D06F 23/00
Washing machines with receptacles
Official title: Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and for centrifugally separating water from the laundry (with further drying means D06F25/00; program-control aspects D06F33/00)
D06F23/00 (Washing machines with receptacles) appears on 1,059 US grants and 1,459 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 1,459
- Assignees
- 133
- Inventors
- 1,884
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 73 | 89 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Laundry machine6 Oct 2026US 12,753,542 B2Whirlpool Corporation
- Washing machine and control method for washing machine29 Sep 2026US 12,747,530 B2Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
- Control method for washing machine and washing machine22 Sep 2026US 12,742,278 B2Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
- Method of monitoring a dispensing assembly of a washing machine appliance8 Sep 2026US 12,729,470 B2Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Laundry treatment appliance and water saving methods for laundry treatment appliances8 Sep 2026US 12,729,472 B2Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Laundry appliance with removable basket assembly1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297833 A1Whirlpool Corporation
- Method of using turbidity measurements to detect wash additives in a washing machine appliance24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286591 A1Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Panelized lid assembly for washing machine appliance24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286594 A1Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Laundry treating appliance having a door assembly17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275614 A1Whirlpool Corporation
- Laundry machine appliance vent for lowering humidity and noise17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275615 A1Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Drawer-type washing machine and process of washing laundry using the same96US 6,618,887 B2LG Electronics Inc. · 2003
- Drum type washing machine65US 6,539,753 B1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 2003
- Drum type washing machine60US 6,564,594 B1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 2003
- Laundering apparatus, method of operating a laundry machine, control system for an electronically commutated motor, method of operating an electronically commutated motor, and circuit59US 4,556,827 AGeneral Electric Company · 1985
- Laundry washing machine56US 4,580,421 AIndustri Zanussi S.p.A. · 1986