D06F 58/45
Cleaning or disinfection of machine parts
Official title: Cleaning or disinfection of machine parts, e.g. of heat exchangers or filters
D06F58/45 (Cleaning or disinfection of machine parts) appears on 75 US grants and 126 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06F- Granted patents
- 75
- Published applications
- 126
- Assignees
- 25
- Inventors
- 304
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2015 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2017 | 3 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 6 |
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| 2020 | 5 | 6 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13 |
| 2022 | 1 | 12 |
| 2023 | 8 | 19 |
| 2024 | 10 | 14 |
| 2025 | 15 | 16 |
| 2026 | 11 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Self-cleaning system for a heat pump dryer8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308834 A1Whirlpool Corporation
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- Clothing processing apparatus and method for controlling clothing processing apparatus24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286596 A1LG Electronics Inc.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Air actuated automatic lint screen cleaning system for dryer53US 4,700,492 AWhirlpool Corporation · 1987
- Laundry drying unit having a lint screen arranged within a process air circuit and a method for operating said laundry drying unit35US 8,984,767 B2BSH Hausgeräte GmbH · 2015
- Lint filter assembly for use in a dryer18US 6,971,186 B12005
- Heat exchanger filter for self lint cleaning system in dryer appliance17US 10,544,539 B2Whirlpool Corporation · 2020
- Dryer apparatus14US 5,497,563 A1996