Whirlpool Corporation

Eric G Griswold

Sylvan J Amos

Ryan K Strain

Dennis L Kehl

Ndjeka K Luhahi

Ryan James Van Zoest

Alejandro Guzman

Joel Aldebaran Salazar

Rommy Mariana Bueno

Steven Key

Nicholas E Leep

Brian Keith Rogers

Nicholas B Vaive

Marcos Javier Rios Acebal

Adrian A Rodriguez

Brooke M Gundersen

James B Sutton

Jon D Strait

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 laundry treating appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior. A drum is located within the interior and defines a treating chamber. The laundry treating appliance includes a recirculation circuit including a recirculation pump having an inlet and an outlet. The laundry treating appliance further includes a bulk treating chemistry dispenser. A method for rinsing or cleaning the bulk treating chemistry dispenser can be included.

Laundry treating appliance having a bulk dispensing assembly

A laundry treating appliance having a detergent dispenser that may be flushed with a water flow for removal of residual powder while reducing sudsing.

Appliances with sudsing-reducing flushable detergent dispensers

A laundry treating appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior. A drum is located within the interior and defines a treating chamber. The laundry treating appliance includes a bulk treating chemistry dispenser. A method for rinsing or cleaning the bulk treating chemistry dispenser can be included. The method includes monitoring an operation of the laundry treating appliance and determining by a controller that a rinse or cleaning cycle for the bulk treating chemistry dispenser is due.

A fabric treating appliance comprising a treating chamber for receiving fabric for treatment and a treating chemistry dispenser, the treating chemistry dispenser comprising at least one cup with a bottom wall, a siphon tube with a cover, at least one water inlet, and a liquid distribution header coupled with the at least one water inlet for distributing water to the at least one cup.

A method for controlling the operation of a laundry treating appliance that includes alternately supplying hot and cold water to maintain the temperature of the mixed water to a preset temperature.

Automatic temperature control for a laundry treating appliance

Appliances having a detergent dispenser that may be flushed with a water flow for removal of residual treating chemistry while reducing sudsing are disclosed. An example dispenser includes a cup with a bottom wall, a siphon tube projecting upwardly from the bottom wall, a cover for the siphon tube, an opening configured to introduce a liquid stream into the cup from a position above and beyond a periphery of the cover, wherein substantially all of the liquid stream flows downwardly along a trajectory defined by the opening and terminating below and within the periphery of the cover, and wherein the liquid stream directly impinges a portion of at least one of the cup or the siphon tube below the cover.

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Saint Joseph, MI, United States of America

Eric G Griswold