WASHING MACHINE SYSTEM AND WASHING METHOD

• US 20140041418A1
• Filed: 10/11/2013
• Published: 02/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Jong Min, KIM, Young Ho, CHANG, Jae Won, LEE, Sang Hoon, KIM, Chang Oh, KIM, Jae Hyun
• Granted Patent: US 9,689,104 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 68/17.R
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 39/02 Devices for adding soap or other washing agents
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 39/022 in a liquid state D06F39/024 takes precedence

Abstract

A system including an enclosure of a washing machine, a drum within the enclosure, a mixing unit, within the enclosure but separate from the drum and in fluid communication with the drum, a water supply unit coupled to the mixing unit, a reservoir having a conduit fluidly coupled to the mixing unit, and a container connecting assembly configured to fix a spout of a container to the reservoir. An apparatus including a reservoir, external to a washing machine, to receive a liquid wash aid, a container connecting assembly coupled to the reservoir and configured to fix a spout of a container containing liquid wash aid to the reservoir, a flexible conduit to pass liquid wash aid from the reservoir to the washing machine, and a wash aid control unit connected to the flexible conduit and adapted to meter a flow of liquid wash aid from the reservoir to the washing machine.

Claims

1. An apparatus for use with a washing machine, comprising:

a reservoir, external to the washing machine, to receive a liquid wash aid

a container connecting assembly coupled to the reservoir and configured to fix a spout of a container containing the liquid wash aid into the reservoir;

a flexible conduit to pass the liquid wash aid from the reservoir to the washing machine; and

a wash aid control unit connected to the flexible conduit and adapted to meter a flow of the liquid wash aid from the reservoir to the washing machine.