Laundry pedestal

• US 20090178441A1
• Filed: 01/11/2008
• Published: 07/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Original Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Inventors: Willhoit, Robert Douglas, Detrick, Paige, Hanau, Andreas, Fang, Huiyu
• Application Number:
  US12/008,588
• Publication Number:
  US 20090178441A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 68/20
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 29/00 Combinations of a washing machine with other separate apparatus in a common frame or the like, e.g. with rinsing apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 37/20 Mountings, e.g. resilient mountings, for the rotary receptacle, motor, tub or casing; Preventing or damping vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 39/125 Supporting arrangements for the casing, e.g. rollers or legs

Abstract

A laundry assembly is provided. The laundry assembly includes a pedestal, a washer on the pedestal, and a dryer on the pedestal, in which the washer is adjacent to the dryer in a horizontal plane, and a longitudinal extent of the pedestal is parallel to the horizontal plane of the washer and the dryer.

Claims

1. A laundry assembly comprising:

a pedestal;

a washer on the pedestal; and

a dryer on the pedestal,

wherein the washer is adjacent to the dryer in a horizontal plane, and

wherein a longitudinal extent of the pedestal is parallel to the horizontal plane of the washer and the dryer.

2. The laundry assembly according to claim 1, wherein the longitudinal extent of the pedestal increases a moment arm of the laundry assembly to resist rotational or translational movement of the laundry assembly.

3. The laundry assembly according to claim 1, wherein a combination of the pedestal, washer, and dryer forms a mass-damping system for the laundry assembly.

4. The laundry assembly according to claim 1, wherein a combination of the pedestal, washer, and dryer suppresses vibration in the laundry assembly.

5. The laundry assembly according to claim 1, wherein a combination of the pedestal, washer, and dryer is configured such that, during operation of the washer and dryer, a first moment applied to the laundry assembly by one of the washer or dryer is offset or reduced by a second moment applied to the laundry assembly by another of the washer or dryer.

6. The laundry assembly according to claim 1, wherein the pedestal includes four feet disposed at corners of the pedestal.

7. The laundry assembly according to claim 6, wherein the pedestal further includes a foot disposed substantially at a center of the horizontal extent of the pedestal.

8. The laundry assembly according to claim 6, wherein the pedestal further includes two feet disposed substantially at a center of the horizontal extent of the pedestal.

9. The laundry assembly according to claim 7, wherein the foot is configured to be manipulable.

10. The laundry assembly according to claim 9, wherein the foot is rotatable, collapsible, retractable, or removable.

11. The laundry assembly according to claim 1, wherein the pedestal includes a leveling device.

12. The laundry assembly according to claim 11, wherein the leveling device is on an upper surface of the pedestal.

13. The laundry assembly according to claim 12, wherein the leveling device is disposed along a front edge of the upper surface of the pedestal and substantially at a mid-point of the longitudinal extent of the pedestal.

14. An apparatus comprising:

a pedestal;

a first machine on the pedestal; and

a second machine on the pedestal,

wherein the first machine is adjacent to the second machine in a horizontal plane,

wherein a longitudinal extent of the pedestal is parallel to the horizontal plane of the first machine and the second machine, and

wherein the first machine or the second machine has a rotatable drum.

15. A pedestal for an assembly having a first machine and a second machine, the pedestal comprising:

a support structure that spaces a top surface from a bottom surface of the pedestal,

wherein the pedestal has a central axis that is parallel to the top surface of the pedestal and perpendicular to a longitudinal extent of the top surface of the pedestal,

wherein the pedestal has a center of mass which is located a first distance from the central axis of the pedestal, and

wherein the pedestal is adapted to receive the first machine and the second machine to thereby shift the center of mass of the pedestal a second distance from the central axis of the pedestal.

16. The pedestal according to claim 15, wherein the top surface has a surface area substantially equal to or greater than a sum of a plan area of the first machine and the second machine, and

wherein the longitudinal extent of the top surface is substantially equal to a sum of a longitudinal extent of the first machine and a longitudinal extent of the second machine.

17. The pedestal according to claim 16, further comprising:

a first adjustable foot disposed at each corner of the bottom surface of the pedestal; and

a second foot disposed substantially at a center of a longitudinal extent of the bottom surface of the pedestal.

18. The pedestal according to claim 17, wherein the second foot is configured to be manipulable.

19. The pedestal according to claim 15, further comprising:

a leveling device.

20. The pedestal according to claim 19, wherein the leveling device is disposed along a front edge of the top surface of the pedestal and substantially at a mid-point of the longitudinal extent of the top surface of the pedestal.