US2004168481A1PendingUtilityA1
Front-load sink/laundry combo
Priority: Feb 27, 2003Filed: Sep 15, 2003Published: Sep 2, 2004
Est. expiryFeb 27, 2023(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
D06F 25/00D06F 29/00E03C 1/01E03C 1/184
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Abstract
An automatic front-loading washing machine with drying capability including a cabinet, a drum, a heater with a blower and air conduit, a condensation device and a sink with connection means for water and waste line, which all are assembled in one integrated unit. It looks like a vanity with a built-in laundry machine and could be installed in any bathroom having standard provision for sink connection. It could also replace any existing standard sink giving customer a laundry capability.
Claims
exact text as granted — not AI-modified1 . A front-loading sink/laundry combo, comprising:
a cabinet; a front-loading automatic washing machine having a drum, which is suspended inside of the said cabinet; a motor connected to the said drum; washing process control and programming means; connection means for water supply and a waste line; an access door; a sink with a faucet mounted on the top of the cabinet and connected to the same water supply and a waste line; vibration-absorbing wall anchoring means.
2 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 1 wherein said washing machine is fitted for drying, another words it is washer/dryer combo.
3 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 1 wherein said front-loading automatic washing machine is removable attached to the cabinet under the sink.
4 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 1 wherein said front-loading automatic washing machine is pivotally attached to the cabinet under the sink.
5 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 1 wherein said front-loading automatic washing machine is pivotally attached to the cabinet under the sink having two way motion control and position-securing device.
6 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 2 wherein said front-loading automatic washing machine is removable attached to the cabinet under the sink.
7 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 2 wherein said front-loading automatic washing machine is pivotally attached to the cabinet under the sink.
8 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 2 wherein said front-loading automatic washing machine is pivotally attached to the cabinet under the sink having two way motion control and position-securing device (bar).
9 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 1 wherein P-trap is mounted flush to the wall and configured on a way that the water accumulated in its lower expanded tank-like part is used for lowering vibration of the cabinet;
10 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 2 wherein P-trap is mounted flush to the wall and configured on a way that the water accumulated in its lower expanded tank-like part is used for lowering vibration of the cabinet;
11 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 2 wherein said dryer has a condensation device.
12 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 2 wherein said dryer has a ventilation means, which are direct connected to the waste line bypassing P-trap.
13 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 2 wherein said dryer has a check valve, which prevents sewer smell from entering laundry.
14 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 2 wherein said dryer equipped with retractable ventilation hose.
15 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 2 wherein said dryer equipped with water-filled lint trap and P-trap combo.
16 . A front-loading sink/laundry combo, comprising:
a cabinet; a front-loading automatic washing machine having a drum, which is suspended inside of the said cabinet, a motor connected to the said drum, washing process control and programming means, connection means for water supply and a waste line; an access door; a pitched sink with a faucet mounted on the top of the cabinet and connected to the same water supply and a waste line and the rotation axle of the drum is oriented in accordance with that pitch; vibration-absorbing wall anchoring means.
17 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 16 wherein said washing machine is fitted for drying, another words it is washer/dryer combo.
18 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 16 wherein said front-loading automatic washing machine is removable attached to the cabinet under the sink.
19 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 16 wherein said front-loading automatic washing machine is pivotally attached to the cabinet under the sink.
20 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 17 wherein said front-loading automatic washing machine is removable attached to the cabinet under the sink.
21 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 17 wherein said front-loading automatic washing machine is pivotally attached to the cabinet under the sink.
22 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 16 wherein P-trap is mounted flush to the wall and configured on a way that the water accumulated in its lower expanded tank-like part is used for lowering vibration of the cabinet;
23 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 17 wherein P-trap is mounted flush to the wall and configured on a way that the water accumulated in its lower expanded tank-like part is used for lowering vibration of the cabinet;
24 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 17 wherein said dryer has a condensation device.
25 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 17 wherein said dryer has a ventilation means, which are direct connected to the waste line bypassing P-trap.
26 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 17 wherein said dryer has a check valve, which prevents sewer smell from entering laundry.
27 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 17 wherein said dryer equipped with retractable ventilation hose.
28 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 17 wherein said dryer equipped with water-filled lint trap and P-trap combo.
29 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 16 wherein said front-loading automatic washing machine is pivotally attached to the cabinet under the sink having two way motion control and position-securing device.
30 . The front-loading sink/laundry combo defined in claim 17 wherein said front-loading automatic washing machine is pivotally attached to the cabinet under the sink having two way motion control and position-securing device.
31 . Method for installation of dryer or washer/dryer combo machine in a room having standard provision for sink connection and no provision for ventilation comprising the following steps:
a partial re-routing of a high humidity hot air from re-circulation circuit of the dryer; removing said hot air out of operational area; directing said hot air toward water waste line; guiding of said hot air to the waste line via check-valve bypassing P-trap; releasing of said hot air to waste line ventilation pipes over the adjacent part of a waste line; preventing waste line air from return back to washer/dryer combo by check-valve; accumulating waste water in re-configured P-trap for lowering vibration of the cabinet.Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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