Patent classifications
D06F95/00
A LINEN SPREADER APPARATUS
The present invention relates to linen spreader apparatus including a conveyor defining a machine direction, a pair of spreader clamps movable transversally to said machine direction towards each other, and away from each other for spreading out a piece of linen, at least one charger station, each charger station delivering a corner of a leading portion of a piece of linen to a respective one of said spreader clamps, a transfer beam for transferring a piece of spread out linen from said at least one pair of spreader clamps to said conveyor, said transfer beam having a leading edge and a trailing edge and being arranged to move back and forth in said machine direction between advanced and retracted positions, said leading edge of said transfer beam located in a region below said spreader clamps in said advanced position, said transfer beam being configured for temporarily holding on to a portion of said piece of linen as the transfer beam moves from said advanced position towards said retracted position, and an elongated transverse abutment structure having an abutment face, for holding a portion of said piece of linen between said leading edge of said transfer beam and said abutment face, pressurised air exits for directing said leading portion of said piece of linen onto said transfer beam when said piece of linen is released from said spreader clamps, and one or more gates movable between a first position and a second position, said gates defining a part of said abutment face in said first position.
Knock-down hamper
A hamper has a fabric bag, and a supporting frame assembly that has a foldable wall assembly, a base and a top frame. The foldable wall assembly has a rear frame, a left frame a right frame. The base has a rear side that is pivotally connected with the bottom side of the rear frame, with the left and right sides of the base removably coupled to the bottom sides of the left frame and the right frame, respectively. The top frame has a rear side that is removably coupled to the top side of the rear frame, with the left and right sides of the top frame removably coupled to the top sides of the left frame and the right frame, respectively. The fabric bag has four side walls, each side wall having a lip extending around the upper edge of each side wall, and four vertical corner sleeve pockets.
Washer and Dryer System and Method of Use
The present invention relates to a combination washing and drying appliance for laundry. The appliance is configured to automatically transfer wet clothes from the washing unit to the dryer unit for automatically drying the clothes. The appliance has either vertical or horizontal stacked washing and dryer units. The washing and dryer units have a common conduit for automatically transferring the wet laundry from the washing unit to the dryer unit after a wash cycle is completed. The dryer unit is automatically activated for drying wet clothes when the wet clothes are deposed in the dryer drum of the dryer unit. The common conduit is accessible only after completion of the wash cycle using sliding doors positioned on the washing tub of the washing unit and the dryer drum of the dryer unit.
Washer and Dryer System and Method of Use
The present invention relates to a combination washing and drying appliance for laundry. The appliance is configured to automatically transfer wet clothes from the washing unit to the dryer unit for automatically drying the clothes. The appliance has either vertical or horizontal stacked washing and dryer units. The washing and dryer units have a common conduit for automatically transferring the wet laundry from the washing unit to the dryer unit after a wash cycle is completed. The dryer unit is automatically activated for drying wet clothes when the wet clothes are deposed in the dryer drum of the dryer unit. The common conduit is accessible only after completion of the wash cycle using sliding doors positioned on the washing tub of the washing unit and the dryer drum of the dryer unit.
Canvas Laundromat Hamper for Shopping Cart
A Canvas Laundromat Hamper for Shopping Cart is disclosed within, wherein laundry is placed when extracted from the washing machine and dryer, respectively. Wherein the canvas hamper is attached to the shopping cart with flaps extending from the panels over the top periphery of the shopping cart and secure to the outer side of each of the panel, to be secured with buttons through buttonholes, midway from the top and inside the shopping cart, the canvas hamper ends, and at the four lower corners of the canvas hamper are fashion ropes looped through grommet/eyelets to be secure inside the shopping cart.
Method for feeding pieces of laundry to an insertion machine
A method that provides to partially automate the feeding of pieces of laundry to an insertion machine by steps which necessitate long distances to be traveled being performed manually. With large pieces of laundry such as, for example, tablecloths and bed sheets, for complete automation a large amount of space is required and the clamps holding corners of the pieces of laundry are required to travel long distances. To achieve this, it is provided to temporarily store the respective piece of laundry after it has been separated and before it is delivered to an insertion machine. It is furthermore provided that in a first corner of the piece of laundry is supplied or held ready by an automatic separator for an operator to manually locate the second corner of the piece of laundry. Partial automation can be achieved without the cycle time being adversely affected owing to manual handling processes.
Laundry device configured to sealingly engage a visor of a ball cap during cleaning and method of use thereof
A laundry device and use thereof to sealingly engage a visor of a ball cap to be cleaned with a solvent. The laundry device includes at least one compressible sheet configured to contact at least a portion of at least one side of the visor continuously from side to side proximate an inner perimeter portion of the visor that faces and extends from a crown of the ball cap; first and second plates configured to sandwich the at least one compressible sheet and the visor therebetween, and having respective inner perimeter portions that face the crown, having respective outer perimeter portions that extend toward and optionally beyond the visor, and having a shape that accommodates the visor; and at least one attachment member that engages the first and second plates to join the plates and to compress and sealingly engage the at least one compressible sheet around the visor.
EXTENDABLE ATTACHABLE LAUNDRY BASKET
The present invention is related to a laundry basket that can be extendable and attachable. Regular laundry baskets only hold a certain amount of clothes once it reaches a certain capacity, but do not allow you to make extra space. Regular laundry baskets are placed near a washer or dryer but do not attach on to machines creating an easy load and unload. Presently, there is no solution for creating more space for overloaded clothes and no solution to creating an easy load and unload into a washing machine or dryer. The present invention provides an extendable attachable laundry basket that includes multiple receptacles that can be slidably extended to provide additional space for clothes and attachable means that creates a firm lock onto a washer or dryer bringing the basket closer to the machine to load or unload the clothes.
Washer and dryer combination
The present invention relates to an improved washer and dryer combination. The washer and dryer are in a side by side configuration that has the ability to transfer washed clothes from the washer to the dryer. The washer has a movable platform that can be tilted via hydraulic arms such that any clothes within the washers can slide down a chute that connects the interior spaces of the washer and dryer to one another. When clothes are not being transferred from the washer to dryer, the chute is covered by sliding doors. In addition, the device may use a mobile application that notifies a user of the various stages of the washing, drying, and transfer process have been completed.
Washer and dryer combination
The present invention relates to an improved washer and dryer combination. The washer and dryer are in a side by side configuration that has the ability to transfer washed clothes from the washer to the dryer. The washer has a movable platform that can be tilted via hydraulic arms such that any clothes within the washers can slide down a chute that connects the interior spaces of the washer and dryer to one another. When clothes are not being transferred from the washer to dryer, the chute is covered by sliding doors. In addition, the device may use a mobile application that notifies a user of the various stages of the washing, drying, and transfer process have been completed.