D06F LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
Introduced: September 1968
Description
D06F encompasses machines and apparatus for the industrial and domestic treatment of textiles after they have been manufactured, covering laundering (washing), drying, ironing, pressing, and folding operations. This subclass includes washing machines, dryers, ironers, presses, and folding equipment, along with their control systems and auxiliary components such as detergent dispensers and moisture sensors. The classification applies to both automatic and semi-automatic devices designed for processing textile articles, whether operating at domestic or industrial scales, but excludes the treatment of textiles during their initial manufacture or the production of the textiles themselves (covered elsewhere in D06).
Additional Content IPC
Apparatus for blocking, pressing, steaming or stretching hats
Of 58 combined children, 52 exist in both systems.
3 codes are CPC-only extensions, 3 exist only in IPC.
Note: 3 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.
23 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- D06F 1/00 Washing receptacles (of washing machines D06F37/00, D06F39/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06F 101/00 User input for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers since 2020 −7 IPC IPC only IPC only
- D06F 103/00 Parameters monitored or detected for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers since 2020 −21 IPC IPC only IPC only
- D06F 105/00 Systems or parameters controlled or affected by the control systems of washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers since 2020 −23 IPC IPC only IPC only
- D06F 13/00 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 D06F5/04) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06F 15/00 Washing machines having beating, rubbing or squeezing means in receptacles stationary for washing purposes (plungers or the like adapted for removable mounting on receptacles D06F5/04; mangle-type washing machines D06F11/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06F 17/00 Washing machines having receptacles, stationary for washing purposes, wherein the washing action is effected solely by circulation or agitation of the washing liquid IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06F 18/00 Washing machines having receptacles, stationary for washing purposes, and having further drying means (control of washing or of washing and drying D06F33/00, D06F34/00; domestic laundry dryers D06F58/00) since 1980 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06F 21/00 Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement (with receptacles serving both for washing and centrifugally separating water from the laundry D06F23/00, D06F25/00; programme control aspects D06F33/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06F 2101/00 User input for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers 2nd only +7 CPC CPC only CPC only
- D06F 2103/00 Parameters monitored or detected for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers 2nd only +21 CPC CPC only CPC only
- D06F 2105/00 Systems or parameters controlled or affected by the control systems of washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers 2nd only +23 CPC CPC only CPC only
- D06F 23/00 Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and for centrifugally separating water from the laundry (with further drying means D06F25/00; programme control aspects D06F33/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06F 25/00 Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and for centrifugally separating water from the laundry and having further drying means, e.g. using hot air (control of washing or of washing and drying D06F33/00, D06F34/00; domestic laundry dryers D06F58/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06F 27/00 Washing machines with receptacles moving bodily, e.g. reciprocating, swinging IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06F 29/00 Combinations of a washing machine with other separate apparatus in a common frame or the like, e.g. with rinsing apparatus +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06F 31/00 Washing installations comprising an assembly of several washing machines or washing units, e.g. continuous flow assemblies +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class D06,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE COMPANY 10,520
- HAIER SMART HOME 8,532
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 7,853
- WUXI LITTLE SWAN COMPANY 5,749
- QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE COMPANY CN 2,905
- BSH (BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE) DE 2,785
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 2,662
- GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 1,701
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 1,391
- MIELE DE 1,374
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class D06,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 7,955
- QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE COMPANY 7,190
- HAIER SMART HOME 5,471
- QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE COMPANY CN 2,962
- BSH (BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE) DE 2,870
- WUXI LITTLE SWAN COMPANY 2,869
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 2,731
- MIELE DE 1,371
- WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION US 1,285
- ELECTROLUX APPLIANCES SE 1,261