Autonomous laundry washing and drying devices, systems, and methods of use

US11535977B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MONOTONY.AI, INC. · US

Inventors

• Susan Bachrach Coney · Watertown, US
• Noa M. Rensing · Newton, US
• Madeline R. Hickman · Arlington, US
• Kayla M. Swiston · East Sharon, US
• Benjamin Beckvold · Somerville, US
• Benjamin D. Bixby · Newton, US
• Jesse Sielaff · Norfolk, US
• Kevin M. LeBlanc · Medford, US
• Hannah S. Siemens · Brookline, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 2021
• Grant date: Dec 27, 2022
• Expiry date: Sep 30, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02B40/00
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

An autonomously actuated washing and drying device includes a rigid frame configured to pivot about a pivot shaft, a combined washing and drying tub and drum assembly suspended within the frame, and a controller in operable communication with a pivot motor for rotating the pivot shaft and a drive motor for spinning the drum. The pivot shaft is configured to rotate the frame from an upright orientation to an inverted orientation. The controller is configured to instruct the pivot motor to rotate the frame to the upright orientation for receiving at least one deformable article into an opening of the drum, and rotate the frame to a wash orientation between the upright orientation and inverted orientation. The controller is configured to execute a washing and drying routine based on parameters including instructing the drive motor to spin the drum about a drive axis at the wash orientation.