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| 20090090137 | WASHING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR UPDATING OPERATIONAL DATA OF A WASHING MACHINE - A washing machine is provided that performs washing using a new washing course employed in the latest washing machine without any change in the mechanical components of the washing machine, by providing a means to update operational data related to the operation of the washing machine. The washing machine may include a controller that controls the washing machine using electric signals, and an internal storage device that stores operational data of the controller. An external device that stores upload operational data, which is distinguished from the operational data may be electrically connected to the controller so that a function of the operational data may be replaced with the upload operational data. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090323913 | HOME APPLIANCE AND HOME APPLIANCE SYSTEM - A home appliance and a home appliance system are provided which control a sound output from an output device upon receipt of an external command signal of ON or OFF. Further, the home appliance and home appliance system control a sequence of output of an acoustic signal output from a conversion device. Accordingly, it may be possible to notify a user of the outputting of the acoustic signal by controlling the sequence of output of the acoustic signal, thereby increasing user convenience. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323914 | HOME APPLIANCE AND HOME APPLIANCE SYSTEM - A home appliance and a home appliance system are disclosed. Product information and status information of the home appliance are converted into at least one transmission acoustic signal, and a sound corresponding to the at least one transmission acoustic signal is output to the outside. The product information and status information are formed as a digital signal and stored in a storage device. The digital signal is encoded through a conversion device, and converted into at least one transmission acoustic signal. The at least one transmission acoustic signal is formed as an analog signal. Meanwhile, the at least one transmission acoustic signal can be dividedly formed. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100023938 | HOME APPLIANCE AND HOME APPLIANCE SYSTEM - A home appliance and a home appliance system are provided. The home appliance receives input of a sound including update information, and updates a product operating program. The home appliance system receives a sound including product information from the home appliance, judges whether to update the product operating program of the home appliance, and transmits update information. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100066554 | HOME APPLIANCE SYSTEM - A home appliance system includes a home appliance outputting product information as a sound and a mobile terminal confirming the product information based on the sound. The mobile terminal can receive the sound, convert the sound into the product information and output the product information to an external user and a repairman. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100259403 | HOME APPLIANCE AND HOME APPLIANCE SYSTEM - A home appliance and home appliance system are provided. The home appliance may include an input device, through which an input signal is received from a user, and a control panel, into which the input device is inserted and connected, including a sound through-hole through which sound information passes. The home appliance may further include a sound output device disposed on a rear surface of the control panel that outputs the sound information corresponding to product information of the home appliance through the sound through-hole to outside of the home appliance. A gap may be formed between the input device and the sound through-hole into which the input device is inserted. Therefore, the sound information output from the sound output device may be transmitted to the outside through the gap. The home appliance may further include a sound guide, such that the sound information transmitted from the sound output device may be efficiently transmitted to the sound through-hole. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259404 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING HOME APPLIANCE - A system and method for diagnosing a home appliance are disclosed. The home appliance outputs product information as a sound signal, and transmits the sound signal over a communication network, such that a service center of a remote site easily checks a status of the home appliance. The home appliance outputs the sound signal including a large amount of product information, and the diagnostic server of the service center diagnoses a status of the home appliance using a large amount of product information contained in the sound signal, such that it recognizes a detailed cause of a fault of the home appliance and greatly increases the diagnosis accuracy. | 10-14-2010 |
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| 20120090127 | VISUALIZATION DEVICE FOR DUST COLLECTION OF VACUUM CLEANER - The present invention comprises: a collecting section mounted at one side of the pathway, in which the suction force of a vacuum cleaner for sucking dust is transmitted, and moves at least some of the sucked dust towards one direction; a dust collecting section made of transparent material coupled with the collecting section, in which the receiving status of the inflow of dust through the collecting section is exposed to the outside; a discharge section which guides air and dust, which has passed through the dust collecting section, to be discharged into the pathway that transmits the suction force of a vacuum cleaner; and a foreign material discharge means which guides the flow of air into the inner corner of the dust collecting section by the operation of the user and forcibly discharges the remaining dust in the dust collection section to the outside. According to the present invention, the invention enables the user to check the status of the dust that is sucked and the convenient discharge of the dust collected in the inside of the collecting section. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120090128 | VISUALIZATION DEVICE FOR DUST COLLECTION OF VACUUM CLEANER - The present invention relates to a visualization device for dust collection of a vacuum cleaner, the visualization device includes a collecting unit mounted on one side of a pathway on which the suction force of a vacuum cleaner for sucking dust is transmitted, and moves at least some of the sucked dust in one direction, a dust collecting unit of transparent material coupled with the collecting unit and exposes a state of dust received by the collecting unit to the outside, a discharge unit which guides air and dust, which has passed through the dust collecting unit, to be discharged into the pathway that transmits the suction force of the vacuum cleaner, a foreign material separation unit provided in the dust collecting unit to generate cyclonic flow, and a foreign material discharge unit inserted into the inside of the foreign material separation unit by the manipulation of a user from one side of the dust collecting unit and allows the inflow of air from the outside into the inside thereof to discharge dust from the inside of the dust collecting unit while breaking the cyclonic flow. Accordingly the invention enables the user to check the status of the dust that is sucked and the convenient discharge of the dust collected in the inside of the collecting unit. | 04-19-2012 |
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| 20080296914 | Door opening device for heavy construction equipment - A door opening device for heavy construction equipment is provided. The door opening device for heavy construction equipment is provided with a latch member rotating in a latch housing installed on one side of a door panel, and includes a latch control lever having a hinge part elastically supported on one side of an upper frame or a lower frame of a door, a handle extending from one side of the hinge part, and a yoke formed on the other side of the hinge part, the latch control lever forming a traction force on the yoke when the handle is rotated about the hinge part by an external force; a rotary shaft shaft-engaged with the latch member and having a swing part formed to extend to an outer side of the latch member, the rotary shaft rotating in a body with the latch member so that the latch member is released by the traction force of the latch control lever; and a traction cable having one end fixed to the yoke of the latch control lever and the other end connected to the swing part of the rotary shaft. Even if the assembly of the latch housing and the latch member closes the door on the door panel, the door can be easily opened using the traction force of the latch control lever on the upper part or the lower part of the door that can be easily accessed. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20100200792 | RAIN HAT DEVICE FOR HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT - A rain hat device for heavy construction equipment which is installed adjacent to an exhaust gas discharging port of a distal end portion of an exhaust pipe to prevent inflow of rainwater therein is disclosed. The rain hat device comprises a swing cover installed at a distal end portion of the exhaust pipe in a spaced and floated state so as to prevent rainwater from flowing in the distal end portion of the exhaust pipe, and in which the swing cover does not come into contact with the distal end portion of the exhaust pipe to prevent noise from being generated due to contact and collision when an engine stops or exhaust gas is not discharged. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100212997 | ENGINE ROOM FOR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT HAVING NOISE TRAP - An engine room for construction equipment having a noise trap is provided, which can minimize noise, being generated in an engine room due to driving of an engine and a ventilating fan and emitted to an outside of the engine room, through a noise trap, and can prevent a fire caused by high heat of the engine from occurring. The engine room for construction equipment having a noise trap includes an engine, a radiator cooling water for cooling the engine, a shroud fixed to the radiator to form a moving path of external air, a circulating fan making the external air flowing into the engine room through an inlet port pass through the circumference of the engine and discharging the air having passed the engine to an outside of the engine room through an outlet port during rotation of the circulating fan, and a noise trap composed of a frame mounted on one side wall of the engine room and noise attenuation members fixed to the frame in layers so that the noise attenuation members become in contact with the noise emitted from the engine room to the outside of the engine room to shield and attenuate the noise. | 08-26-2010 |
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| 20110186031 | Oven Range - The present invention provides an oven range. In the present invention, an inlet allowing air in a burner chamber heated by a burner to be guided into an oven chamber by an air duct is formed on the rear surface of the oven chamber. Accordingly, according to the preset invention, a bottom area of the oven chamber on which cooling food is seated can be maximized and contamination of the burner chamber can be minimized. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110186034 | Cooking Appliance - Provided is a cooker. There is provided the cooker including: a cavity including a cooking chamber; and a burner disposed in the cavity, receiving a mixed gas of a gas and air, and generating a flame by burning the mixed gas, wherein the burner includes a supplier supplying the mixed gas of the gas and air and a combustor connected with the supplier, receiving the mixed gas from the supplier, and including a plurality of flame holes, and an interval between ends of adjacent flame holes is smaller than an the interval between other portions. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110186036 | Cooking Appliance - Provided is a cooker including: a cavity including a cooking chamber; and a burner disposed in the cavity, receiving a mixed gas of a gas and air, and generating a flame by burning the mixed gas, in which the burner includes a first combustor having a plurality of flame holes and a second combustor connected with the first combustor and having a plurality of flame holes. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110186038 | Burner And Gas Oven Including The Same - A burner and a gas oven including the burner are provided. Food placed in an oven chamber is heated and cooked by using a burner disposed at an upper side of the oven chamber and having a fork or grating shape. Therefore, the food can be heated more uniformly. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110265781 | Cooking Appliance - Provided is a cooker. The cooker includes a cavity including a cooking chamber; and a burner disposed in the cavity, receiving a mixed gas of a gas and air, and generating a flame by burning the mixed gas, in which the burner includes a supplier supplying the gas and the air and at least one combustor receiving the gas and the air from the supplier and including a plurality of flame holes generating the flame, and the combustor includes a gap capable of shifting the flame by communicating between the plurality of flame holes. | 11-03-2011 |