it may receive secondary treatmentApparatus specially designed for such systems characterised by the treatment of the air otherwise than by heating and cooling by ozonisation
B01D 46/681 - Regeneration of the filtering material or filter elements inside the filter by means acting on the cake side involving movement with regard to the filter elements by scrapers, brushes or the like
B01D 29/62 - Regenerating the filter material in the filter
A laundry washing machine comprising: a cabinet; a tub inside the cabinet and comprising a first and second shells fixed together and defining a sump at a bottom region of the tub; a rotatable drum in the tub; a draining circuit fluidly connected to the sump for draining liquid from the bottom of the latter; a level detection device configured for detecting the level of liquid within the tub and comprising an air chamber having a liquid inlet provided at the sump and in fluid communication with the internal of the latter; and a recirculation circuit configured for withdrawing liquid from the tub and to re-admit such a liquid into the tub through an outlet opening positioned in the sump. The outlet opening of the recirculation circuit and the liquid inlet of the level detection device are located one on the first shell and the other on second shell.
A laundry appliance having a cabinet accommodating a laundry treatment chamber, a storage drawer comprising at least one compartment adapted to contain multiple doses of a respective laundry treatment agent for performing multiple washing cycles, and a drawer seat provided in the cabinet for slidingly housing the storage drawer through a guide system. The guide system is adapted to guide the sliding of the storage drawer with respect to the drawer seat along a sliding direction which is slanted with respect to a resting surface on which the laundry appliance is resting during operation.
A laundry appliance having a cabinet accommodating a laundry treatment chamber and a storage drawer adapted to slide into the cabinet along a first direction. The storage drawer comprises a drawer body and a drawer handle. The drawer handle is connectable with the drawer body in a releasable way through a coupling arrangement. The coupling arrangement comprises drawer body sliding means arranged on the drawer body, and drawer handle sliding means arranged on the drawer handle and adapted to slidingly engage with the drawer body sliding means for allowing the drawer handle to move with respect to the drawer body. The drawer body and drawer handle sliding means extend along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and parallel to a top surface of the cabinet so as to allow the drawer handle to be detached from the drawer body by a lateral movement along said second direction.
A laundry treatment appliance having a drawer adapted to slide within a drawer seat along a sliding direction. The drawer has: a handle forming the drawer front; at least one compartment adapted to contain multiple doses of at least one treatment agent; at least one channel associated with the at least one compartment for channeling water and at least one treatment agent dose of the at least one laundry treatment agent towards a mixing region of the drawer seat allowing a mixture between the water and the at least one treatment agent dose; and at least one pump actuation part having a suction side in fluid communication with the at least one compartment for drawing up the at least one treatment agent dose therefrom, and a delivery side in fluid communication with the at least one channel for delivering the at least one treatment agent dose thereto.
A laundry machine having a casing, a drum a motor to rotate the drum, and an inverter-based apparatus to control the motor. The inverter-based apparatus comprises: an input stage configured to convert alternating mains voltage to rectified DC voltage, an electrolytic capacitor-less inverter configured to generate output currents to feed to the electric moto based on duty cycles of switching signals, a DC-link connecting the electrolytic capacitor-less inverter to the input stage and crossed by DC-link currents from/towards the electrolytic capacitor-less inverter, a DC-link capacitor connected to the DC-link, a regulator system configured to control duty cycles of switching signals based on determined/estimated motor values indicating a controlled parameter of said motor, and a motor reference value associated to the controlled parameter of the motor, and an active voltage limiter unit configured to regulate the motor reference value to limit the DC-link capacitor voltage within a predetermined voltage range.
H02P 27/08 - Arrangements or methods for the control of AC motors characterised by the kind of supply voltage using variable-frequency supply voltage, e.g. inverter or converter supply voltage using DC to AC converters or inverters with pulse width modulation
H02P 21/22 - Current control, e.g. using a current control loop
D06F 34/10 - Power supply arrangements, e.g. stand-by circuits
D06F 23/02 - Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and for centrifugally separating water from the laundry and rotating or oscillating about a horizontal axis
A laundry treatment appliance having a cabinet accommodating a laundry treatment chamber and a drawer adapted to slide into the cabinet. The drawer has external walls defining the external shape of a portion of the drawer, and at least one compartment for containing laundry treatment agent. Said compartment is delimited at least partially by at least a portion of at least one external wall, which has an emptying hole. Said emptying hole is in fluid communication with the at least one compartment. The drawer comprises a closure device adapted to be operated for selectively closing and opening said emptying hole. Said closure device is arranged on an external side of the external wall so as to be accessible and operated by a user externally to the drawer for closing and opening the corresponding emptying hole.
A dishwasher is disclosed that may include a washing chamber and a detergent compartment. The detergent compartment may include an opening facing the washing chamber. The dishwasher may further include two or more static nozzle openings arranged in the washing chamber. Each of the two or more static nozzle openings may be configured to spray water into the detergent compartment, via the opening, during operation of the dishwasher.
A47L 15/16 - Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or table-ware with stationary crockery baskets and spraying devices within the cleaning chamber with rigidly-mounted spraying devices
An air purifier and a filter cleaner are provided. The filter cleaner is configured to be mounted in an air purifier. The filter cleaner comprises a motor, a cleaning member and a gear mechanism. The motor is configured to drive the gear mechanism to drive a radially outwards facing surface of a cylindrical air filter or a filter holding case past the cleaning member. The air purifier can comprise a polygonal casing and the cylindrical air filter can be located inside the polygonal casing so that a space is formed between the radially outwards facing surface of the cylindrical air filter and the inside corners of the polygonal casing. The filter cleaner can be located in the space between the corner and the filter.
B01D 46/00 - Filters or filtering processes specially modified for separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours
B01D 29/64 - Regenerating the filter material in the filter by scrapers, brushes or the like, acting on the cake side of the filtering element
B01D 29/62 - Regenerating the filter material in the filter
F24F 8/22 - Treatment, e.g. purification, of air supplied to human living or working spaces otherwise than by heating, cooling, humidifying or drying by sterilisation using UV light
F24F 3/16 - Air-conditioning systems in which conditioned primary air is supplied from one or more central stations to distributing units in the rooms or spaces where it may receive secondary treatmentApparatus specially designed for such systems characterised by the treatment of the air otherwise than by heating and cooling by purification, e.g. by filteringAir-conditioning systems in which conditioned primary air is supplied from one or more central stations to distributing units in the rooms or spaces where it may receive secondary treatmentApparatus specially designed for such systems characterised by the treatment of the air otherwise than by heating and cooling by sterilisationAir-conditioning systems in which conditioned primary air is supplied from one or more central stations to distributing units in the rooms or spaces where it may receive secondary treatmentApparatus specially designed for such systems characterised by the treatment of the air otherwise than by heating and cooling by ozonisation
B01D 46/681 - Regeneration of the filtering material or filter elements inside the filter by means acting on the cake side involving movement with regard to the filter elements by scrapers, brushes or the like
A laundry washing machine having a casing, a washing tub within the casing, a drum within the washing tub, a door to provide access to the drum, an additive loading and supply system configured to receive one or more cleaning products, a soaking chamber configured to receive and hold a unit dose package and at least a first volume of liquid, a tub supply pipe connecting the soaking chamber to the washing tub and/or drum, valves to dispense water into the soaking chamber, and a control unit operatively connected to the valves. The control unit has instructions that, when executed: cause the valves to supply the first volume of liquid to the soaking chamber, allow the first volume of liquid to reside in the soaking chamber for a predetermined amount of time, and subsequently release the first quantity of liquid from the soaking chamber to the tub supply pipe.
C11D 11/00 - Special methods for preparing compositions containing mixtures of detergents
C11D 17/04 - Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties combined with or containing other objects
D06F 21/04 - Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement about a horizontal axis within an enclosing receptacle
D06F 33/00 - Control of operations performed in washing machines or washer-dryers
D06F 33/37 - Control of operational steps, e.g. optimisation or improvement of operational steps depending on the condition of the laundry of metering of detergents or additives
D06F 34/18 - Condition of the laundry, e.g. nature or weight
D06F 35/00 - Washing machines, apparatus, or methods not otherwise provided for
D06F 37/04 - Rotary receptacles, e.g. drums adapted for rotation or oscillation about a horizontal or inclined axis
A split air conditioner having an indoor unit and an outdoor unit. A piping system interconnects the indoor unit with the outdoor unit. The indoor unit has an indoor heat exchanger for cooling or heating air in the indoor unit. The outdoor unit has a compressor, a first outdoor heat exchanger, and a second outdoor heat exchanger. The compressor is configured to drive a refrigerant via the first outdoor heat exchanger and the second outdoor heat exchanger in a refrigerant circuit. The piping system is configured to circulate an energy transport media from the first outdoor heat exchanger via the piping system to the indoor heat exchanger.
F24F 1/027 - Self-contained room units for air-conditioning, i.e. with all apparatus for treatment installed in a common casing comprising a compressor cycle mounted in wall openings, e.g. in windows
F24F 1/0326 - Self-contained room units for air-conditioning, i.e. with all apparatus for treatment installed in a common casing characterised by the arrangement of refrigerant piping outside the heat exchanger within the unit casing
F24F 1/031 - Self-contained room units for air-conditioning, i.e. with all apparatus for treatment installed in a common casing characterised by mounting arrangements penetrating a wall or window
F24F 1/029 - Self-contained room units for air-conditioning, i.e. with all apparatus for treatment installed in a common casing characterised by the layout or mutual arrangement of components, e.g. of compressors or fans
A spray assembly may include a water supply conduit, a main spray arm, and a satellite spray arm. The main spray arm may be rotatably coupled to the water supply conduit to rotate about a first axis, and a satellite spray arm may be rotatably coupled to the main spray arm to rotate about a second axis. The satellite may define at least one nozzle and at least one fluid channel extending from the second axis to the at least one nozzle. The at least one fluid channel of the satellite spray arm may define an arcuate shape having a portion proximate the second axis disposed at a first distance relative to the base parallel to the second axis, and the at least one nozzle being disposed a second distance relative to the base parallel to the second axis. The second distance may be shorter than the first distance.
A laundry washing machine equipped with a treating agents dispenser comprising a drawer having a compartment suitable to receive a unit dose package comprising a pre-measured amount of treating agent incorporated into a water-soluble pouch. The laundry washing machine has a control unit configured to convey a first amount of water to the compartment to wet the unit dose package, pause, then convey a second amount of water to the compartment for breaking the water-soluble pouch of the unit dose package.
A washing machine having a first single phase electric motor, a second single phase electric motor and an electric drive unit for the electric motors. The electric drive unit is connected to power supply lines and comprises three first legs, each leg comprising a pair of switches. Electrical terminals of the first electric motor are connected to the first and second legs of the electric drive unit and electrical terminals of the second electric motor are connected to the second and third legs of the electric drive unit.
H02P 5/68 - Arrangements specially adapted for regulating or controlling the speed or torque of two or more electric motors controlling two or more DC dynamo-electric motors
H02P 7/29 - Arrangements for regulating or controlling the speed or torque of electric DC motors for regulating or controlling an individual DC dynamo-electric motor by varying field or armature current by master control with auxiliary power using discharge tubes or semiconductor devices using semiconductor devices controlling armature supply only using pulse modulation
D06F 34/10 - Power supply arrangements, e.g. stand-by circuits
D06F 34/08 - Control circuits or arrangements thereof
A47L 15/46 - Devices for the automatic control of the different phases of cleaning
H02P 7/03 - Arrangements for regulating or controlling the speed or torque of electric DC motors for controlling the direction of rotation of DC motors
A47L 15/42 - Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or table-ware Details
D06F 23/02 - Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and for centrifugally separating water from the laundry and rotating or oscillating about a horizontal axis
D06F 103/46 - Current or voltage of the motor driving the drum
A household appliance having a casing, a washing tub for receiving laundry, a detergent dispenser to convey detergent/treating agents to the washing tub, and an inlet water unit for controlling and supplying water to the detergent dispenser and/or the tub. The inlet water unit includes a valve body having at least one inlet configured to connect to a water supply and outlets for connection to the detergent dispenser and/or the tub. The outlets are arranged in at least two rows in the valve body.
D06F 39/02 - Devices for adding soap or other washing agents
D06F 23/02 - Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and for centrifugally separating water from the laundry and rotating or oscillating about a horizontal axis
D06F 39/08 - Liquid supply or discharge arrangements
An installation device configured to hold a window mounted split air-conditioner. The installation device comprises a support structure configured to be mounted on the window sill, and a mechanism for guiding the outdoor unit from a position inside the window opening to a position outside the window opening, and holding the outdoor unit in that position for use.
F24F 13/32 - Supports for air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation units
F24F 1/0003 - Room units for air-conditioning, e.g. separate or self-contained units or units receiving primary air from a central station characterised by a split arrangement, wherein parts of the air-conditioning system, e.g. evaporator and condenser, are in separately located units
E06B 7/28 - Other arrangements on doors or windows, e.g. door-plates, windows adapted to carry plants, hooks for window cleaners
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Cooling apparatus comprising a connecting element for supporting tubes or wires or the like
A cooling apparatus having a compartment for storing products to be cooled and one or more tubes and/or wires connected to the compartment. A connecting element secures the tubes/wires to a compartment wall. The connecting element has a base portion configured to connect to the compartment wall and a supporting portion for supporting the tubes/wires. The supporting portion has first and second arms protruding from the base portion and defining a seat configured to receive the tubes/wires. The supporting portion has at least one elastic traverse member protruding from the first arm and/or the second arm towards the receiving seat. The elastic traverse member is configured to contact the tubes/wires that are inserted into the seat and secure the tubes/wires into the seat.
A laundry treatment appliance having a humidity measuring arrangement comprising a sensing unit for sensing an electric parameter associated with a laundry load housed in a laundry treatment chamber, a processing unit for determining the humidity of the laundry load according to the sensed electric parameter, and a conductive element electrically coupled to the processing unit and arranged such that, when an at least partially conductive body is in proximity of the conductive element, an electric signal is generated by capacity coupling between the conductive element and the least partially conductive body, wherein the processing unit is configured to access a presence or absence of a user near the appliance according to a pattern of the electric signal at the processing unit.
D06F 34/14 - Arrangements for detecting or measuring specific parameters
D06F 34/18 - Condition of the laundry, e.g. nature or weight
D06F 34/32 - Arrangements for program selection, e.g. control panels thereforArrangements for indicating program parameters, e.g. the selected program or its progress characterised by graphical features, e.g. touchscreens
An appliance pedestal system having: a cabinet defining an enclosure having a front face and an opening through the front face; a drawer comprising an open-topped container movably mounted to the cabinet and configured to slide between a closed position in which a drawer front at a front end of the drawer is adjacent the front face of the cabinet and an open position in which the drawer front is spaced from the front the face of the cabinet; and a trim piece configured to be selectively connected to a bottom of the drawer at a location below the drawer front, or to the front face of the cabinet at a location below the drawer front when the drawer is in the closed position. The drawer may comprise other types of closure, such as a door. A method for installing the pedestal system is also provided.
A method and apparatus for breaking a unit dose package in a chamber within a post located in a basket of a laundry washing machine. The method includes filling the basket and the chamber, increasing a rotation speed of the basket and/or the post to raise the water level in the basket and lower the water level in the chamber to cause a unit dose package within the chamber to move downwards; reducing the rotation speed to lower the water level in the basket and raise the water level in chamber to cause the unit dose package within the chamber to move upwards; and repeating the steps of increasing and reducing the rotational speed to cause the unit dose package to break open and at least partially dissolve. A laundry washing machine configured to perform this process is also provided.
An appliance pedestal system having: a cabinet defining an enclosure having a front face and an opening through the front face; a drawer comprising an open-topped container movably mounted to the cabinet and configured to slide between a closed position in which a drawer front at a front end of the drawer is adjacent the front face of the cabinet and an open position in which the drawer front is spaced from the front the face of the cabinet; and a trim piece configured to be selectively connected to a bottom of the drawer at a location below the drawer front, or to the front face of the cabinet at a location below the drawer front when the drawer is in the closed position. The drawer may comprise other types of closure, such as a door. A method for installing the pedestal system is also provided.
A laundry washing machine comprising a cabinet supporting a washing tub external to a washing drum adapted to receive laundry and a liquid supply line for supplying liquid into the washing tub/drum through a nozzle having a tubular portion and a sprayer portion comprising a bent zone. The nozzle comprises an obstruction arranged upstream of the bent zone.
D06F 39/08 - Liquid supply or discharge arrangements
D06F 23/02 - Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and for centrifugally separating water from the laundry and rotating or oscillating about a horizontal axis
A method for assembling a cooling apparatus having a cabinet which houses an inner casing defining at least one compartment for the storage of products to be cooled and one or more objects configured to be connected to the inner casing. The method includes: providing the inner casing; automatically univocally identifying the model of the inner casing among various known inner casing models by using a detecting device and performing a step of connecting the one or more objects to the inner casing based on the model of inner casing identified in the identifying step.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
A household appliance having a retractable drawer arranged in a drawer housing. The drawer has at least one sliding element slideably arranged on at least one guiding element provided on the drawer housing such that the sliding element and the guiding element provide respective contact surfaces for each other, whereby the guiding element and/or the sliding element has, at least in an area, recesses that reduce an area of the respective contact surface.
Provided herein is a wash arm assembly for a dishwasher, and a corresponding dishwasher including the same. The wash arm assembly may include a wash arm, comprising a tubular connection portion and at least one nozzle, and a tubular receiving portion for receiving the tubular connection portion. The tubular connection portion may be arranged to be inserted in the tubular receiving portion to create a seal between the tubular connection portion and the tubular receiving portion. The seal may allow the wash arm to rotate, and the tubular receiving portion and the tubular connection portion may be arranged to allow a washing liquid of the dishwasher to travel in a first direction to the wash arm.
An outdoor unit of an air-conditioner. The outdoor unit has a casing having a front air outlet and at least one air inlet. At least one fan is located in the casing. The outdoor unit is configured such that the at least one air inlet is provided in a top section and or in a bottom section of the outdoor unit when the outdoor unit is installed in an operational position. The outdoor unit is further configured such that the at least one fan is configured to move air from the at least one air-inlet to the front air outlet or move air from front air outlet to the at least one air-inlet.
Provided herein are a method of controlling operation of a washing appliance and a washing appliance being controlled by the method. The method may include displaying, on a user interface of the washing appliance, an estimated duration of a selected washing program for the washing appliance; displaying, on the user interface, a degree of ecological impact caused by the selected washing program; allowing a user to operate the user interface to change the duration of the selected washing program, wherein the washing appliance adapts the selected cleaning program to comply with the changed duration; and displaying on the user interface the degree of ecological impact caused by the selected washing program when complying with the changed duration.
A47L 15/00 - Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or table-ware
A47L 15/42 - Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or table-ware Details
D06F 33/44 - Control of the operating time, e.g. reduction of overall operating time
D06F 34/28 - Arrangements for program selection, e.g. control panels thereforArrangements for indicating program parameters, e.g. the selected program or its progress
G05B 19/042 - Programme control other than numerical control, i.e. in sequence controllers or logic controllers using digital processors
D06F 34/32 - Arrangements for program selection, e.g. control panels thereforArrangements for indicating program parameters, e.g. the selected program or its progress characterised by graphical features, e.g. touchscreens
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Filter arrangement, humidifying device comprising a filter arrangement and method for cleaning a humidifying filter member of a humidifying device
A filter arrangement for a humidifying device. The filter arrangement has: a rotatable body; a humidifying filter member arranged to be wetted with water; a guiding arrangement configured to guide water to a discharge region; and at least one discharge bucket arranged on the rotatable body. The at least one discharge bucket is configured to lift water from a tray and to discharge the water to the guiding arrangement as the rotatable body rotates in a first direction about a rotational axis. A humidifying device comprising a filter arrangement and a method for cleaning a humidifying filter member of a humidifying device are also provided.
A laundry washing machine having an outer casing, a washing tub, a rotatable drum and at least one balancing ring rigidly secured to the drum for reducing vibrations thereof. The balancing ring comprises an annular housing rigidly secured to the drum, an internal closed annular inner cavity, and balancing masses in free movable manner inside the annular inner cavity. The annular housing has first and second discrete and complementary annular hemishells that are joined to one another to form the annular inner cavity. The annular hemishells are substantially coplanar and concentric to one another, and have approximately C-shaped cross sections that are substantially complementary to one another. The hemishells are joined to one another along corresponding first and second mating annular rims, which are arranged on opposite sides of a given intermediate plane perpendicular to the central axis of the annular housing.
D06F 37/22 - Mountings, e.g. resilient mountings, for the rotary receptacle, motor, tub or casingPreventing or damping vibrations in machines with a receptacle rotating or oscillating about a horizontal axis
D06F 23/02 - Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and for centrifugally separating water from the laundry and rotating or oscillating about a horizontal axis
D06F 37/24 - Mountings, e.g. resilient mountings, for the rotary receptacle, motor, tub or casingPreventing or damping vibrations in machines with a receptacle rotating or oscillating about a vertical axis
A laundry washing machine having an outer casing, a washing tub, a rotatable drum and at least one balancing ring rigidly secured to the rotatable drum. The at least one balancing ring includes a substantially toroidal, annular housing that is rigidly secured to the drum, and has a tubular structure so as to delimit a closed annular inner cavity. A number of balancing masses are accommodated in movable manner inside the annular inner cavity, preferably together with a damping liquid. The annular housing has a substantially frustoconical outer wall segment that is inclined by an angle (β) lower than 90° with respect to the midplane (P) of the annular housing, and a peripheral supporting structure that juts out outwardly from the substantially frustoconical outer wall segment to stably abut against the body of the drum.
D06F 37/22 - Mountings, e.g. resilient mountings, for the rotary receptacle, motor, tub or casingPreventing or damping vibrations in machines with a receptacle rotating or oscillating about a horizontal axis
D06F 37/24 - Mountings, e.g. resilient mountings, for the rotary receptacle, motor, tub or casingPreventing or damping vibrations in machines with a receptacle rotating or oscillating about a vertical axis
Provided herein are a spray arm assembly and associated dishwasher. The spray arm assembly may include a spray arm and a satellite arm. The spray arm may have a body defining an inlet opening and an outlet opening spaced along the body, and the body may receive washing fluid at the inlet opening and direct at least a portion of the washing fluid to an outlet opening. The body may further define one or more fluid supply channels extending between and fluidly communicating the inlet opening and the outlet opening. The satellite arm may be rotatably coupled to the spray arm at the outlet opening, and a portion of the one or more fluid supply channels may extend past the outlet opening to direct at least a portion of the washing fluid past the outlet opening and back towards the inlet opening before entering the outlet opening.
Example embodiments provide a dishwasher comprising a tub; a door configured for selectively sealing a forward access opening of the tub; a detergent dispenser located at an inner surface of the door; a spray arm mounted within the tub such that the spray arm is adjustable between a first height and a second height, the spray arm comprising a spray detergent nozzle; and a circulation pump configured to supply washing liquid to the spray arm. The dishwasher is characterized in that the spray arm is configured to emit a fan-shaped jet from the spray detergent nozzle when the washing liquid is supplied to the spray arm and the spray arm is configured to emit the fan-shaped jet that is incident upon the detergent dispenser both when the spray arm is positioned at the first height and when the spray arm is positioned at the second height.
A household appliance is disclosed that may perform a useful cycle of operation on an item. The household appliance may include a treating chamber for accommodating the item during the performance of the useful cycle, and a body enclosing the treating chamber. The body may include a front side, an underside, a first delimiting surface and a second delimiting surface, wherein the first and second delimiting surfaces forms a recess between the underside and the front side. The first delimiting surface may be essentially parallel to the underside of the body. The household appliance may further include a communication module configured to wirelessly transmit and/or receive data. The communication module may be arranged at the first delimiting surface.
Provided are a method performed by an appliance for washing and rinsing goods, where some of the goods loaded into the appliance are sensitive to process water temperature changes, and an appliance performing the method. The method may include receiving via a user interface, an instruction that an appliance, during execution of a general-type washing program, should take into account that goods sensitive to temperature changes are loaded into the appliance, measuring a temperature value in a washing compartment of the appliance upon executing a draining process, and supplying fresh water to the washing compartment of the appliance. The method may include measuring, when the fresh water has been supplied, whether the process water being accommodated in a sump of the appliance is at a target temperature value or not and if not adjusting the temperature of the process water in the sump to attain the target temperature value.
A laundry washing machine having a cabinet supporting a washing drum adapted to receive laundry, and a washing tub external to the washing drum, and a treating agents dispenser with one or more compartments adapted to be receive treating agents. A first one of the compartments has a predefined zone configured to receive a unit dose package having a pre-measured amount of treating agent incorporated into a water-soluble pouch. The machine has a valve configured to connect to a source of pressurized water, and a water conveying line fluidly connected to the valve and having one or more outlets. The entirety of the water conveying line is water tight except for the outlets. The outlets are configured to direct a respective pressurized flow of water therethrough. At least one outlet is configured to direct a first pressurized flow of water into the first compartment towards the predefined zone.
A laundry washing machine having a cabinet, a washing drum, a washing tub, and a dispenser having a first region with an open top configured to receive a unit dose package comprising treating agent incorporated into a water-soluble pouch. The first region has walls that converge towards a dispenser outlet that is dimensioned to hold the package within a predefined zone when the unit dose package is unbroken. A valve is provided and connected to a source of pressurized water. A water conveying line connects the valve to one or more outlets via a water-tight line, such that the outlets are configured to direct a respective pressurized flow of water therethrough. At least one of the outlets is configured to direct a respective pressurized flow of water into the first region towards the predefined zone.
A laundry appliance having a laundry drying chamber and a sensor for measuring the humidity of laundry items contained in the laundry drying chamber. The sensor includes an operating support having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The sensor also has at least one first pad provided on the first surface of the operating support and at least one second pad provided on the second surface of the operating support, both the first pad and the second pad being made of an electrically conductive material and being adapted to operate as a plate of a capacitor. Methods for detecting humidity of laundry items are also provided.
F26B 19/00 - Machines or apparatus for drying solid materials or objects not covered by groups
D06F 34/18 - Condition of the laundry, e.g. nature or weight
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A method to control operation of a laundry dryer. The method includes starting a drying cycle, and receiving a user input command through one of a first interface and a second interface. If the command is provided through the first interface, a first working routine is started. If the same command is provided through the second interface, a second working routine is started. The second routing is different in at least one operational parameter than the first working routine. A laundry dryer configured to perform the method is also provided.
F26B 7/00 - Drying solid materials or objects by processes using a combination of processes not covered by a single one of groups or
D06F 58/38 - Control of operational steps, e.g. for optimisation or improvement of operational steps depending on the condition of the laundry of drying, e.g. to achieve the target humidity
D06F 34/28 - Arrangements for program selection, e.g. control panels thereforArrangements for indicating program parameters, e.g. the selected program or its progress
D06F 103/04 - Quantity, e.g. weight or variation of weight
D06F 105/52 - Changing sequence of operational stepsCarrying out additional operational stepsModifying operational steps, e.g. by extending duration of steps
D06F 34/05 - Signal transfer or data transmission arrangements for wireless communication between components, e.g. for remote monitoring or control
A laundry dryer having a cabinet, a rotatable drum, a duct defining a flow passage for process air, and a filter assembly positioned in the duct. The filter assembly includes a frame, a filter surface, and a cleaning device. The cleaning device includes wiper seat, a wiper, and a handle portion connected to the wiper portion. The cleaning device is pivotally attached to the frame to rotate around an axis, to be movable from a first resting position in which the handle is substantially completely housed in the wiper seat, to a plurality of wiping positions in which the wiper portion wipes the first filtering surface. In at least in one of the wiping positions, the handle portion protrudes from the wiper seat, and the handle portion is operable to perform the transition from the first resting position to any of the wiping positions.
A laundry washing machine having: a casing, a washing tub located within the casing, a drum mounted within the washing tub and configured to rotate relative to the casing, a door attached to the casing and being openable to provide access to the drum, an additive loading and supply system configured to receive loose detergent, one or more valves configured to selectively provide water to the additive loading and supply system, a tub supply pipe fluidly connecting the additive loading and supply system to the drum, a receptacle configured to receive a unit dose package comprising a water soluble pouch containing a dose of cleaning product, and means for breaking the unit dose package outside the additive loading and supply system.
D06F 21/04 - Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement about a horizontal axis within an enclosing receptacle
D06F 33/00 - Control of operations performed in washing machines or washer-dryers
D06F 34/18 - Condition of the laundry, e.g. nature or weight
D06F 35/00 - Washing machines, apparatus, or methods not otherwise provided for
D06F 37/04 - Rotary receptacles, e.g. drums adapted for rotation or oscillation about a horizontal or inclined axis
A washing liquid distribution device may be provided that includes a holder and an impeller. The holder may hold the impeller within a washing chamber of a dishwasher. The impeller may include a disc-shaped body provided with a plurality of impeller blades extending from a surface of the disc-shaped body. The impeller blades may include driving blades being angled in a first direction to cause rotation of the impeller when washing liquid is directed onto the driving blades. The impeller blades may include at least one backflow blade being angled in a second direction, where the second direction is opposite to the first direction. The present disclosure may also relate to a dishwasher including a washing liquid distribution device.
A47L 15/42 - Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or table-ware Details
A47L 15/23 - Rotary spraying devices moved by means of the sprays
B05B 3/04 - Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet
42.
Dishware supporting arrangement and dishwasher comprising dishware supporting arrangement
A dishware supporting arrangement is provided that may include a mesh structure and a tilting mechanism. The mesh structure may include a structure main extension plane and may include a first plurality of ribs connected to a second plurality of ribs. The first plurality of ribs may extend along a first plane at a first angle and the second plurality of ribs may extend along a second plane at a second angle. The tilting mechanism may allow the mesh structure to be titled around at least one axis between a first position and a second position and may hold the mesh structure in the first position and in the second position. Each of the first plurality of ribs and each of the second plurality of ribs may be inclined in relation to the rack main extension plane at the first position and at the second position.
A household appliance and method for determining if an amount of deposition of scale exceeds a reference amount of deposition of scale may include obtaining a start temperature of a heating element, turning on the heating element at first point in time to heat the liquid from the liquid start temperature and simultaneously starting measuring a time interval from the first point in time, monitoring, at a second point in time, a behavior of the measured temperature of the heating element during heating of the liquid in the heating space in order to determine if a boiling temperature of the liquid has been reached, comparing the measured time interval with a reference heating duration and determining if the amount of deposition of scale on the heating element exceeds the reference amount of deposition of scale.
A47L 15/42 - Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or table-ware Details
G01N 25/08 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of thermal means by investigating changes of state or changes of phaseInvestigating or analysing materials by the use of thermal means by investigating sintering of boiling point
G05D 23/19 - Control of temperature characterised by the use of electric means
44.
Method for controlling operation of a household appliance and a household appliance
A method for controlling operation of a household appliance may include supplying a liquid to a first space, determining a first behavior(TB1) of temperature measured by a first temperature sensor during supplying of the liquid to the first space, supplying the liquid to a second space by activating a pump in order to transport the liquid from the first space to the second space, determining a second behavior (TB2) of temperature measured by a second temperature sensor during supplying of the liquid to the second space, and determining if a sufficient amount of the liquid has been supplied to the second space or not based on the second behavior (TB2) evaluated with respect to the first behavior (TB1). A household appliance may also be provided.
A dishwasher is disclosed that may include a washing chamber, a rack, and a bracket. The rack may be slidably arranged in relation to the bracket to provide different vertical positions of the rack in relation to the washing chamber. The dishwasher may include a securing mechanism configured to secure the rack in relation to the bracket, in at least a first vertical position of the rack in relation to the washing chamber. The securing mechanism may include a protruding element and a tapered portion. The protruding element may be arranged to extend into the tapered portion when the rack is in the first vertical position. The tapered portion may be arranged to prevent movement of the protruding element through the tapered portion to secure the rack in relation to the bracket.
F16B 2/14 - Clamps, i.e. with gripping action effected by positive means other than the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening using wedges
An appliance having: a control unit managing the operation of the appliance; at least one hydraulic component actionable for distributing water/treating liquids within the appliance; a plurality of sensors arranged for acquiring information regarding physical parameters associated with the operation of the appliance, and a module managing at least part of the water/treating liquids distribution within the appliance. The module includes the at least one hydraulic component; at least two sensors of the plurality of sensors, and a local control unit managing the operation of the at least one hydraulic component and/or receiving the information acquired by the at least two sensors.
D06F 33/34 - Control of operational steps, e.g. optimisation or improvement of operational steps depending on the condition of the laundry of water filling
D06F 103/14 - Supply, recirculation or draining of washing liquid
D06F 103/20 - Washing liquid condition, e.g. turbidity
D06F 105/04 - Water supply from separate hot and cold water inlets
D06F 105/52 - Changing sequence of operational stepsCarrying out additional operational stepsModifying operational steps, e.g. by extending duration of steps
47.
Dishwasher, method and control system for handling clogging condition
A method for handling a clogging condition in a dishwasher may include detecting the clogging condition; upon detecting the clogging condition, interrupting a wash cycle of the dishwasher and executing a remedial operation to remove the clogging condition. The remedial operation may include executing a drain operation for a predetermined drain time during which a drain pump may be continuously or intermittently operated to drain water from a sump of the dishwasher; following the drain operation, executing a fill operation for a predetermined fill time during which a fill valve may be continuously or intermittently activated to add water to the dishwasher; and following the fill operation, executing a circulation operation during which a circulation pump may be continuously or intermittently operated to remove the clogging condition. A dishwasher and a control system for handling a clogging condition are also provided.
A laundry dryer having a cabinet with a plinth, a first door on the plinth, a drum rotatable in the cabinet, a process air flow duct exiting the drum, and a filter assembly behind the first door in the a duct section inside the plinth. The filter assembly includes a frame, a filter supported by the frame, and a cleaning device. The cleaning device has a slidable wiper and a fluff collector. The cleaning device is movable within the frame to cause the wiper to wipe the filter, and to collect material wiped from the filter in the fluff collector.
A wash arm assembly may include: a wash arm having a circular opening with a center, an edge, and a mounting unit having a circular insertion portion and a supporting portion. The mounting unit may be inserted at least partly in the circular opening to mount the wash arm within the dishwasher and to allow rotation of the wash arm around a rotational axis. The insertion portion may be inserted at least partly in the circular opening to form a passage between the edge and the circular insertion portion when the mounting unit is inserted at least partly in the circular opening. The wash arm may include a protrusion, and the supporting portion and the wash arm may form a chamber delimited by the passage and the protrusion when the supporting portion supports the wash arm. A dishwasher including the wash arm assembly may also be provided.
An appliance having a drying chamber for performing a drying cycle, a capacitive sensing arrangement within the drying chamber and configured to generate an electric signal indicative of a degree of humidity of a load contained in the drying chamber, and a control unit arranged for carrying out at least one among: estimating a mass of the load; estimating a residual humidity of the load; estimating a residual time to the end of the drying cycle, and detecting an end of the drying cycle according to the electric signal.
D06F 58/38 - Control of operational steps, e.g. for optimisation or improvement of operational steps depending on the condition of the laundry of drying, e.g. to achieve the target humidity
D06F 103/04 - Quantity, e.g. weight or variation of weight
D06F 103/10 - Humidity expressed as capacitance or resistance
D06F 25/00 - Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and for centrifugally separating water from the laundry and having further drying means, e.g. using hot air
A laundry treating apparatus having a tub, a drum rotatably mounted inside the tub, at least one electrical powered element mounted in the drum, a wireless power transmitter unit and a wireless power receiver unit. The wireless power receiver unit supplies power to the electrical powered element.
D06F 25/00 - Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and for centrifugally separating water from the laundry and having further drying means, e.g. using hot air
52.
Refrigeration apparatus and process for producing the same
A refrigeration apparatus having an external housing cabinet an inner storage cabinet having a first compartment intended to be cooled at a first temperature, and a second compartment intended to be cooled at a second temperature lower than the first temperature and separated from the first compartment by a partition wall. The first and second compartments and partition wall are defined by a single-piece plastic liner. At least one duct allows air to pass from the first compartment to the second compartment, and at least one fan is provided to force air from the first compartment to the second compartment through duct. At least one evaporator is provided to cool down the air flow before its emission into the second compartment or when it is flowing into the second compartment. A method for producing such a refrigeration apparatus is also provided.
F25D 17/06 - Arrangements for circulating cooling fluidsArrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating gas, e.g. by natural convection by forced circulation
A wash arm assembly may include wash arm having a tubular connection portion and a tubular receiving means for receiving the tubular connection portion. The tubular connection portion may include a first guiding surface and a second guiding surface, and the tubular receiving means may include a third guiding surface and a fourth guiding surface. The first guiding surface may be aligned to the third guiding surface and the second guiding surface may be aligned to the fourth guiding surface when the tubular connection portion is inserted in the tubular receiving means. The first, second, third and fourth guiding surfaces may be arranged to guide the tubular connection portion and the tubular receiving means into alignment with each other upon rotation of the wash arm. A dishwasher including the wash arm assembly may also be provided.
A dishwasher may include a washing chamber and a wash arm arrangement having a wash arm rotatably arranged in the washing chamber, and a satellite spray device arranged on the wash arm. The dishwasher may include at least one sensor configured to sense a rotational position of the wash arm and a control unit configured to monitor consecutive sensed rotational positions of the wash arm. The control unit may be configured to calculate a rotational speed of the wash arm based on an elapsed time and a rotational distance between two sensed rotational positions, and may be configured to estimate a current rotational position of the wash arm based on an elapsed time since a previously sensed rotational position and the calculated rotational speed. The control unit may adapt the pumping intensity of a pump of the dishwasher based on the estimated current rotational position of the wash arm.
A laundry washing machine equipped with a treating agents dispenser comprising a drawer having an upper side comprising one or more open-top compartments for receiving at least one agent for treating laundry and a water distributor arranged above said drawer. A cover element is arranged between the drawer and the water distributor and the cover element comprises at least one aperture positioned above one of said one or more open-top compartments.
D06F 39/02 - Devices for adding soap or other washing agents
D06F 21/04 - Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement about a horizontal axis within an enclosing receptacle
Embodiments of a dishwasher may include a frame defining a treatment chamber for items to be washed, and at least one coupling system for coupling the frame to furniture walls. Each one of the at least one coupling system may include a support element coupled with the frame with the possibility of moving with respect to the frame, the support element being further adapted to be fixed to a corresponding furniture wall by means of a fastening member; and a regulation element coupled with the support element and operable to cause a movement of the frame with respect to the support element after the support element is fixed to the corresponding furniture wall.
A dishwasher may include a frame defining a treatment chamber for items to be washed; a door for selectively accessing the treatment chamber, the door including a door panel; and at least one coupling system for coupling a decorative front panel to the door panel. The at least one coupling system may include a support member coupled to the door panel; a sliding member coupled to the decorative front panel and slidably coupled to the support member for sliding with respect and parallel thereto, such that the sliding of the sliding member with respect to the support member causes the sliding of the decorative front panel with respect to the door panel; and a regulation group including a rotatable regulation member that can be rotated by a user and a conversion member coupled to the regulation member and to the sliding member for converting a rotation of the regulation member into the sliding of the sliding member.
Provided herein are an appliance and method for washing and rinsing goods. The appliance may include a circulation pump, a sensing arrangement arranged to measure an indication of circulation pump pressure or process water flow rate through the circulation pump, and a controller arranged to control operating speed of the circulation pump. The controller may be further arranged to detect that the indicated circulation pump pressure or process water flow rate through the circulation pump is insufficient, and gradually reduce operating speed of the circulation pump until the circulation pump pressure or the process water flow rate through the circulation pump is at a sufficient operational level.
A bracket is provided that may be configured to attach a structure to a wall inside a wash tub of a dishwasher. The bracket may be arranged to be attached to the structure and may include a first protrusion and at least a second protrusion arranged to attach the bracket and the attached structure to the wall by extending through a respective aperture in the wall. A dishwasher and a method of attaching a structure to a wall inside a wash tub for a dishwasher may also be provided.
A method for obtaining information about a load of articles to be cleaned in a dishwasher is provided. The method may include stopping a pump from pumping liquid through a spraying system of the dishwasher at a point of time; recording a pressure signal in a sump of the dishwasher from the point of time the pump was stopped; measuring a time period, said time period being measured from the point of time the pump stopped until the pressure signal is essentially stable; and comparing the time period with reference values for obtaining information about the load in the dishwasher. A corresponding dishwasher, computer program, and computer program product may be provided.
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