Samsung patents washer with removable detergent pump unit
Samsung has patented a washing machine design that combines a drying system with a specific detergent supply module. This module uses a base frame to hold a drain pump, circulation pump, and detergent pump together, allowing the entire unit to be detached from the bottom of the machine for easier maintenance.
In the filing’s own words
A clothes treating apparatus includes a housing, a tub inside the housing and having an air inlet to receive air, and an air outlet to discharge air, a drying device to remove moisture from air received through the air outlet, to heat the air, and to supply the heated air to the tub through the air inlet, and a detergent supply module. The detergent supply module includes a base frame, a drain pump having a drain pump outlet, a circulation pump having a circulation pump inlet, a mixing case having a mixing flow path connecting the drain pump outlet and the circulation pump inlet, and a detergent pump on the mixing case and configured to supply a detergent to the mixing flow path. The base frame is detachably mounted to the housing so that the detergent supply module is detachably mounted in the housing below the tub.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A clothes treating apparatus comprising: a housing having a laundry inlet; a tub inside the housing and having an air inlet to receive air into the tub, and an air outlet to discharge air from the tub; a drying device above the tub to remove moisture from air received through the air outlet, to heat the air, and to supply the heated air to the tub through the air inlet; and a detergent supply module including: a base frame, a drain pump on the base frame and having a drain pump outlet, a circulation pump on the base frame and having a circulation pump inlet, a mixing case on the base frame, the mixing case including an intake opening and a mixing flow path connecting the drain pump outlet and the circulation pump inlet, and a detergent pump on the mixing case and configured to supply a detergent to the mixing flow path, the detergent pump including a detergent intake portion that passes through the intake opening, wherein the base frame is detachably mounted to the housing se such that the detergent supply module is detachably mounted in the housing below the tub.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- Clothes treating apparatus
- Patent number
- US12768092B2
- Application number
- 18762263
- Filed
- Jul 2, 2024
- Granted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 18
Classified under
D06F 39/022 Textiles & paperD06F 37/04 Textiles & paperD06F 39/085 Textiles & paperD06F 39/14 Textiles & paperD06F 25/00 Textiles & paperMore from Samsung in Other
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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