D06F 17/06
Washing machines having receptacles, stationary for washing purposes, wherein the washing action
Official title: by rotary impellers
D06F17/06 (Washing machines having receptacles, stationary for washing purposes, wherein the washing action) appears on 283 US grants and 274 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 274
- Assignees
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Laundry washing machine with removable agitator25 Aug 2026US 12,716,155 B2Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co., Ltd.
- Washing machine and method of controlling the same16 Jun 2026US 12,655,560 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Impeller for laundry appliance that incorporates a filtering cap for separating particulate matter from wash fluid within the appliance2 Jun 2026US 12,644,219 B2Whirlpool Corporation
- Washing machine appliance having a removable agitator7 Apr 2026US 12,595,613 B2Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Laundry appliance having an impeller with a removable filtration structure7 Apr 2026US 12,595,617 B2Whirlpool Corporation
- Laundry appliance with removable basket assembly1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297834 A1Whirlpool Corporation
- Laundry appliance having an impeller with a removable filtration structure10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265986 A1Whirlpool Corporation
- Impeller for laundry appliance that incorporates a filtering cap for separating particulate matter from wash fluid within the appliance10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265987 A1Whirlpool Corporation
- Washing machine appliance with a removable filtering agitator25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176808 A1Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Impeller for laundry washing machine18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168150 A1Midea Group Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Washing machine agitator36US 5,440,903 AMaytag Corporation · 1995
- Double action agitator assembly36US 5,611,221 AMaytag Corporation · 1997
- Clothes washer having water recirculation system33US 5,509,283 ASamsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 1996
- Driving system for washing machine29US 5,887,458 ASamsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 1999
- Apparatus and method for rolling clothes in an automatic washer27US 6,212,722 B1Whirpool Corporation · 2001