US 12,012,690 B2
Autonomous laundry washing and drying devices, systems, and methods of use
Madeline R. Hickman, Arlington, MA (US); Susan Bachrach Coney, Watertown, MA (US); Noa M. Rensing, West Newton, MA (US); Kayla M. Swiston, Chestnut Hill, MA (US); Benjamin Beckvold, Somerville, MA (US); Benjamin D. Bixby, Newton Highlands, MA (US); Jesse Sielaff, Norfolk, MA (US); Kevin M. LeBlanc, Medford, MA (US); and Hannah S. Siemens, Jamaica Plain, MA (US)
Assigned to Monotony.ai, Inc., Watertown, MA (US)
Filed by Monotony.ai, Inc., Allston, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/056,844.
Application 18/056,844 is a continuation of application No. 17/490,670, filed on Sep. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,535,977.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/086,041, filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0077460 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. D06F 95/00 (2006.01); D06F 25/00 (2006.01); D06F 33/52 (2020.01); D06F 34/14 (2020.01); D06F 37/10 (2006.01); D06F 37/30 (2020.01); D06F 103/24 (2020.01); D06F 105/44 (2020.01); D06F 105/46 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 95/00 (2013.01) [D06F 25/00 (2013.01); D06F 33/52 (2020.02); D06F 34/14 (2020.02); D06F 37/10 (2013.01); D06F 37/304 (2013.01); D06F 2103/24 (2020.02); D06F 2105/44 (2020.02); D06F 2105/46 (2020.02)] 11 Claims
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1. An autonomous system for washing and drying household laundry comprising:
a plurality of autonomous combination washer and dryers, each one of the plurality of autonomous combination washer and dryers comprising
a perforated drum disposed within a watertight tub and configured to be mated thereto at a drive end opposite an opening, the drive end comprising a drive motor configured to spin the drum about a spin axis extending between the drive end and the opening,
a first air orifice disposed through the tub,
a removable door comprising a second air orifice configured to receive an air conduit such that air flows through the first and second air orifices during a drying cycle while the removable door seals the opening, and
a controller in operable communication with the drive motor, the controller being configured to instruct the drive motor to spin the drum about the spin axis;
a raised rail disposed adjacent the plurality of autonomous combination washer and dryers, and
a driven carrier in operable communication with the controller and being configured to retrieve, hold, and reseat a removable door in an opening of one of the plurality of autonomous combination washer and dryers, the driven carrier configured to slidably engage the raised rail.