Samsung patents clothes cleaner that uses plasma and targeted ultrasonic waves
This filing describes a machine that places clothes in a chamber and sprays plasma to help clean them. It uses sensors to find specific dirty spots and then directs ultrasonic sound waves and air blasts at those exact areas to remove the dirt.
In the filing’s own words
A clothes care apparatus includes: a chamber configured to accommodate clothes; a plasma supply unit configured to spray plasma into the chamber; at least one sensor configured to obtain information regarding contamination of the clothes in a state that the clothes are accommodated in the chamber; and at least one cleaning device configured to remove the contamination, and the information regarding the contamination includes information regarding a target area at which the contamination is located on the clothes, and the at least one cleaning device includes: an ultrasonic irradiator configured to irradiate ultrasonic waves onto the target area, an ultrasonic receiver configured to receive echo ultrasonic waves reflected from the target area, a fan configured to blow air to the target area, and a fan motor configured to generate a rotation force of the fan.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A clothes care apparatus comprising: a chamber configured to accommodate clothes; a plasma supply unit configured to spray plasma into the chamber; at least one sensor configured to obtain information regarding contamination of the clothes in a state that the clothes are accommodated in the chamber; and at least one cleaning device configured to remove the contamination, wherein the information related to the contamination comprises information related to a target area at which the contamination is located on the clothes, and wherein the at least one cleaning device comprises: an ultrasonic irradiator configured to irradiate ultrasonic waves onto the target area, an ultrasonic receiver configured to receive echo ultrasonic waves reflected from the target area, a fan configured to blow air to the target area, and a fan motor configured to generate a rotation force of the fan.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- CLOTHES CARE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
- Publication number
- US20260325693A1
- Application number
- 19692758
- Filed
- May 29, 2026
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
A61L 2/14 Human necessitiesA61L 2/025 Human necessitiesA61L 2/07 Human necessitiesA61L 2/24 Human necessitiesD06F 58/10 Textiles & paperD06F 87/00 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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