Whirlpool Corporation

Whirlpool Emea S.p.a.

Indesit Compnay S.p.a

Gianbattista Pirola

Davide Parachini

Filippo Matarazzi

Giovanni Bombardieri

Antonio Mazzarella

Pedro A Rouin

Samir Nimkar

George F Seiffert

Giuseppina Pia Potena

Elisa Polverini

Luca Andrenacci

Romina Catani

Sandra Marinozzi

Giacomo Pittalis

Luca Bossi

Roberto Tarabu'

Mario Biancospino

Lucio Amati

Giuseppe Di Bari

Nicola Colucci

A laundry appliance includes a drum that processes laundry. A blower delivers process air from a heater to the drum via an airflow path. A structural panel defines a front aperture for accessing an interior of the drum and an air channel that defines a portion of the airflow path. The structural panel includes a lower first portion that is made of a first material and an upper second portion that is made of a second material that is different from the first material. The first and second materials meet at a predetermined seam that extends through the structural panel and the air channel.

Composite material structural panel having an integral air channel

A clothes dryer with a first bulkhead having an access opening and a first edge defining a front opening confronting the access opening. The clothes dryer has a composite seal located between the first bulkhead and the first edge which has a foam layer comprising memory foam and a low-friction layer having a coefficient of kinetic friction less than 0.3, with the low friction layer confronting the first edge.

Clothes dryer with a foam seal

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Bergamo, Italy

Gianbattista Pirola