US 10,865,507 B2Granted

Washing machine with drawers and flexible washing compartment

AssigneeRoderinno AB

InventorFredrik Magnusson

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Abstract

Washing machine (1) for the washing of laundry such as clothes and textiles, which washing machine comprises a housing, open frame (1a), wherein the housing (1a) comprises: an inlet (4), for supplying washing water, an outlet (5), for disposal of washing water, a pump (6), for pumping the washing water and air, that the housing (1a) comprises at least one, preferably a plurality of washing drawers (2), each washing drawer (2) having a pair of conduits (4a, 5a) for fluid tight connection of a respective flexible washing compartment (10) for washing laundry and arranged in the washing drawer (2)), wherein each drawer (2) of the housing (1a) is arranged to lead water from the inlet (4) of the housing (1a) via conduit (4a) to the respective washing compartment (10) arranged therein and, by means of the pump (6) and conduit (5a), to pump air and water out from the respective flexible washing compartment (10) in order to create a pressure difference inside the washing compartment (10) with respect to the surrounding pressure and by that emptying the flexible washing compartment (10) of washing water and air, wherein one or more inflatable outer compartment(s) 10′ is/are arranged to provide pressure on the outside of the washing compartment 10.

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Dependent claims

A washing machine for the washing of laundry, which washing machine comprises a housing, wherein the housing comprises:

an inlet, for supplying washing water,
an outlet, for disposal of washing water,
a pump, for pumping the washing water and air,
that the housing comprises at least one washing drawer, each washing drawer having a pair of conduits for fluid tight connection of a respective flexible washing compartment for washing laundry and arranged in the washing drawer, wherein each washing drawer of the housing is arranged to lead water from the inlet of the housing via a first conduit of the pair of conduits to the respective flexible washing compartment arranged therein and, by means of the pump and a second conduit of the pair of conduits, to pump air and water out from the respective flexible washing compartment in order to create a pressure difference inside the flexible washing compartment with respect to the surrounding pressure and by that emptying the flexible washing compartment of washing water and air, wherein at least two inflatable outer compartment are arranged to provide pressure on the outside of the flexible washing compartment, the at least two inflatable outer compartments being configured to operate in conjunction with the pump so as to lift up laundry positioned on the at least two inflatable outer compartments when the pump is switched on.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/087,187Filed 15 Feb 2017
Priority: SE 165039123 Mar 2016
Published: US 2019/0100863 A14 Apr 2019
Granted: 15 Dec 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

D06F 15/02
Washing machines having beating, rubbing or squeezing means in receptacles stationary for washing purposes: wherein the articles being washed are…
D06F 39/088
Liquid supply or discharge arrangements: liquid supply arrangements
D06F 17/02
Washing machines having receptacles, stationary for washing purposes, wherein the washing action is effected solely by circulation or agitation…
D06F 18/00
Washing machines having receptacles, stationary for washing purposes, and having further drying