Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

Benjamin David Thomas

Kyle Edward Durham

A fluid circulation assembly defining a vertical direction includes a drive shaft defining an axial direction, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction, a motor operable to rotate the drive shaft in a first direction and in a second direction opposite the first direction, and a drain pump assembly. The drain pump assembly includes a hub assembly mounted to the drive shaft and a plurality of rigid vanes, each of the plurality of rigid vanes being rotatably mounted to the hub assembly at a pivot point and extending to a distal end and being movable between an extended position when the motor is rotating in the first direction and a retracted position when the motor is rotating in the second direction.

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Toledo, OH, United States of America

Benjamin David Thomas