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METHOD FOR OPERATING A WASHING MACHINE, AND WASHING MACHINE
20230119831 · 2023-04-20 ·

A washing machine and method for operating a washing machine having a suds container for holding washing liquid, a non-ribbed drum provided with stamped portions rotatably mounted in the suds container for holding laundry, a motor for driving the drum, and a control device. During rotation of the drum in a subcritical rotational speed range, the method includes sampling a variable related to the drum or the motor over a predetermined period of time to determine time signals of the variable, executing a frequency analysis of the time signal of the variable to determine frequency components of the variable in a predetermined frequency range, summing the frequency components at predetermined frequencies of the predetermined frequency range, and detecting, depending on the sum of the summed up frequency components, whether a loading situation where laundry is sliding in the drum is present.

CLOTHES TREATMENT APPARATUS

Disclosed is a clothes treatment apparatus. The clothes treatment apparatus of the present disclosure may comprise: a cabinet; a drum rotatably provided in the cabinet; an induction heater which is disposed outside the drum and heats the drum; a magnet which is fixed to the drum and of which a residual magnetic flux density changes depending on temperature; and a coil fixed to the outside of the drum and disposed at a position overlapping the magnet in the longitudinal direction of the central axis of rotation of the drum.

CLOTHES TREATMENT APPARATUS

Disclosed is a clothes treatment apparatus. The clothes treatment apparatus of the present disclosure may comprise: a cabinet; a drum rotatably provided in the cabinet; an induction heater which is disposed outside the drum and heats the drum; a magnet which is fixed to the drum and of which a residual magnetic flux density changes depending on temperature; and a coil fixed to the outside of the drum and disposed at a position overlapping the magnet in the longitudinal direction of the central axis of rotation of the drum.

OZONE LAUNDRY SYSTEM
20230069797 · 2023-03-02 ·

A water ozonation system (18) that receives source water (16) from a water source (14) and converts it to ozonated water (20) for use in a washing machine (12) includes a system body (30), an ozone generator (38), a sensor assembly (21), and a controller (46). The system body (30) receives the source water (16) from the water source (14). The ozone generator (38) is configured to generate ozone. The ozone generator (38) is coupled the system body (30). The sensor assembly (21) is also coupled to the system body (30). The sensor assembly (21) is configured to sense at least one ambient environmental condition and generate at least one electronic data signal based on the sensed at least one ambient environmental condition. The controller (46) receives the at least one electronic data signal from the sensor assembly (21) and regulates a level of ozone that is generated by the ozone generator (38) based at least in part on the at least one electronic data signal.

OZONE LAUNDRY SYSTEM
20230069797 · 2023-03-02 ·

A water ozonation system (18) that receives source water (16) from a water source (14) and converts it to ozonated water (20) for use in a washing machine (12) includes a system body (30), an ozone generator (38), a sensor assembly (21), and a controller (46). The system body (30) receives the source water (16) from the water source (14). The ozone generator (38) is configured to generate ozone. The ozone generator (38) is coupled the system body (30). The sensor assembly (21) is also coupled to the system body (30). The sensor assembly (21) is configured to sense at least one ambient environmental condition and generate at least one electronic data signal based on the sensed at least one ambient environmental condition. The controller (46) receives the at least one electronic data signal from the sensor assembly (21) and regulates a level of ozone that is generated by the ozone generator (38) based at least in part on the at least one electronic data signal.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAPTURING IMAGES FOR USE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROCESSES IN A LAUNDRY APPLIANCE
20230124027 · 2023-04-20 ·

A laundry appliance includes a camera assembly mounted within view of a chamber configured for receiving a load of clothes. A controller is operably coupled to the camera assembly for waking the camera only when certain conditions occur. Specifically, the controller is configured to detect an activity trigger indicative of interaction with the laundry appliance, obtain one or more images of the chamber using the camera assembly in response to detecting the activity trigger, and analyze the one or more images using a machine learning image recognition process to identify the occurrence of a predetermined condition or event.

DOSING APPARATUS
20230116564 · 2023-04-13 · ·

A metering device for metering and supplying media via a fluid line to at least one target apparatus, in particular to an industrial textile washing machine, wherein the metering device is connected to at least one container which is filled with a medium. The metering device has a control unit which, in order to carry out a metering process with the aid of at least one pump, causes a specific volume of medium to be removed from the container and a conveyance of this volume towards the target apparatus. The fluid line has at least one heating element and at least one temperature sensor connected to a measuring device, wherein, by way of the measuring device, with the aid of a measurement value output by the temperature sensor, information about a performed conveyance of the medium through the fluid line can be determined and transmitted to the control unit.

APPLIANCE HAVING A USER INTERFACE WITH PROGRAMMABLE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES

A home appliance including a user interface with a plurality of LEDs, the LEDs being activated and deactivated according to predetermined sequences as dictated by input signals and triggers to the user interface.

APPLIANCE HAVING A USER INTERFACE WITH PROGRAMMABLE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES

A home appliance including a user interface with a plurality of LEDs, the LEDs being activated and deactivated according to predetermined sequences as dictated by input signals and triggers to the user interface.

Washing machine

According to the present disclosure, a washing machine includes: a cabinet; a tub disposed in the cabinet and configured to receive water; a drum rotatably disposed in the tub and configured to receive laundry; a drawer configured to be inserted into and withdrawn out of the cabinet, the drawer being configured to contain detergent; a first passage connecting the drawer and the tub; a detergent supply device disposed at the cabinet, the detergent supply device being configured to contain detergent; and a second passage disposed between the detergent supply device and the tub or between the detergent supply device and the drawer, the second passage being configured to guide the detergent contained in the detergent supply device to the tub or the drawer.