Whirlpool Corporation

Brian Keith Rogers

Robert J Pinkowski

Nicholas B Vaive

Marcos Javier Rios Acebal

Kaustav Ghosh

Nicholas E Leep

Benjamin E Alexander

Gregory R Fulmer

Eric G Griswold

Jenn-Yeu Nieh

Adrian A Rodriguez

Brooke M Gundersen

James B Sutton

Roy E Masters

Michael Todd Moore

Thomas Alan Latack

Eric A Gallagher

Erica L Roberts

Jason M Schneemann

Eric W Merrow

William L Murch

Guy Stormo

Kurt L Masciovecchio

Mir A Quddus

Dennis J Tuckowski

David Scharich, Iii

Raymond Thompson

Kurt L Masciovecchi

Ray Thompson

Marcos Javier Rios

A method of operating a laundry treating appliance with a combination washer/dryer having a cabinet defining an interior, a tub located within the interior, and a rotatable drum located within the tub interior and defining a treating chamber, and an air recirculation conduit, the method comprising supplying water to the treating chamber, rotating the drum, and draining the water from the laundry treating appliance.

Laundry treating appliance for drying laundry

A dryer includes a drum configured to accommodate an article; a blower configured to propel air to form an air circulation path into the drum, wherein the blower is upstream along the air circulation path from the drum; a condenser downstream from the drum along the air circulation path and configured to extract moisture from the air of the air circulation path; and a venting inlet located between the condenser and the blower along the air circulation path and configured to provide a first air pathway between the drum and an external atmosphere.

Dryer with external vent

A laundry treating appliance and method for operating a laundry treating appliance having a housing; a treating chamber located within the housing. A duct fluidly coupling the treating chamber to an exterior of the housing with a vent located within the duct. The vent moveable between an open position where a fluid flow passes freely between the treating chamber and the exterior and a closed position where the treating chamber is fluidly isolated from the exterior.

Laundry treating appliance with a vent flap

A liquid-cooled condenser for use within a laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to an automatic cycle of operation includes an air flow passage. The air flow passage is fluidly coupled with an air recirculation circuit. A plurality of fins is spaced from the air flow passage. The liquid-cooled condenser also includes a liquid flow passage.

Laundry treating appliance having a condenser

A laundry appliance includes a drum for processing laundry. A blower delivers process air through an airflow path that includes the drum. A lint filter is positioned within the airflow path that separates particulate matter from the process air to define entrapped lint particles. A lint disposal mechanism removes the entrapped lint particles from a surface of the lint filter to define removed lint. A holding compartment receives the removed lint for disposal.

Separation of lint from an exhaust airstream within a laundry appliance

A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to an automatic cycle of operation includes a cabinet defining a cabinet interior. A container is rotatable within the cabinet interior, and at least partially defines a treating chamber. The treating chamber has a treating chamber air inlet and a treating chamber air outlet. An air recirculation circuit fluidly couples the treating chamber air outlet to the treating chamber air inlet. The laundry treating appliance includes a condenser.

A laundry treating appliance, such as a clothes washer, either vertical or horizontal axis, can have a bulk dispenser capable of dispensing multiple doses of treating chemistry from a reservoir of treating chemistry. A housing fluidly couples a supply of water and the treating chemistry for supplying both to a treating chamber within the laundry treating appliance.

Laundry treating appliance with stain station

Systems, components, and methodologies for uniformly distributing fabric enhancers onto laundry loads in laundry treating appliances. The methods may include accepting one or more of a laundry detergent, a fabric softener, and a bleach for dispensation into the laundry treating appliance, accepting a plurality of fabric enhancers in respective compartments of a fabric enhancer storage assembly, receiving indications of the types of fabric enhancers stored in the respective compartments, selecting dispensation patterns suitable for each of the types of fabric enhancers, and dispensing the plurality of fabric enhancers in accordance with the selected dispensation patterns.

Fabric enhancer and laundry additive dispensation in laundry appliances

A cycle of operation for a laundry treating appliance having a rotatable treating chamber in which laundry is received for treatment according to an automatic cycle of operation, the cycle of operation including a pre-wetting phase which includes misting an exposed surface of the laundry with a pre-wetting liquid and a pre-wash phase which includes supplying a dye fixative to the surface of the laundry wet by the pre-wetting liquid for distributing a dye fixative to a laundry surface.

Methods and compositions for treating laundry items

A method of operation for a laundry treating appliance having a treating chamber for receiving laundry for treatment includes a pre-wetting phase, a wash phase, and a rinse phase and further includes a dye fixative phase, a first dye absorber phase, and a second dye absorber phase.

A clothes dryer and method for forming and supplying a treating chemistry solution to a laundry load located in the treating chamber of the clothes dryer.

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Brian Keith Rogers