The invention provides an apparatus (8) for cleaning cloth which includes a body (10) with an aperture, a closure, which is engageable with the aperture, a tub (26) with an outer shell and a cylindrical Inner cavity which corresponds with the aperture, a drum (28), which is positioned inside the cylindrical inner cavity (54) and which includes a wall, with an inner surface, an outer surface and a plurality of perforations (62) in the wait, a base (64) and an opposing mouth (66) which registers with the aperture, a drive means (30) which is connected to or engaged with the drum and which allows rotational movement of the drum about an axis, a generator (32) and an electrical power supply (78), inside the body, wherein the power supply is adapted to provide pulsating electrical power to the generator and wherein the generator is actuable to produce pulses of microwave energy at least into part of the drum.

A clothes treating apparatus comprises a cabinet; a drum that is installed in the cabinet so as to be rotatable and accommodates objects to be treated; and a door installed on the front side of the cabinet, wherein one or more removable storage tanks are detachably provided on the door to store at least one of a detergent and a fabric softener. The fluid storage tanks are filled, in advance, with a predetermined amount of detergent and/or fabric softener sufficient for operating the clothes treating apparatus a plurality of times so that it is possible to solve the inconvenience of having to introduce a detergent and/or a fabric softener in the clothes treating apparatus whenever operating the clothes treating apparatus.

A door lock comprises an electromagnet (410), a latch shaft (320), a crank device (430) and the like. The crank device (430) is connected with the latch shaft (320) and driven by the electromagnet (410) to transform the linear motion of the electromagnet (410) into the rotary motion of the latch shaft (320). When the electromagnet (410) pushes or pulls the crank device (430), a latch head (202) rotates around an axis so that it can move to a locked position or an unlocked position. The door lock (200) of the present invention can transform the linear motion of the electromagnet (410) into the rotary motion of the latch head (202), so that the latch head (202) can be conveniently installed on the lateral surface rather than at an end of the door lock (200). The door lock (200) can be advantageously installed in the middle gap of a front panel (102) along an edge of a control panel of the washing machine (100) to lock the upper cover (101) from the middle part.

A washing machine is provided that may include a cabinet, a basket, and a backsplash. The cabinet may define an opening and include a backsplash bracket having a predefined footprint. The backsplash bracket may include one or more support decks, each having a planar top surface and a bottom surface. The backsplash bracket may define a first aperture extending through one support deck between a corresponding planar top surface and a corresponding bottom surface. The backsplash bracket may also define a second aperture extending through a support deck between a corresponding planar top surface and a corresponding bottom surface. The basket may be mounted within the cabinet and define a wash chamber beneath the opening to receive one or more clothing articles to be washed. The backsplash may be positioned over the predefined footprint and include a first and second engagement hook.

The present invention relates to a home appliance which can communicate with an outside of the home appliance and an online system including the same. According to embodiments of the present invention, an online system may be provided, including a server, a home appliance provided with remote control activation input means and connected to the server to enable communication therewith, and an external terminal having application for remote control of the home appliance through the server, wherein the home appliance is remotely controlled through the external terminal only if the remote control activation input means is selected.

The present invention relates to a household appliance (1) comprising a control panel (2) having an area (A) designated thereon which provides the user to select the desired program parameters by touching, a board holder (3) situated behind the control panel (2), a circuit board (4) situated in the board holder (3), at least one touch button (7) having at least one spring (5) one end of which is fixed to the circuit board (4) and which transmits to the circuit board (4) the capacitive difference that is formed when the designated area (A) is touched and having a plate (6) which is fixed to the free end of the spring (5) so as to contact the control panel (2), and a cover (8) mounted onto the circuit holder (3) and providing the circuit board (4) to be fixed in the board holder (3). The household appliance further comprises a first element (9) that is situated on the cover (8) and that extends outwards from the cover (8) in parallel to the spring (5), and a guide (11) that provides the cover (8) to be fixed on the board holder (3) by being mounted onto the cover (8) and that has a second element (10) that forms a housing (Y) surrounding the spring (5) by joining with the first element (9) when mounted onto the cover (8).

An operation display part according to the present invention includes a GUI display portion which displays each of display images having a size in a horizontal direction correlated with a duration of an operating time of each of the steps, a touch operating portion which extends or shortens the size of each of the display images, a controller which determines an operating time of each step based on the operating time corresponding to the size of each of the display images, and a memory which stores information of a settable range of the operating time of each steps set for each washing course, wherein, when an operating time of a step included in a predetermined washing course is set in the predetermined washing course, the GUI display portion displays the settable range of the operating time of this washing course as a range in a horizontal direction together with the display images. Consequently, in an electric machine and appliance which executes an operation action selected from a plurality of operation actions including a plurality of steps, it is possible to display a settable range of an operating time of each step of this selected operation action.

Disclosed herein is a drain pump driving apparatus and a laundry treatment machine including the same. The drain pump driving apparatus and the laundry treatment machine including the same according to an embodiment of the present invention include a motor to operate the drain pump, an inverter to convert a direct current (DC) power to an alternating current (AC) power by a switching operation and output the converted AC power to the motor, an output current detector to detect an output current flowing to the motor, and a controller to control the inverter, wherein the controller may calculate a speed ripple of the motor based on the output current and performs a control operation based on the calculated speed ripple of the motor to change a speed of the motor.

A system for monitoring sanitation agents in a laundry machine comprises a plurality of channels. Each channel has an input port, an output port, and a glass tube. Each input port and output port is adapted to be fluidly coupled to the laundry machine. The system includes a monitoring unit associated with each of the glass tubes. Each monitoring unit includes a bubble detector and a flow rate measurement unit. A beeper is configured to generate an indication of an alarm condition based on a determination made by any one of the monitoring units. The system has a display screen, a memory storing computer-readable instructions, and a controller communicatively coupled to each of the monitoring units. The controller is configured to execute the instructions to wirelessly communicate to a web page a volume of a sanitation agent that has passed through each of the glass tubes.

A washing machine appliance includes a reservoir and a dispensing assembly having a Venturi pump, a supply conduit and a water valve. The Venturi pump is coupled to the supply conduit such that the Venturi pump draws fluid additive from the reservoir when the water valve is open and water flows through the Venturi pump. A controller opens the water valve in response to actuation of a user input.