Whirlpool Corporation

Maytag Corporation

The Maytag Company

Donald E Erickson

Stephen D Ostdiek

Darryl C Bodine

Jaime E Rodriguez

Erica L Roberts

Todd Joseph Tunzi

Christoph J Miller

Gregg P Fitzgerald

George W Malheiros

Mark R Haslanger

Andrew C Kubasiak

Rodney Michael Welch

Karl David McAllister

Sayer J Murphy

Dennis L Kehl

Brenner Martin Sharp

Christopher A Jones

Eric Andrew Hill

Nicholas E Leep

Christopher A Hartnett

Alexander Joseph Halbleib

Mark J Christensen

Daniel Polonsky

Steven Fricke

Scott Alan Albright

Sarah E Ihne

Michael J Bauman

Praveen Poojary

Peter Wagoner

Robert K Blake

Ryan James Van Zoest

Marcel Schmidt

K David McAllister

Jordan M Grider

Farshad Farid

Thomas Kessler

Christian Gianni

Michelle K Flachs

Chris W Paraskevopoulos

Terry K Litaker

Amberdeep S Aurora

Seth E Bixby

Kevin B Ayers

Evan R Vande Haar

Anna C Schelling

Trevor R Haney

Peter E Zasowski

David I Ellingson

Douglas Lynn Mikkelsen

Bradley D Morrow

Douglas A Ochsner

Robert J Schneider

James D Wilson

Patrick A McCormick

Vishal Verma

Mohaideen Abdul Khadaar Sikkandar Batcha

John Francis Broker

Philip J Czarnecki

Jordan S Bruntz

John M Hunnell

Lonnie J Richman

Christopher L Borlin

Dean L Tietz

Eric J Walsh

Eric W Merrow

James Jeffery

Lawrence J Jordan

Kenneth L McConnell

Christine L Strain

Curran D Cotton

Benjamin D Lowell

Lawrence L Quayle

Charles L Jackson

William J Noe

Scott E Griffith

Adam Gary

Mark Mingjun Xie

James F Crawford

Emmanuel F Gonzaga

David Scharich, Iii

Mark A Tucker

William A Jensen

Gary N Petersen

Jonathan A Andrejczuk

Kenneth L McCONNELL

Lauren M Lalonde

Gary T Ostrander

Margaret H Fey

Thomas R Scott

Kevin Peralta

Corinne M Gorenchan

Jason S Burnette

Laurel A Dillon

Jeff D Maddox

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet defining an aperture in a front surface thereof. A drum is disposed within the cabinet. The drum defines an access opening that aligns with the aperture. A door is coupled to the cabinet and is operable between closed and opened positions relative to the aperture. A bellows extends along a perimeter of the aperture and proximate the access opening. A deflector extends along at least a portion of the perimeter of the aperture. The deflector extends into an interior of the drum over the bellows.

Laundry appliance with a deflector

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet defining a front opening in a front panel. The front opening is defined by a lip having a curved edge. The lip defines a plurality of apertures spaced-apart around the front opening. A tub is disposed within the cabinet. The tub defines an access opening aligned with the front opening. A drum is disposed within the tub. A bellows assembly extends between the cabinet and the tub. The bellows assembly includes a projection coupled to the curved edge of the cabinet. A deflector has a rim and a chute wherein the chute extends toward the drum. The rim is configured to snap-fit over the projection of the bellows assembly. The rim includes a plurality of hooks where each hook is configured to extend through an aperture and interlock with the cabinet.

Laundry appliance

A method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a tub, a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber, and a treating chemistry dispenser comprising multiple treating chemistry cups configured to dispense treating chemistry to the treating chamber. The method comprises performing a first wash cycle and dispensing a first dose of treating chemistry from one of the treating chemistry cups, receiving at a controller a user selection of an activation of a performance enhancement selector, and upon activation of the performance enhancement selector, activating a second wash cycle comprising dispensing a second dose of treating chemistry from another of treating chemistry cups.

Fabric cleaning appliance with performance enhancement selector

A laundry appliance includes a body that houses a motor that selectively operates a drum for processing laundry, wherein the body includes an aperture for selectively accessing the drum. A door panel provides selective access to the aperture. A controller is configured to operate at least the motor. A user interface is in communication with the controller for selecting a laundry-processing operation to be performed. An outer panel at least partially conceals the body from view. An outer selector is positioned proximate the outer panel, wherein the outer selector is in communication with the controller via the user interface.

User interface solutions for accessing appliance control through cosmetic outer cabinet

A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry items according to an automatic cycle of operation can include a cabinet defining an interior and having an access opening providing access to the interior. A tub can be located within the interior and can at least partially define a liquid chamber. A drum is rotatably mounted within the liquid chamber and at least partially defines a treating chamber. A clothes mover is located within the treating chamber and rotatable about a vertical axis. The clothes mover can include a base and a barrel.

Laundry treating appliance having a removable clothes mover

A dynamic balancer device for mounting to and balancing a rotatable drum in a laundry treating appliance comprises an enclosed non-metal annular housing having a radial circumferential wall, an annular metal race within the non-metal annular housing disposed against the radial circumferential wall, and a mass disposed in the annular race and movable therein.

Laundry treating appliance with dynamic balancer

A method of operating a laundry treating appliance, such as a washing machine, having a cabinet defining an interior and defining an access opening. A lid can be movably mounted relative to the cabinet to selectively open or close the access opening. A tub can be located within the interior and the tub can contain a rotatably mounted drum, such as a horizontally rotatable drum, including a flexible fabric material.

Laundry treating appliance

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet having a rotating drum operably positioned therein for processing fabric. At least one transducer is positioned proximate the drum that provides an ultrasonic resonance that is directed into an interior chamber of the drum. The ultrasonic resonance is adapted to be directed into damp fabric being treated within the interior chamber. The ultrasonic resonance serves to modify water trapped within the damp fabric into a substantially gaseous form.

Laundry appliance having an ultrasonic drying mechanism

A laundry treating appliance, such as a washing machine, having a cabinet defining an interior and defining an access opening. A lid can be movably mounted relative to the cabinet to selectively open or close the access opening. A tub can be located within the interior and the tub can contain a rotatably mounted drum, such as a horizontally rotatable drum, including a flexible fabric material.

A fabric treating appliance for treating an article according to a cycle of operation includes a chassis defining an interior with a tub provided within the interior, the tub at least partially defining a liquid chamber. A drum is provided within the liquid chamber to at least partially define a treating chamber. The drum has a peripheral wall terminating in a front edge and a rear edge, with the front edge defining a front opening. An exoskeleton is provided within the liquid chamber coupling the drum to the chassis.

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Stevensville, MI, United States of America

Donald E Erickson