Whirlpool Corporation

Christopher A Gregory

Mark W Schulz

Matthew B Conn

Nicholas Koukourakis

Leif A Norland

Patrick J Schiavone

Daniel V Clements

Christopher L Carpenter

Eamon C Lyons

James J Beaudreault

Adam R Brown

Andrew S Lawrence

Jason W Tippetts

Zachary A Lownds

Daniel Chow

Rex D Wilson

Gregory A Ferro

Nathan C Wier

Jessica R McConnell

Michael P Conti

Michael A Kahwaji

Richard L Hammond

Mallory A Fuller

Vincent L Haley

Joel G VanFaasen

Zachary Jan Bruin-Slot

David P Cooper

Bryce Kelly Porter

Joseph R Peters

Rafael G Reyes

Daniel A Altenritter

Darrin H McGee

Lucien Bourbeau

Steven John Kuehl

Suzanne M Berberet

Kaitlyn M Benoit

John Albert Colasanti

Casey L McCuan

Beth M Jackson

John A Hall

Mark J Sherman

James C Guarino

Siew Siew Chun

Bryce K Porter

Daniel A Altentritter

Fabric care appliance

A method for operating a cooking system includes receiving information from a powered cooking accessory positioned within an interior cavity of an oven. The powered cooking accessory includes a body receivable within an interior of the oven, a first electronic device coupled with the body, and a device coupling extending from the body. The method further includes determining at least one characteristic of the powered cooking accessory and providing electrical power to the electronic device by an electrical coupling between the device coupling and a connection port within the interior cavity of the oven at a predetermined output level based on the at least one characteristic thereof.

Powered cooking accessory for an oven cavity

A cooking appliance includes sidewalls and a rear wall defining a heating cavity. At least one heat source is in thermal communication with the heating cavity. An oven cavity connector is disposed within an interior surface of the heating cavity. The oven cavity connector is in communication with the heating cavity. A first tray sliding structure is disposed proximate opposing vertical sidewalls of the heating cavity. A second tray sliding structure is disposed proximate the opposing vertical sidewalls and is vertically offset relative to the first tray sliding structure. A powered accessory tray has a connecting plug, the powered accessory tray being alternatively and selectively engaged with one of the first and second sliding tray structures, and the connecting plug is in selective communication with oven cavity connector when the powered accessory tray is engaged with any one of the first and second tray sliding structures.

Oven cavity connector for operating power accessory trays for cooking appliance

Handle

Oven

A removable water dispenser for an appliance having a manifold with a first water connected to a household water supply, a first water outlet connected to the first water inlet, a second water inlet, and a second water outlet connected to the second water inlet. The removable water dispenser also has a dispenser removably attached to a home appliance and having a housing, a cover coupled with the housing, a dispensing outlet, and a filter connected to the first outlet, the second inlet, and the dispensing outlet, and the dispenser dispenses filtered water to a user.

Removable and retrofittable water dispenser for a refrigerator

A powered cooking accessory for use in an oven includes a body receivable within an interior of the oven and a first electronic device received within a portion of the body. The accessory further includes a device coupling extending from the body and having a power coupling exposed thereon and electrically connected with the electronic device. The device coupling has an identification element encoded with information regarding at least one characteristic of the accessory and is coupleable with the oven to receive electrical power from the oven and to communicate the information encoded with the identification element to the oven.

A stirring wand is configured for selective engagement with a mixing device. The stirring wand comprises a substantially vertical portion having an upper end and a lower end, a first tapered surface that includes a first pitch angle proximate the upper end of the substantially vertical portion and a second pitch angle proximate the lower end of the substantially vertical portion, a substantially horizontal portion having a base and a distal tip, and a second tapered surface extending from the base to the distal tip. The second tapered surface includes a third pitch angle proximate the base and a fourth pitch angle proximate the tip.

Stirring wand

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St. Joseph, MI, United States of America

Christopher A Gregory