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Automated laundry system

  • US 8,813,287 B2
  • Filed: 08/05/2010
  • Issued: 08/26/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An automated laundry system comprising:

  • 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 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,wherein the clothes washing component comprises a first set of transfer rails orientable between a first orientation for receiving the drums from the loading rack and a second orientation for transmitting the drums to the clothes drying component, andwherein the clothes drying component comprises a second set of transfer rails orientable between a first orientation for receiving the drums from the clothes washing component and a second orientation for transmitting the drums to the holding rack.

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