Whirlpool Corporation

Gast Manufacturing, Inc.

Floyd G Jackson

Karl David McAllister

Barbara A Balinski

Sujit S Naik

Robert J Pinkowski

Timothy J Hicks

Wesley P Traylor

Shawn Richard Oltz

George F Seiffert

Ameresh Babu Viswanathan

Darryl C Bodine

Alvaro Vallejo Noriega

Jonathan D Pugh

Markus Beck

Karl Furderer

Viktor N Kopyrin

Michael L Beidler

Barbara A Balinksi

James C Perso

A method of operating a laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to a treating cycle of operation. The laundry treating appliance comprises a treating chamber for receiving the laundry that is selectively accessible through a door movable between opened and closed positions. The method comprises determining at the end of a laundry treating cycle whether the door has been opened and subsequently reclosed and reducing humidity in the treating chamber after the determination that the door has been reclosed.

Controlled moisture removal in a laundry treating appliance

Dishwasher sprayer

An automatic dishwasher with a treating chamber, at least one dish holder, and a sprayer. The sprayer can be coupled to the dish holder and include a set of fan spray nozzles or a set of jet nozzles. The set of fan spray nozzles or the set of jet nozzles fluidly connect the sprayer and treating chamber. One or more angles in which fluid flows from the set of fan spray nozzles or the set of jet nozzles into the treating chamber can be adjusted.

Dishwasher

Dishwasher rack with sprayer

A method of operating a laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to a cycle of operation with the laundry treating appliance including a treating chamber for receiving laundry selectively accessible through a door, can include determining the removal of laundry after completion of the cycle of operation and reducing humidity in the treating chamber after determination of the removal of the laundry.

An apparatus and method for reducing humidity both within laundry and within a laundry treating appliance in response to a door being opened or closed are disclosed.

An automatic washing machine including a tub, a drum mounted for rotating within the tub, a treating chamber for receiving laundry to be treated, a door selectively moveable between opened and closed conditions to provide access to the treating chamber, a position sensor configured to sense the opened and closed conditions of the door and accordingly output a door condition signal, a humidity reduction device coupled to the treating chamber, and a controller configured to execute a treating cycle of operation and operably coupled with the position sensor to receive the door condition signal and the humidity reduction device to control its actuation, and further configured to operate the humidity reduction device and to rotate the drum to reduce the humidity in the treating chamber in response to the door being opened and subsequently closed after the completion of the treating cycle of operation.

An expandable and collapsible enclosure is provided for a garment refreshing appliance. The appliance has at least either a top or a bottom rigid housing structure. The enclosure comprises a wall structure extending substantially an entire height of the enclosure. The wall structure is made of a flexible material. An opening is provided in the wall structure through which garments can be introduced into or removed from the enclosure. A zipper is attached at the opening to selectively open and close the opening. A snap attachment mechanism is located at either or both of the top and a bottom of the wall structure for securing the wall structure to the top and/or bottom rigid housing structures.

Expandable/collapsible enclosure for a clothes refresher

Method for operating a clothes refresher

A steam generator having a steam generation tube defining a chamber for receiving water and converting the water to steam, and a heating element wrapped around the tube and having a first portion emitting a greater thermal output than a second portion.

Fabric Treatment appliance with steam generator having a variable thermal output

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Baroda, MI, United States of America

Floyd G Jackson