Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Suspensionless laundry apparatuses and methods of balancing a laundry apparatus
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Application No.: US17172479Application Date: 2021-02-10
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Publication No.: US11697900B2Publication Date: 2023-07-11
- Inventor: Clifford Theodore Papsdorf
- Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
- Applicant Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
- Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Agent Gary J. Foose
- Priority: EP 156328 2020.02.10
- Main IPC: D06F34/16
- IPC: D06F34/16 ; D06F37/22 ; D06F37/26 ; D06F103/26 ; D06F21/04

Abstract:
A laundry apparatus includes an exterior housing, a tub, one or more tub mounts rigidly mounting the tub to the exterior housing, a drum positioned within the tub and rotatable relative to the tub, a control unit, a motor, one or more load imbalance sensors, and a dynamic balancing assembly. The motor is communicatively coupled to the control unit and operatively coupled to the drum. The one or more load imbalance sensors are communicatively coupled to the control unit and configured to output a load imbalance signal to the control unit, the load imbalance signal being indicative of a load imbalance within the drum. The dynamic balancing assembly is includes one or more counterweight devices configured to be orbited about the primary rotation axis to counteract a detected load imbalance in the drum. The tub is unsupported by any displaceable suspension members extending between the tub and the exterior housing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210246591A1 SUSPENSIONLESS LAUNDRY APPARATUSES AND METHODS OF BALANCING A LAUNDRY APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-08-12
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