Automatic laundry apparatus having a super wash cycle

• US 3,197,980 A
• Filed: 09/06/1963
• Issued: 08/03/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Walter L. Marple
• Original Assignee: Walter L. Marple
• Inventors: Marple, Walter L.
• Application Number:
  US04/307,251
• Time in Patent Office: 697 Days
• US Class Current: 68/12.12
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 2103/18 Washing liquid level
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 2105/02 Water supply
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 2105/08 Draining of washing liquids
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 34/08 Control circuits or arrangements thereof
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 35/006 for washing or rinsing only
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 39/02 Devices for adding soap or other washing agents

Claims

1. APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY LAUNDERING A BATCH OF MATERIAL THROUGH A PROGRAMMED SEQUENCE INCLUDING FINITE WASHING AND RINSING PERIODS COMPRISING:

MEANS FORMING A CONFINED TREATMENT ZONE, MEANS INCLUDING LIQUID LEVEL CONTROL MEANS FOR CHARGING SAID TREATMENT ZONE WITH A NORMAL QUANTITY OF LIQUID IN WHICH TO LAUNDER A BATCH OF MATERIALS, AGITATING CONTROL MEANS FOR AGITATING THE MATERIALS, AND THE LIQUID IN THE ZONE, MOTOR-OPERATED DRAIN CONTROL MEANS FOR REMOVING LIQUID FROM SAID ZONE, DETERGENT CONTROL MEANS FOR ADDING DETERGENT TO THE TREATMENT ZONE, AND A PRESETTABLE SEQUENTIAL CONTROLLER HAVING MEANS REGULATING SAID LIQUID LEVEL CONTROL MEANS TO CHARGE SAID TREATMENT ZONE WITH WATER TO A NORMAL LEVEL, TO ACTUATE SAID AGITATOR CONTROL MEANS FOR A DISCRETE PERIOD TO WEFT THE MATERIALS AND LOSSEN SURFACE SOIL THEREON, TO ACTUATE SAID DRAIN CONTROL MEANS TO REMOVE A QUANTITY OF THE LIQUID CONFINED IN THE ZONE, TO ACTUATE SAID DETERGENT CONTROL MEANS TO ADD A SUPPLY OF DETERGENT TO THE REDUCE QUANTITY OF LIQUID IN THE ZONE TO FORM A FIRST RELATIVELY HIGH CONCENTRATED DETERGENT LAUNDARY SOLUTION EQUAL TO 0.40 TO 0.50 PERCENT OF DETERGENT BY WEIGHT, TO ACTUATE SAID AGITATOR CONTROL MEANS TO AGITATE THE MATERIALS IN SAID FIRST CONCENTRATED LAUNDRY SOLUTION FOR A DISCRETE PERIOD, TO ACTUATE SAID LIQUID LEVEL CONTROL MEANS TO ADD FRESH LIQUID TO SAID FIRST CONCENTRATED LAUNDRY SOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A SECOND LAUNDRY SOLUTION OF A NORMALLY RECOMMENDED DETERGENT CONCENTRATION EQUAL TO 0.20 TO 0.25 PERCENT OF DETERGENT WEIGHT, AND TO THEREAFTER OPERATE SAID APPARATUS TO COMPLETE A NORMAL LAUNDRY SEQUENCE, THEREBY MINIMIZING REDEPOSITION OF SOIL PARTICLES ON THE MATERIALS.