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Patent No.:

US 12221736 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 10, 2021

Laundry washing machine with dynamic drain system

Applicant:

Midea Group Co., Ltd., Foshan, CN;

Inventors:

Phillip C. Hombroek, Louisville, KY (US);

Alexi Blaise Poth, Louisville, KY (US);

John Kenneth Hooker, Louisville, KY (US);

Assignee:

MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong, CN;

Attorney:

Gray Ice Higdon

Primary Examiner:

Levon J Shahinian

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 23/02 (2006.01); D06F 23/04 (2006.01); D06F 33/40 (2020.01); D06F 33/42 (2020.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 103/02 (2020.01); D06F 103/06 (2020.01); D06F 103/18 (2020.01); D06F 105/08 (2020.01); D06F 105/48 (2020.01); D06F 105/56 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/42 (2020.02); D06F 23/02 (2013.01); D06F 23/04 (2013.01); D06F 33/40 (2020.02); D06F 39/085 (2013.01); D06F 39/087 (2013.01); D06F 2103/02 (2020.02); D06F 2103/06 (2020.02); D06F 2103/18 (2020.02); D06F 2105/08 (2020.02); D06F 2105/48 (2020.02); D06F 2105/56 (2020.02);
Abstract

A laundry washing machine and method control a time or duration of a drain operation at least in part based upon a type of a load being washed in the laundry washing machine. By doing so, the amount of time in which a drain operation is performed may be customized for different types of loads, and in many instances, may reduce the amount of noise and/or energy consumption associated with draining a wash tub during a wash cycle.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hombroek, Phillip. (2025). Laundry washing machine with dynamic drain system (U.S. Patent No. 12221736). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12221736

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