AUTOMATED LAUNDRY SYSTEM
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention is directed to an automated laundry system. The system includes a number of perforated clothes drums, each of which holds a single load of laundry, and a washer/dryer unit. The washer/dryer unit includes a loading rack for queuing the drums for subsequent washing, a clothes washing component adapted to sequentially receive the drums from the loading rack and wash the respective loads of laundry therein, a clothes drying component adapted to sequentially receive the drums from the clothes washing component and dry the loads of laundry therein, and a holding rack for sequentially receiving the drums from the clothes drying component and holding the drums for a period of time.
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40 Claims
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23. An automated laundry system comprising:
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a plurality of perforated clothes drums, each of the drums for holding a single load of laundry; and a washer/dryer unit comprising; a loading rack for queuing the drums for subsequent washing; a clothes washing component below the loading rack and operable to sequentially receive the drums from the loading rack and wash the respective loads of laundry therein; a clothes drying component operable to sequentially receive the drums from the clothes washing component and dry the loads of laundry therein; and a holding rack, below the clothes drying component, for sequentially receiving the drums from the clothes drying component and holding the drums for a period of time. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An automated laundry system comprising:
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a loading component operable to queue at least two drums of individual, separated loads of laundry; a washing component, below the loading component and operable to receive from the loading component, and wash, in succession, each of the at least two loads; a drying component operable to receive from the washing component, dry, and eject from the drying component, in succession, each of the at least two loads; a memory configured to store at least two laundry programs, each of the at least two laundry programs associated with a respective one of the queued at least two individual, separated loads of laundry; and a controller coupled to the washing and drying components, the controller configured to cause the washing and drying components to, respectively, wash and dry each of the at least two loads according to a respective one of the at least two laundry programs. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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