D06F LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
Introduced: September 1968
Classification Context
- Section:
- TEXTILES; PAPER
- Class:
- TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- Subclass:
- LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
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
Apparatus for blocking, pressing, steaming or stretching hats
Related Keywords
55 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- D06F 1/00 Washing receptacles
- D06F 101/00 User input for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
- D06F 103/00 Parameters monitored or detected for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
- D06F 105/00 Systems or parameters controlled or affected by the control systems of washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
- D06F 11/00 Washing machines using rollers, e.g. of the mangle type
- D06F 13/00 Washing machines having receptacles, stationary for washing purposes, with agitators therein contacting the articles being washed
- D06F 15/00 Washing machines having beating, rubbing, or squeezing means in receptacles stationary for washing purposes
- 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
- D06F 18/00 Washing machines having receptacles, stationary for washing purposes, and having further drying means
- D06F 19/00 Washing machines using vibrations for washing purposes
- D06F 21/00 Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement
- 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
- 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
- D06F 27/00 Washing machines with receptacles moving bodily, e.g. reciprocating, swinging
- D06F 29/00 Combinations of a washing machine with other separate apparatus in a common frame or the like, e.g. with rinsing apparatus
- D06F 3/00 Hand rubbing apparatus
- D06F 31/00 Washing installations comprising an assembly of several washing machines or washing units, e.g. continuous flow assemblies
- D06F 33/00 Control of operations performed in washing machines or washer-dryers
- D06F 34/00 Details of control systems for washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
- D06F 35/00 Washing machines, apparatus, or methods not otherwise provided for
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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