IPC 6 English version D06F !A-D06F 37/42

D06F-D06F03742

SECTION D– TEXTILES; PAPER

D 06

TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

D 06 F

LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES (apparatus for blocking, pressing, steaming, or stretching hats A 42 C; treating textile materials by liquids, gases or vapors D 06 B; chemical matters, see D 06 L, D 06 M)

Notes

(1)

This subclass covers:

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domestic or laundry dry-cleaning apparatus using volatile solvents;

–

domestic, laundry, or tailors' ironing or other hot-pressing of clothes, linen, or other textile articles.

(2)

This subclass does not cover apparatus for wringing, washing, dry-cleaning, ironing, or other hot-pressing of textiles in manufacturing operations, which is covered by subclasses D 06 B, D 06 C.

Washing; Rinsing; Dry-cleaning

Washing receptacles (of washing machines D 06 F 37/00, D 06 F 39/00)

Wash-tubs, Supports therefor

the tub walls or bottom having corrugations (rubbing boards D 06 F 3/02)

Wash-boiler receptacles

with special means for water circulation by heat, e.g. fountain-washers

Covers; Handles

Racks or other rigid open containers of skeleton or like apertured construction supporting clothes in washing receptacles

Hand rubbing apparatus (corrugated tub-walls D 06 F 1/04)

Rubbing boards

Hand rubbers, e.g. gloves with corrugated surfaces

Hand implements for washing purposes, e.g. sticks (hand rubbing appliances D 06 F 3/00; brushes A 46 B)

Plungers, dollies, pounders, squeezers, or the like

adapted for removable mounting on receptacles such as wash-tubs

Grippers

Washing devices adapted to be used independently of any particular receptacle, e.g. for removable mounting on wash-tubs, bath-tubs, or the like

of the rotary-impeller type

of the vibrator type

agitating the washing liquid by air

Brushing-type washing machines

11/

Washing machines using rollers, e.g. of the mangle type

13/

Washing machines having receptacles, stationary for washing purposes, with agitators therein contacting the articles being washed (plungers or the like adapted for removable mounting on receptacles D 06 F 5/04; washing devices adapted to be used independently of any particular receptacle D 06 F 7/00)

13/

wherein the agitator has an oscillatory rotary motion only

13/

wherein the agitator has an axial motion only

13/

wherein the agitator has both rotary, e.g. oscillating rotary, motion and axial motion

13/

wherein the agitator has a gyratory or orbital motion

15/

Washing machines having beating, rubbing, or squeezing means in receptacles stationary for washing purposes (plungers or the like adapted for removable mounting on receptacles D 06 F 5/04; mangle-type washing machines D 06 F 11/00)

15/

wherein the articles being washed are squeezed by a flexible diaphragm or bag

17/

Washing machines having receptacles, stationary for washing purposes, wherein the washing action is effected solely by circulation or agitation of the washing liquid (washing devices adapted to be used independently of any particular receptacle D 06 F 7/00; using vibrations for washing purposes D 06 F 19/00)

17/

by pumps (D 06 F 17/04 takes precedence)

17/

solely by water jets

17/

by rotary impellers

17/

Driving arrangements for the impeller

17/

Impellers

17/

solely by gases, e.g. air or steam, introduced into the washing liquid

18/

Washing machines having receptacles, stationary for washing purposes, and having further drying means (details concerning drying only D 06 F 58/00) [3]

19/

Washing machines using vibrations for washing purposes (devices of the vibrator type adapted to be used independently of any particular receptacle D 06 F 7/04)

21/

Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement (with receptacles serving both for washing and centrifugally draining D 06 F 23/00, D 06 F 25/00; with receptacles moving bodily about an axis D 06 F 27/00; programme control aspects D 06 F 33/00)

21/

about a horizontal axis

21/

within an enclosing receptacle

21/

about a vertical axis

21/

within an enclosing receptacle

21/

about an inclined axis

21/

the receptacle having a wobbling motion

21/

with rubbing or beating means not secured to, or forming part of, the receptacle

23/

Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and centrifugally draining (with further drying means D 06 F 25/00; programme control aspects D 06 F 33/00)

23/

and rotating or oscillating about a horizontal axis

23/

and rotating or oscillating about a vertical axis

23/

and rotating or oscillating about an inclined axis

25/

Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and centrifugally draining and having further drying means, e.g. using hot air (programme-control aspects D 06 F 33/00; details concerning drying only D 06 F 58/00)

27/

Washing machines with receptacles moving bodily, e.g. reciprocating, swinging

29/

Combinations of a washing machine with other separate apparatus in a common frame or the like, e.g. with rinsing apparatus

29/

with liquid-extracting apparatus (with roller wringer D 06 F 45/12)

31/

Washing installations comprising an assembly of several washing machines or washing units, e.g. continuous flow assemblies

33/

Controlling a series of operations in washing machines, e.g. programme-control arrangements for washing and drying cycles (D 06 F 31/00 takes precedence; programme-control systems in general G 05 B 19/00, G 05 G 21/00)

33/

electrically

33/

non-electrically

33/

substantially mechanically

33/

substantially hydraulically

33/

substantially pneumatically

35/

Washing machines, apparatus, or methods not otherwise provided for

37/

Details of washing machines of kinds covered by groups D 06 F 21/00 to D 06 F 25/00, restricted to machines of these kinds (details of more general application D 06 F 39/00; details concerning drying only D 06 F 58/00)

37/

Rotary receptacles, e.g. drums

37/

adapted for rotation or oscillation about a horizontal or inclined axis

37/

Ribs, lifters, or rubbing means forming part of the receptacle

37/

Partitions

37/

Doors; Securing means therefor

37/

adapted for rotation or oscillation about a vertical axis

37/

Ribs or rubbing means forming part of the receptacle

37/

Partitions

37/

Doors or covers; Securing means therefor

37/

Mountings, e.g. resilient mountings, for the rotary receptacle, motor, tub, or casing; preventing or damping vibrations (damping vibrations in general F 16 F)

37/

in machines with a receptacle rotating or oscillating about a horizontal axis

37/

in machines with a receptacle rotating or oscillating about a vertical axis

37/

Casings; Tubs

37/

Doors; Security means therefor

37/

Driving arrangements

37/

for rotating the receptacle at one speed only

37/

in opposite directions, e.g. oscillating

37/

for rotating the receptacle at more than one speed

37/

in opposite directions

37/

for driving the receptacle and an agitator or impeller, e.g. alternatively

37/

Safety arrangements, e.g. for stopping rotation of the receptacle upon opening of the casing door

D06F 39/00 - D06F 65/10