Patent Application
20240309571
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The disclosure relates to clothing wash device and more particularly pertains to a new clothing wash device for washing and drying face masks.
The prior art relates to clothing wash devices. The prior art includes a variety of clothing wash devices being portable wherein moving the clothing wash device is facilitated. Known prior art lacks a clothing wash device being portable and controlled by a mobile device configured for washing and drying face masks.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing having a front surface and a back surface positioned parallel relative to each other. Additionally, the housing has a left surface and a right surface, wherein each of the surfaces enclosing an interior. A slot is positioned on the front surface of the housing. A conduit protrudes out from the slot into the interior of the housing. The conduit has a pair of rollers being configured for moving a face mask through the conduit. A holding is positioned within the interior of the housing. The holding has a top wall and a bottom wall. In addition, the holding has a perimeter wall. The holding is configured for storing the face mask. A pair of fins is positioned within the holding and the pair of fins is coupled to a rod. The rod is coupled to a stepper motor being configured for rotating the pair of fins within the holding. A pair of electric coils is positioned adjacent to the perimeter wall of the holding wherein each of the electric coils is configured for heating an interior of the holding. A soap container is positioned adjacent to the front surface and the right surface of the housing. The soap container has a tube protruding out from the soap container into the top wall of the holding. Furthermore, a water container is positioned adjacent to the front surface and the left surface of the housing. The water container has a tube protruding out from the water container into the top wall of the holding. A door is coupled to the bottom wall of the holding where a drain is positioned in a center of the door. The drain is a conduit from the door to a reservoir. A processor is positioned within the interior of the housing. The processor is configured for rendering data and performing operations of within the interior of the housing. An outlet is positioned on front surface of the housing. The outlet is an opening to the door of the holding of the interior of the housing. A power cord is in electric communication with a power source wherein the power source of the power cord is configured for providing electric power to the processor.
Furthermore, a method for cleaning a mask with a portable device includes the step of plugging an outlet plug of a power cord of the portable device into a power outlet. The user inserts a face mask within a slot of a front surface of a housing of the portable device. A pair of rollers moves the face mask through a conduit to a holding within an interior of the housing. The user actuates a processor of the portable device using a plurality of controls or an application of a mobile device in communication with a transceiver of the processor. The actuation of the processor includes the step of actuating a pump of a tube of a soap container to flow laundry detergent into the holding. Additionally, the processor actuates a pump of a tube of a water container to flow water into the holding. The processor actuates a stepper motor of a pair of fins within the holding. The stepper motor rotates the pair of fins within the holding wherein washing the face mask. The processor removes the fluid from the holding by actuating a pump of a drain to a reservoir. Subsequently, the processor actuates a pair of electric coils to begin heating an interior of the holding wherein drying the face mask. The processor stops the stepper motor wherein retaining the pair of fins in a fixed position before actuating a door motor. The door motor engages with a hinge of a door to position the door from a closed position to an open position wherein removing the face mask from the holding. The user collects the face mask from the outlet of front surface of the housing.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A slot 28 is positioned on the front surface 14 and proximate to the top surface 18 of the housing 12. The slot 28 is an opening to the interior 26 of the housing 12. The slot 28 is slimmed to reduced unwanted items entering the interior 26. A conduit 30 protrudes out from the slot 28 into the interior 26 of the housing 12. The conduit 30 has a pair of rollers 32 wherein each of the rollers 32 is coupled to a rotating motor 34. The rotating motor 34 is in electric communication to a motion sensor 36 positioned adjacent to the slot 28 of the housing 12. Each of the rollers 32 is configured for moving a face mask 38 through the conduit 30. The motion sensor 36 actuates the rotating motor 34 when the face mask 38 enters the slot 28.
A holding 40 is positioned within the interior 26 of the housing 12. The holding 40 has a top wall 42 and a bottom wall 44. A perimeter wall 46 is positioned between the top 42 and bottom 44 walls of the holding 40 and is a circular shape. An end 48 of the conduit 30 is positioned on the top wall 42 of the holding 40, wherein the holding 40 is configured for storing the face mask 38 from the conduit 30. A pair of fins 50 is positioned within the holding 40. The pair of fins 50 is coupled to a rod 52, wherein the rod 52 is coupled to a stepper motor 54. The stepper motor 54 is positioned proximate to the top wall 42 of the holding 40 and is configured for rotating the pair of fins 50 within the holding 40. Furthermore, a pair of electric coils 56 is positioned adjacent to the perimeter wall 46 of the holding 40. Each of the electric coils 56 is configured for heating an interior 58 of the holding 40. By heating the interior 58 of the holding 40, the face mask 38 within the holding 40 is heated as well.
A soap container 60 is positioned adjacent to the front surface 14 and the right surface 24 of the housing 12. The soap container 60 is configured for holding laundry soap to clean the face mask 38. The soap container 60 has a tube 62 protruding out from the soap container 60 into the top wall 42 of the holding 40. The tube 62 of the soap container 60 has a pump 64 being configured for flowing laundry soap to the holding 40. In addition to the soap container 60, a water container 66 is positioned adjacent to the front surface 14 and the left surface 22 of the housing 12. The water container 66 is configured for holding water. The water container 66 has a tube 68 protruding out from the water container 66 into the top wall 42 of the holding 40. The tube 68 of the water container 66 has a pump 70 being configured for flowing water to the holding 66.
A door 72 is coupled to the bottom wall 44 of the holding 40. The door 72 has a hinge 74 being configured for positioning the door 72 in an open 76 and closed 78 position relative to the holding 40. The hinge 74 has a door motor 80 being configured for opening and closing the door 72. Additionally, a drain 82 is positioned in a center 84 of the door 72. The drain 82 is a conduit from the door 72 to a reservoir 86. The drain 82 has a pump 88 being configured for flowing a fluid within the holding 40 to the reservoir 86. The reservoir 86 is positioned below the holding 40 of the interior 26 of the housing 12 to optimize the process of draining the fluid within the holding 40 by the use of gravitational force.
A processor 90 is positioned within the interior 26 of the housing 12. The processor 90 is in electric communication with the door motor 80, the rotating motor 34, and the stepper motor 54. The processor 90 is in electric communication with the pair of electric coils 56 as well. Additionally, the processor 90 is in electric communication with the pump 88 of the drain 82, the pump 64 of the soap container 60, and the pump 70 of the water container 66. The processor 90 is configured for rendering data and performing operations of within the interior of the housing 12. A transceiver 92 is in electric communication with the processor 90. The transceiver 92 is configured for being in wireless communication with an application 96 of a mobile device 94 wherein the mobile device 94 actuates the processor 90 of the housing 12 by the application 96.
An outlet 98 is positioned on the front surface 14 and proximate to the bottom surface 20 of the housing 12. The outlet 98 is an opening to the door 72 of the holding 40 of the interior 26 of the housing 12. The outlet 98 provides a space for the user to obtain the face mask 38 after being washed and dried. A plurality of controls 100 is positioned on the front surface 14 of the housing 12. Each of the controls 100 is in electric communication with the processor 90 wherein each of the controls 100 is an actuator for the processor 90. In addition, a display 102 is positioned on the front surface 14 of the housing 12. The display 102 is a screen configured for displaying a timer of the processor 90. The display 102 has a pair of lights 104 wherein each of the lights 104 is configured for indicating a status of the processor 90.
A power cord 106 is in electric communication with a power source 108. The power cord 106 is positioned on the back surface 16 of the housing 12 and protrudes out from the back surface 16. The power cord 106 has an outlet plug 110 being configured for being inserted into a power outlet. The power source 108 of the power cord 106 is configured for providing electric power to the processor 90.
In use, the user plugs the outlet plug 110 of the power cord 106 into a power outlet. The user inserts the face mask 38 within the slot 28 of the front surface 14 of the housing 12. The pair of rollers 32 moves the face mask 38 through the conduit 30 to the holding 40 within the interior 26 of the housing 12. The user actuates the processor 90 using either the plurality of controls 100 or the application 96 of the mobile device 94 communicating with the transceiver 92 of the processor 90. The actuation of the processor 90 includes the step of actuating the pump 64 of the tube 62 of the soap container 60 to flow laundry detergent into the holding 40. Additionally, the processor 90 actuates the pump 70 of the tube 68 of the water container 66 to flow water into the holding 40. The processor 90 actuates the stepper motor 54 of the pair of fins 50 within the holding 40. The stepper motor 54 rotates the pair of fins 50 within the holding 40 wherein washing the face mask 38. The processor 90 removes the fluid from the holding 40 by actuating the pump 88 of the drain 82 to the reservoir 86. Subsequently, the processor 90 actuates the pair of electric coils 56 to begin heating the interior 58 of the holding 40 wherein drying the face mask 38. The processor 90 stops the stepper motor 54 wherein retaining the pair of fins 50 in a fixed position before actuating the door motor 80. The door motor 80 engages with the hinge 74 of the door 72 to position the door 72 from the closed position 78 to the open position 76 wherein removing the face mask 38 from the holding 40. The user collects the face mask 38 from the outlet 98 of front surface 14 of the housing 12.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
